An Exceptional Omega Watch Collection: A Photo Essay by gadalex

In the second week of July I made a trip up to the outskirts of Manchester from London to view what must be one of the most outstanding collections of Omega watches in private hands. Through Instagram I had made the acquaintance of the collector in question and duly accepted an invitation to visit and photograph some of the rarest pieces that he had obtained over the years. What followed was around seven hours of photography and much conversation. I would love to include as many details as is possible about each of the watches below, but I fear that I may not do enough justice to the timepieces. My main takeaway from the trip though was that Omega never quite managed to attain the same level of marketing prowess as Rolex (at least in terms of consistency). The firm was at the forefront of developing tool watches and on occasion this dominance of the field allowed them to invest more than other companies into new technologies: for example, the parallel in house development of the Megaquartz movements whilst they were also involved in the Beta 21 project.

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