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OmegaFan17
·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.
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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