Your Personal Omega - If You Could Choose One

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Hi all!

If you could receive any Omega as a Celebrity, Brand Ambassador or VIP - which one would you choose?

Imagine Omega offered you the same opportunity they might give to a celebrity, brand ambassador or very special VIP customer:

You could choose one Omega watch from the current collection, have it personally engraved, and Omega would simply give it to you. It would be yours to keep forever. No price limit, no resale considerations - just one watch that you would genuinely want to wear for the rest of your life.

And just to be clear: this isn’t about having to wear only this one watch forever. You can keep your entire collection and continue buying and wearing whatever you like. This would simply be one additional watch - but one that, because of the story behind it, would probably become your Omega.

What I find particularly interesting is that this might actually take you outside your usual collecting habits.

If you’re primarily a (vintage) Speedmaster collector, for example, you might suddenly find yourself thinking about a completely different kind of watch. Maybe something modern, versatile and robust that you could wear every day - rather than the rarest or most special and unique-looking piece you would normally add to your collection.

And perhaps it isn’t even about choosing the watch you find the most beautiful right now. If this is your Omega, the one you received directly from the brand and intend to keep for life, you might start thinking differently:

Which watch could you still see yourself wearing 20, 30 or 40 years from now?
Which one would work with almost anything, survive everyday life and never really go out of style?
And which one could you eventually pass on to your children and tell them, “This was my watch. Omega gave it to me, I chose it, and I wore it for decades.”

The rest of your collection can change. Watches can be bought, sold, traded, replaced or eventually sold by your children. That’s simply how collections evolve. But this one would be different. You wouldn’t really see it as just another watch in the collection anymore. It would be the one watch that stays.

Which one would it be, and why?


And, just for fun, what would you have engraved on the caseback?
 
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From the current collection? Either the watch I already have, the Speedmaster Pro, or the Ed White 321.
 
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I would say a gold Speedmaster Chrono Chime. I would engrave the caseback: “Your Name Here" and then I would sell it for a tidy profit.
 
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If my wrist wasn’t so small I’d actually really like to daily a Ploprof. My dream watch if not for the physical aspect of having 6.5” wrists
 
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If my wrist wasn’t so small I’d actually really like to daily a Ploprof. My dream watch if not for the physical aspect of having 6.5” wrists
First, you should get one of these anyway. I also have a ~6.5" wrist, and the ploprof is amazing on it. It really showed me that NO ONE looks at your wrist when you are out, my WIFE didn't even notice it for like 3 days 😁 And she sneers at me if I ever wear a gold watch.

To answer the question above:
The Gold Chrono Chime is perhaps one I would consider, but in reality, it would be the Platinum 321. All the history of the Ed White, plus dem subdials!
 
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First, you should get one of these anyway. I also have a ~6.5" wrist, and the ploprof is amazing on it. It really showed me that NO ONE looks at your wrist when you are out, my WIFE didn't even notice it for like 3 days 😁 And she sneers at me if I ever wear a gold watch.

To answer the question above:
The Gold Chrono Chime is perhaps one I would consider, but in reality, it would be the Platinum 321. All the history of the Ed White, plus dem subdials!
That’s super encouraging. Which model did you go with? I hear the summer blue is slightly smaller. Did you go new or vintage? Would love to know more
 
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That’s super encouraging. Which model did you go with? I hear the summer blue is slightly smaller. Did you go new or vintage? Would love to know more
I have a thread elsewhere, I got the modern Titanium silver dial on the shark-mesh. It is shockingly light (doesn't really 'wear' heavier than most of my collection and 'lighter' than my seamaster chronograph), and wears really balanced. Its obviously LARGE, but honestly wears pretty reasonably. IMO, you should go for it!
 
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I have a thread elsewhere, I got the modern Titanium silver dial on the shark-mesh. It is shockingly light (doesn't really 'wear' heavier than most of my collection and 'lighter' than my seamaster chronograph), and wears really balanced. Its obviously LARGE, but honestly wears pretty reasonably. IMO, you should go for it!
Thanks! I haven’t heard from many folks with smaller wrists who pull it off. Will try to dig up your thread on it. Cheers and have a great one
 
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Thanks! I haven’t heard from many folks with smaller wrists who pull it off. Will try to dig up your thread on it. Cheers and have a great one
There's a woman at my OB who ROCKS one. She's on the taller side, but still probably sub-6" wrists. She very easily pulls off 'ladies' size watches, plus has this massive ploprof. And like I said, she ROCKS it. You should do it.
 
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I'd honestly just pick the next watch I'll eventually buy anyway, which is the generally available white dial Speedy. The special editions are great and all but they don't do anything for me personally that the readily available, normal models don't.

Like sure okay if I just want a really expensive watch because it's free, I guess this one? Or maybe if I'm a brand ambassador I probably have a personal stylist so maybe I can start to pull off gold more. But truthfully I like the standard white enamel more and that opinion wouldn't change if my wealth massively increased.
 
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Hi all!

If you could receive any Omega as a Celebrity, Brand Ambassador or VIP - which one would you choose?

Imagine Omega offered you the same opportunity they might give to a celebrity, brand ambassador or very special VIP customer:

You could choose one Omega watch from the current collection, have it personally engraved, and Omega would simply give it to you. It would be yours to keep forever. No price limit, no resale considerations - just one watch that you would genuinely want to wear for the rest of your life.

And just to be clear: this isn’t about having to wear only this one watch forever. You can keep your entire collection and continue buying and wearing whatever you like. This would simply be one additional watch - but one that, because of the story behind it, would probably become your Omega.

What I find particularly interesting is that this might actually take you outside your usual collecting habits.

If you’re primarily a (vintage) Speedmaster collector, for example, you might suddenly find yourself thinking about a completely different kind of watch. Maybe something modern, versatile and robust that you could wear every day - rather than the rarest or most special and unique-looking piece you would normally add to your collection.

And perhaps it isn’t even about choosing the watch you find the most beautiful right now. If this is your Omega, the one you received directly from the brand and intend to keep for life, you might start thinking differently:

Which watch could you still see yourself wearing 20, 30 or 40 years from now?
Which one would work with almost anything, survive everyday life and never really go out of style?
And which one could you eventually pass on to your children and tell them, “This was my watch. Omega gave it to me, I chose it, and I wore it for decades.”

The rest of your collection can change. Watches can be bought, sold, traded, replaced or eventually sold by your children. That’s simply how collections evolve. But this one would be different. You wouldn’t really see it as just another watch in the collection anymore. It would be the one watch that stays.

Which one would it be, and why?


And, just for fun, what would you have engraved on the caseback?
What would you choose?
 
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Thanks! I haven’t heard from many folks with smaller wrists who pull it off. Will try to dig up your thread on it. Cheers and have a great one
The titanium is lighter with a 48 mm diameter. The Summer Blue is a little smaller with it going back to it's original proportions and only 15.5 mm thick. Check out the Ploprof thread where I posted pics of mine on the mesh bracelet which wears extremely comfortable. With the 45 mm diameter and no lugs, it hugs the wrist. Have a 7 in wrist but definitely can be pulled off on a smaller wrist.