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  1. OmegaFan17 Sep 30, 2016

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    Hi all,

    Here is another prized piece in my Omega collection. Sorry about the photo being a bit blurry. Will endeavour to upload a clearer photo ASAP.

    Movement: Revolutionary "thinnest ever" Omega Calibre 1357.
    Crystal:
    Scratch resistant sapphire.
    Case back:
    Transparent (sapphire).
    Crown: None, side button does the settings in revolutionary manner.
    Dial:
    Transparent disc on the centre with “floating ” hands, surrounded by a black background with gold hour markers. Bracelet: “grain d’orge” 18K solid gold chain bracelet.
    Water resistance:
    No.

    The La Magique was a pure test of Omega’s craftsmanship, with mystery hands (sapphire discs) – ultra flat (2.6 mm), rectangular, 18K yellow gold gentleman’ s quartz mystery wristwatch with transparent dial centre. The opaque watch face allows you see through the face with the only the floating hands showing, very much a mystery to how this is done.

    Extraordinary technical details make The Omega La Magique one of the slimmest and stylistically most interesting watches ever created. The casing is only 2.6 mm in thickness and is rolled from pure gold ingots.
    Instead of having 22 hands there are two paper-thin revolving sapphire glass discs marked with gold dust. The quartz movement which drives them is placed off-centre. This enables the La Magique watch face to be transparent and the skin or sleeve of the wearer to show through. So the watch can adapt to the colour of its surroundings. Apart from obvious refined technology the Omega La Magique also offers a quality of craftsmanship almost unmatched today. Cog wheels have to be fitted to the 0.12 mm sapphire discs.

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  2. Rman Sep 30, 2016

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    You keep good company.

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  3. omegasaso12 Sep 30, 2016

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    Any better pics possiable? Great description but picture.....no so good. Would like to see more.
     
  4. OmegaFan17 Sep 30, 2016

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    will try to put some better pictures tomorrow.
     
  5. mokofoko One sad panda Sep 30, 2016

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  6. SeanO Sep 30, 2016

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    isn't this a rouchefoucauld?
     
  7. OmegaFan17 Oct 2, 2016

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    Not sure what you mean?
     
  8. TTG Suffers from watch FOMO. Oct 2, 2016

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    I like the quote from the movie Trading Places:

    "No, no, no. This is a Rochefoucauld, the thinnest water-resistant watch in the world. Singularly unique, sculptured in design, hand-crafted in Switzerland and water-resistant to three atmospheres. This is the sports watch of the 80's. $6955 retail. It tells time simultaneously in Monte Carlo, Beverly Hills, London, Paris, Rome, and Gstaad."

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  9. OmegaFan17 Oct 2, 2016

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    Oh I get you now. :)
     
  10. pretzelsnow Sep 25, 2018

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    Has anyone ever seen another (picture of or in person) one of these that’s all gold like Montana’s? Does he just have his flipped backward? I’ve watched the movie trying to find better shots of it but can’t seem to catch any.
     
  11. Vagante Nov 28, 2018

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    And in Philadelphia it's worth fifty bucks..........
     
  12. gjlelec Dec 8, 2018

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    Montana's watch clearly has a winder.Whatever it is , it aint a Magique
     
  13. UncleBuck understands the decision making hierarchy Dec 8, 2018

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    I only remember Ophelia!

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