Random Watch Thread #3

[Raza]

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Gorgeous, but the best part of £18,000. It’s a non-limited special edition for the 2026 Winter Olympics.

I like this. The arrowhead markers really stand out as delicate and beautiful to me. But, I have to say, this doesn’t steal my eye away from the white gold 1908.

[Raza]

The hands on that Omega are too short and too thin for the indices

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I disagree

Too thin, I think that’s probably more of a personal preference thing, but they feel quite wide at the base, commensurate with the markers, and while I can see the argument that the hands are short relative to the width of the dial, I think they’re at the perfect length to do the task set forth by the placement of the indices. The tip of the minutes hand is slightly thinker than the minute markers, but the length of them, so nothing gets covered that shouldn’t be covered, the seconds hand is longer still, which gives it differentiation from minutes had, and the hour hand extends far enough that it’s clear which markers it’s indicating, without being so long that it can be confused at a glance with the minutes hand. Aesthetically, I think probably more personal than some of us, myself included, would like to admit, but from a legibility and functionality standpoint, I don’t think they’ve put a foot wrong with the hands.

[tribe125]

^^^

Agreed. The hands are just right in relation to the indices, which is what matters. The watch is pretty faithful to the 1956 original.

[Cybotron]

When I think Olympics nothing like this comes to mind. Definitely something more of a sports watch. I like it, but would probably go the extra cost for the Rolex 1908.

My thoughts exactly. Way too small also.

[Cybotron]

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[Cybotron]

[Cybotron]

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[synequano]

When I look at the Baltic,I realized that my preference for hands are more like that than following Omega's standard....thus the omega seems too short....

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[Cybotron]

They did make some nice watches. Wonder if there will be some fire sales.

[tribe125]

When I look at the Baltic,I realized that my preference for hands are more like that than following Omega's standard....thus the omega seems too short....

It’s more to do with the position of the indices - inboard and outboard.