Armand “Mondo” Duplantis gained gold — and set a brand new pole vault world document, clearing 6.25 meters (20.51 ft) — on the Paris 2024 Olympics on Monday, August fifth.
He’s an official Omega ambassador and wore Seamaster Aqua Terra “Extremely Gentle” that Omega custom-made with a Swedish blue and yellow shade scheme. The Aqua Terra Extremely Gentle was first launched in 2019, and this 2024 mannequin shares the identical 41 mm x 13.5 mm (49.2 mm) sand-blasted Gamma titanium case, with a sand-blasted silicon nitride bezel ring, and manually wound titanium motion.
That includes an engraved horizontal strip sample, the dial is constituted of sand-blasted grade 5 titanium with a blue anodized end. Alongside the blackened utilized dagger-shaped indexes and blackened hour-minute fingers, that are all handled with lume, there’s additionally a yellow-varnished 3D laser-shaped cylindrical central seconds hand impressed by a Pole Vault.
This particular Aqua Terra is introduced on a blue and yellow built-in strap constituted of rubber and nylon material. Aqua Terra has a 150-meter water resistance depth ranking. As you’ll be able to see above, the crown sits flush with the case, and that’s as a result of it’s retractable. Behind the sapphire crystal caseback, you’ll discover the Omega Co-Axial Grasp Chronometer caliber 8928 Ti motion.
Omega’s state-of-the-art manually wound 29-jewel caliber 8929 Ti options ceramised titanium for the bridges and mainplate. A free-sprung silicon steadiness, silicon steadiness spring, and Co-Axial escapement beat at 3.5Hz. The motion meets METAS-certified Grasp Chronometer specs, together with being proof against magnetic fields as much as 15,000 gauss and leaving the manufacturing facility with an accuracy ranking of 0/-4 seconds per day. This can be a time-only watch with hours, minutes, and central seconds includes a 72-hour energy reserve by the use of twin series-mounted mainsprings. A time-zone setting operate that means that you can set the hour hand in one-hour increments.
The Seamaster Aqua Terra 150M “Extremely Gentle” (Ref. 220.92.41.21.03.002) is delivered in a particular presentation field and is a restricted manufacturing mannequin with a retail worth of $51,300.
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Photographs by Martin Meissner/AP – Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France (prime) and by Omega (3 watch images).
