Omega Seamaster watches

The Omega Seamaster name goes back to 1948, when it was given to a water-resistant, dress-style watch for everyday wear, based on designs made for the British Royal Navy towards the end of the Second World War. It is Omega's longest-running product line still in production.

The steel Seamaster Olympic Official Timekeeper is a 39.5 mm watch inspired by the Olympic rings and Omega's old timekeeping stopwatches. It is 11.75 mm thick, takes a 20 mm strap and has a domed dial. Each version picks out one ring colour for its pulse reader and for its anodised aluminium caseback ring, which lists the host cities from Los Angeles 1932 to Los Angeles 2028. The black-dial 522.32.40.20.01.003 runs on the self-winding Master Chronometer calibre 8800, with a 55-hour power reserve and resistance to magnetic fields of 15,000 gauss, and the black-dial versions were limited to 2,032 pieces each. The white-dial versions (522.32.40.20.04.001 to .005) use the calibre 8806 and were sold as a set, limited to 100 sets.

The Olympic Games Gold Collection, inspired by the Olympic gold medals, moves to precious metal and enamel. The 522.53.40.20.04.001 pairs an 18k yellow gold case with an eggshell white enamel dial, gold leaf hands and the calibre 8807; the Sedna and Canopus gold versions also have white enamel dials. The platinum 522.93.40.20.01.001 has a domed black enamel dial and white gold leaf hands, and was limited to 100 pieces.

The London and Paris editions (511.13.40.20.03.001 and .06.001) are 39.5 mm steel watches with a domed, gradient lacquered dial in smoky blue or grey, 18k white gold hands and indexes, a date at 6 o'clock and the calibre 8800. Laser-engraved caseback rings show each city's landmarks, Tower Bridge and St Paul's for London, the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre pyramid for Paris, and each was limited to 399 pieces. Steel editions for New York, Hong Kong, Macau, Moscow and the UAE were also limited to 399, Singapore to 200 and the Swiss edition to 1,291. The Edizione Venezia comes in steel or Sedna gold.