A 100-year-old Omega pocket watch was left forgotten in a toolbox, covered in scratches and grime. This restoration not only ...
We break down the four major collections—and myriad subcollections and references—that constitute the Swiss company’s vast ...
Phillips’s recent watch auction in Geneva raked in $74.5 million and set a record for the most lucrative timepiece sale in history. And the house isn’t done yet. On Thursday, Phillips released the ...
At a press conference in the Beijing Capital Museum, Kong Fanzhi, director of the Beijing Cultural Relics Protection Bureau received the watch from Stephen Urquhart, president of Omega. The Omega ...
If you're not vested, then you can keep your watch in the hip pocket of your trousers. In this case, you wear the fob—the medallion on the other end of the chain—in the aptly named fob pocket, which ...
A pocket watch created by renowned UK watchmaker Roger Smith sold for $4.9 million, a record result for the same auction house recently caught in a scandal involving a faked Omega Speedmaster.
Welcome to Watches You Should Know, a biweekly column highlighting little-known watches with interesting backstories and unexpected influence. This week: the Omega 30i Tourbillon. This is the story of ...
Conventional wisdom dictates that the finest mechanical watches come from Switzerland, but it wasn’t always that way. For centuries, the Swiss were merely contenders vying for position among Europe’s ...
The propaganda film "Beginning of the Great Revival" naturally is a prime advertising opportunity: It's a star-studded film that's overtaken movie screens in China, a coveted market with 1.3 billion ...
Omega has concluded its 50-year anniversary celebration of the historic Apollo 11 moon mission (at least for now) and has now moved on with an event that is just as important with the Swiss watch ...
A POCKET watch created by renowned UK watchmaker Roger Smith sold for US$4.9 million, a record result for the same auction house recently caught in a scandal involving a faked Omega Speedmaster.