TIMELESS PRESTIGE
A new generation of watches, part of the most classic collection of the Biel-based brand, has just been revealed. Contemporary design, advanced mechanics and a wide range of case diameters and dial colors make the Prestige… more prestigious!
Initially part of the Seamaster family, the De Ville asserted its independence in 1967 and introduced its Prestige in 1994. The Omega collection was first readapted to contemporary codes 10 years ago, in 2012, and returns this autumn in a reworked version, with a refined design and optimized mechanics thanks to the introduction of Master Chronometer certification. The Biel-based brand offers a multitude of references so that everyone can find the De Ville Prestige of their dreams.
Overall, the range is based on three automatic calibers (8810, 8802 and 8800) and offers three different displayed features: small seconds counter with or without power reserve indication (which amounts to 55 hours, for all three movements) and three hands, always with the date display placed at 3 or 6 o’clock depending on the model. The cases, whose proportions have been revised but which retain their slim, curved “triple apple” look, are available in steel, SednaTM gold – an alloy that is more intense and durable than traditional red gold –, yellow gold or two-tone steel and gold, and in three diameters (41, 40 and 34mm). They are fastened to the wrist with 7-row polished bracelets or colored alligator leather straps. As for the dials, galvanic treatments for a silver or rhodium grey finish and innovative techniques such as PVD allow to play with shades of color (pink salmon, blue lavender, green fir, deep purple, green matcha, to name but a few). Their delicately domed disc hosts applied Roman numerals interspersed with polka dots that are flown over by leaf-like tapered hands, all subtly curved for an exceptional visual harmony.
