Saturday, May 19, 2018

OMEGA – Seamaster Planet Ocean 600M – Volvo Ocean Race Edition



OMEGA Seamaster Planet Ocean 600M "Deep Black" Co-Axial Master Chronometer Chronograph 45.5 mm – Volvo Ocean Race Limited Edition

Unveiling the Volvo Ocean Race winner’s watch

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OMEGA goes onshore in Newport to present the Limited Edition timepiece.

As the Official Timekeeper of the Volvo Ocean Race, OMEGA has been keeping a precise eye on this year’s action at sea. The sailor’s have now stopped in Newport, Rhode Island, to complete Leg 8 of the race, and OMEGA celebrated the moment by unveiling its newly-designed winner’s watch.

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Seamaster Planet Ocean Deep Black Volvo Ocean Race Limited Edition
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The Seamaster Planet Ocean Deep Black “Volvo Ocean Race” Limited Edition will be presented to the winning team of this year’s race when it concludes in The Hague in June. The timepiece will also be available publicly, but only 73 models have been created overall (in tribute to the year that the Ocean Race first began).

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▲ Blair Tuke, Peter Burling, Jean-Claude Monachon, Richard Brisius, Arnaud Michon
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Raynald Aeschlimann, President and CEO of OMEGA, recently spoke about the watch and said, “OMEGA has loved following this exciting and unique race so far. We wanted our winner’s watch to be as beautifully designed as the boats themselves, and also precise and robust to reflect the tough sailing conditions that the competitors face. I think the Deep Black is the perfect way to do this and we’re looking forward to presenting it to the winning team.

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▲ Peter Burling, Jean-Claude Monachon, Blair Tuke
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Driven by the Master Chronometer Calibre 9900, the 45.50 mm timepiece is a divers’ chronograph with a black rubber strap. The casebody has been crafted from black ceramic, while red rubber has been used to cover the first 15 minutes of the unidirectional bezel. Liquidmetal™ then completes the rest of the diving scale.

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▲ Blair Tuke & Peter Burling
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The brushed black ceramic dial includes each Limited Edition number, as well as 18K white gold hour-minute hands and indexes. On the subdial at 3 o’clock, OMEGA has included a red Volvo Ocean Race ring with coloured hands and number 12. Another reference to the event can be found on the oriented caseback, where OMEGA has included the official “Volvo Ocean Race” logo.

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The chronograph model is driven by the OMEGA Master Chronometer Calibre 9900. This sits behind an oriented caseback built with OMEGA’s NAIAD LOCK system so that the wording aligns pleasingly in position. As this model will be presented to the winners of the race, an official “Volvo Ocean Race” logo is also included on the caseback.

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As well as having a Volvo Ocean Race logo on the caseback, the watch includes a Master Chronometer Calibre 9900 and is presented on a black rubber strap with red stitching.

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Because the famous sailing event first began in 1973, only 73 versions of this watch have been created.

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Technical Specifications

Model: SPEEDMASTER Planet Ocean 600M – Volvo Ocean Race Edition

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Ref.  215.92.46.51.01.002

Technical Data

Movement:
OMEGA Co-Axial Master Chronometer Cal. 9900
Watch officially certified by METAS
Self-winding in both directions
Jewels: 54 
Frequency: 28’800 A/h (4 Hz)
Power reserve: 60 hours
Magnetic resistant: 15’000 Gauss
OMEGA column wheel chronograph mechanism 
Features
  • Time zone function
  • Silicon “Si14” balance spring
  • OMEGA free sprung-balance
  • Co-Axial Escapement, 3 levels
  • 2 barrels mounted in series
Functions
Hours, minutes, small second, date, chronograph 
Case
Black ceramic
Diameter: 45.50 mm
Screw-in crown wit h ;  
Bezel: Black ceramic
Domed scratch-resistant sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment on both sides
Water resistance: – 60 bar (600 metres / 2000 feet)
Features
    Chronograph
    Chronometer
    Date
    Anti-magnetic
    Small seconds
    Liquidmetal™
    Helium escape valve
    Screw-in crown
    Unidirectional rotating bezel
Dial
Black with white indexes
Hands: Hands with whit e Super-LumiNova
White sconds hands with varnished red tip
Display
Central hour-minute hands, small-seconds at 9H, date windows at 6H
Central chronograph seconds hand, 60-minute and 12-hour recorder at 3H
Strap
Black with redrubber, on steel folding clasp
Between Lugs: 22 mm


🔰Limited Edition - Only 73 pieces.


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