Omega Buys JFK Inauguration Watch for $350,000
Mar 01, 2006
The watch President John F. Kennedy wore when he was inaugurated has been auctioned for $350,000. After a fierce bidding war, Swiss watch company Omega was top bidder in Guernsey's Dec. 15 auction, “John F. Kennedy: The Robert L. White Collection,” held in New York City. Stephen Urquhart, president of Omega worldwide, said, “Watches are....

OMEGA Olympic Timeless Collection
Jan 20, 2006
OMEGA has an unparalleled history in sports timekeeping. The first company ever appointed Official Timekeeper for all Olympic disciplines, OMEGA supplied 30 chronographs and counters for use at the Olympic Games held in Los Angeles in 1932. Such was the OMEGA timekeepers' expertise that the brand with the Greek letter was chosen to serve as Official....

OMEGA Torino 2006 Collection Limited Series
Jan 16, 2006
OMEGA has an unparalleled history in sports timekeeping. First named Official Timekeeper at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 1932, OMEGA's expertise in sports timekeeping and ability to deliver precise and reliable results led to the company's appointment as Official Timekeeper for a total of twenty-one Olympic Games over the course of the 20th century.....

Europa Star Watches-for-China Update
Jan 16, 2006
New online, for all our readers of the Chinese communities, the December/January major contents update is accessible in traditional Chinese language on www.watches-for-china.com: Cover Story: TAG Heuer, Features, Profiles, New arrivals: Patek Philippe, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Lange & Söhne, DeWitt, Chanel, Longines, Tissot, Milus, Orient... Faces....

Torino 2006 Winter Olympics
Jan 13, 2006
OMEGA was the first company to be entrusted with the official timekeeping of all disciplines at the Los Angeles Games in 1932 using chronographs and stop-watches developed by its subsidiary Lémania. OMEGA's association with the Olympic Games led to well over half a century of pioneering developments in the field of sports timekeeping. Since 1932 Omega....

The “Whose Who” wearing your watch
Oct 03, 2005
In case you were wondering what the celebs having been wearing on their wrists recently. Here are some of the most recent sightings….. 1. Harrison Ford: Breitling Aerospace 2. Jerry Seinfeld: Every Breitling imaginable 3. Brad Pitt: Breitling 4. Orlando Bloom: IWC Big Pilot 5. Arnold Swarzenegge: Audemars Piguet (usually the T3)6. Ben Affleck : Harry....

Australian Market Focus: Part 4
Sep 07, 2005
The price factor How sensitive is the Australian market to priceı It is reported that the average price for a Swiss watch in Australia today is A$2,000 while luxury watches cost more than A$7,000, compared with Europe where the standard would be A$10,000. In terms of the luxury watch scale, contemplate brands like TAG Heuer, Panerai and Omega, then....

Australian Market Focus: Part 3
Sep 05, 2005
The Swatch Group Within the Swatch Group stable of famous brands, Omega, Longines and others originally made their own branded movements revealing their own distinctive design and calibre numbers. As part of the rat-ionalization of the Swiss industry caused by the advent of the quartz watch in the 1970s, it was surely more economical to have the (now)....

Learning to love sports watches
Jul 02, 2005
I felt my first twinge of affection for sports watches a few years ago when I was invited to Florence to attend a Panerai event. I stayed in a wonderfully picturesque hotel on the banks of the Arno, visited a museum and was generally royally wined, dined and entertained. I believe that St. Tropez with Omega and Ellen MacArthur came next when we sailed on a....

Magazine contents June - July 2005 issue
Jun 20, 2005
Editorial With a little constructive criticism and better recall – watchmaking could only be healthier Cover Story 360 degrees of total innovation by TAG Heuer Haut de Gamme – Haute Horlogerie Patek Philippe’s first chronograph movement The Golf Master Time of the newcomer: Romain Jérôme ....