While I believe no collector has ever mentioned, “I desire a watch with a 9K bronze gold case” — Omega did one thing intelligent in growing the supplies for this Paris 2024 Olympics timepiece.
As a tribute to “sporting achievement,” Omega crafted a watch that makes use of all three medals (gold, silver, bronze) given to the highest three Olympic athletes in every competitors.
Sometimes, if we’re speaking about gold watch instances in 2024, they’re 18K gold however on this occasion, Omega’s Paris 2024 Bronze Gold Version is available in a case that’s made in a 9K (bronze) gold alloy BG 859, with a dial fabricated from Ag 925 (silver), and fingers made with 18K Sedna (gold) with a PVD bronze gold coating.
Based on Omega, the design is impressed by a wristwatch from its 1939 archive that housed the 30T manual-winding small seconds caliber. In 2022, Omega made a stainless-steel model of this timepiece, with a much less intricate dial, and the identical fashionable caliber 8926 motion, although just like the dial, the motion ornament is much less premium. That mannequin has an open caseback and could be discovered on the secondary marketplace for round $6,000 to $8,000.
Along with the nod to the Olympics, the watch, categorised as being throughout the “Specialities” assortment, is offered in a 39 mm x 11.7 mm classic fashion case (46.2 mm lug-to-lug), with an aesthetic retro aesthetic. The sector dial has old-school railroad observe print for the hours and minutes, and for the small seconds, in addition to a “Clous de Paris” sample for the principle and small seconds subdial, highlighted by a darkish grey classic Omega emblem at 12.
Beneath the dial is Omega’s fashionable manually wound caliber 8926 which beats at 3.5Hz, and has a 72-hour energy reserve, with a particular luxurious end. The in-house motion options Omega’s most superior Co-Axial know-how and is Grasp Chronometer-certified.
Flip the watch over to see the embossed and polished Paris 2024 emblem and Olympic rings raised above the frosted background.
The Specialities Paris 2024 Bronze Gold Version (Ref. 522.92.39.21.99.001) has a domed sapphire crystal, is water-resistant to 30 meters, weighs 76 grams on a brown calfskin leather-based strap, and retails for $12,000.
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