I remember well when Omega launched the limited series of Co-Axial chronometers in 1999. At the time as a collector I felt these were a formidable leap of faith from Omega- but undeniably a justified one. This first series of watches made in yellow gold 9...
. . . two other Purists who agree. Btw, there was also a white gold variant, if memory serves correct, produced in an edition of 999. Well worth hunting, imho. Art
These are very rare and unknown Probably because Omega was suffering from its poor performance in the prev decades If it were launched today Completely different story Best Imran ...
A timely reminder of this fine series and a real leap of faith by Omega to adopt the CoAxial. I have the original press pack and invitation to the London launch for this release at home (will post here once I unearth it). Incidentally, thank you for inclu...
I couldn't agree more with your post. This connection to George Daniels is the main reason I ended up with a 1st gen Seamaster Planet Ocean; I liked the watch, but loved the movement. I think the 2500, as the first series-produced non-lever movement in de...
Below is another trio shot. As I mentioned in the December 2016 thread about these original Coaxial watches , I was captivated by these back in 1999. They contained the disastrously unreliable cal. 2500A movements when Omega released them. If I remember c...
I was fortunate enough to have a rg/blue dialed version once upon a time (stoopid, stoopid, stoopid, I know). #785/999 which I dug out these pics. I believe one of our esteemed owners had this skeletonized version which he showed me once. ...