Visit to the Omega Museum, Part I

cristos71

I mentioned last week that my wife and I were in Switzerland for the weekend, I had wanted to take a trip to the Omega Museum for many years and the stars finally lined up correctly to make that possible for us. The kids stayed at home being entertained by Nanna and Grandad, just the two of us for a change, perfect 😀

We were staying in Basel, which is a nice old city straddling the River Rhine, A very wide river which was notably running very, very high due to unprecedented rainfall in the region. Switzerland is beautiful and I believe a very good place to be a citizen, with a high GDP, high average salary and good infrastructure and social amenities but mein Gott is it expensive!! 😲

I´m in hospitality and have never been anywhere like this....a coffee €5,50 ( And I´m not talking @Mad Dog DD 1/2 gallon, but a small European version!), €2 for a chocolate for with your coffee! Going out for dinner is wallet busting at the cheap end, with a simple pizza Margarita, burger and chips and 4 small San Miquel beers coming in at €83 😵‍💫. Shock inducing on middle ground, €23 starters and €50 mains and I believe substantial mortgages can be needed at the Michellin star level, which we thought it prudent not to test

Here are a selection of my photo´s, the museum rotates its exhibits on a regular basis, so perhaps some different pieces compared to other respectable member´s visits. Enjoy!

!920´s desk/shop chronometer and a lovely 8 day clock with Neptune´s fork hands and a maritime theme

Here a real 60´s looking desk clock, with golden nugget styling!

A nice pair of Cosmic TDMP´s

Cloisonne enamel

I think these stopwatches are modern and in precious metals, they were in a kind of annex with some other modern stuff.

A nice case of Seamasters with an Ultima and display material

Steel, black waffle and RG indexes

Stepped pie pan

I´m not sure of the reference, a lot of the exhibits weren´t labeled , which would be my only gripe, but looking good anyway on a golden 7077

Olympic 1956 enamel

I hadn´t seen this one before either, again I don´t know the reference but I want one! Great for a squirrel hunter like me with that massive acorn on the dial 😜

Constellations

This one as I posted last week has a few, how shall we diplomatically say it.....issues 🙄

And here for a certain kind of 1950´s gentleman, not my cup of tea, but certainly a rare piece, a platinum and diamond Grand Luxe.

Unfortunately and slightly disappointingly there were no waffle or cloissone Constellations on display, maybe next time!

On to Part II..

cristos71

I mentioned last week that my wife and I were in Switzerland for the weekend, I had wanted to take a trip to the Omega Museum for many years and the stars finally lined up correctly to make that possible for us. The kids stayed at home being entertained by Nanna and Grandad, just the two of us for a change, perfect 😀

We were staying in Basel, which is a nice old city straddling the River Rhine, A very wide river which was notably running very, very high due to unprecedented rainfall in the region. Switzerland is beautiful and I believe a very good place to be a citizen, with a high GDP, high average salary and good infrastructure and social amenities but mein Gott is it expensive!! 😲

I´m in hospitality and have never been anywhere like this....a coffee €5,50 ( And I´m not talking @Mad Dog DD 1/2 gallon, but a small European version!), €2 for a chocolate for with your coffee! Going out for dinner is wallet busting at the cheap end, with a simple pizza Margarita, burger and chips and 4 small San Miquel beers coming in at €83 😵‍💫. Shock inducing on middle ground, €23 starters and €50 mains and I believe substantial mortgages can be needed at the Michellin star level, which we thought it prudent not to test

Here are a selection of my photo´s, the museum rotates its exhibits on a regular basis, so perhaps some different pieces compared to other respectable member´s visits. Enjoy!

!920´s desk/shop chronometer and a lovely 8 day clock with Neptune´s fork hands and a maritime theme

Here a real 60´s looking desk clock, with golden nugget styling!

A nice pair of Cosmic TDMP´s

Cloisonne enamel

I think these stopwatches are modern and in precious metals, they were in a kind of annex with some other modern stuff.

A nice case of Seamasters with an Ultima and display material

Steel, black waffle and RG indexes

Stepped pie pan

I´m not sure of the reference, a lot of the exhibits weren´t labeled , which would be my only gripe, but looking good anyway on a golden 7077

Olympic 1956 enamel

I hadn´t seen this one before either, again I don´t know the reference but I want one! Great for a squirrel hunter like me with that massive acorn on the dial 😜

Constellations

This one as I posted last week has a few, how shall we diplomatically say it.....issues 🙄

And here for a certain kind of 1950´s gentleman, not my cup of tea, but certainly a rare piece, a platinum and diamond Grand Luxe.

Unfortunately and slightly disappointingly there were no waffle or cloissone Constellations on display, maybe next time!

On to Part II..

Seaman

Thank you for sharing..but still have to go to visit. 😀