Each year, the prestigious watchmaking company OMEGA selects one classic timepiece – it has to be more than fifty years old – and honors it with a reissue combining its design excellence with OMEGA’s tradition of innovative contemporary watchmaking. Meanwhile, the elect timepiece is going to be the new addition to the honorable OMEGA’s Museum Collection. The “Milestone 1941″ Collector’s Piece has eventually obtained the chance to stepped into the OMEGA’s Hall of Fame, and become the ninth release in OMEGA’s Museum Collection.
The “Milestone 1941″ watch originates from OMEGA’s reference “CK 2080″, a stainless steel watch firstly introduced in 1938 as a fascinating luxury for high-ranking military officers. This concrete watch which the ninth member of the Museum Collection stems from, was delivered in 1941 and sold at the Omegamania Auction in 2007. As a perfect incorporation of OMEGA’s state-of-the-art Co-Axial technology and exquisite materials, the new “Milestone 1941″ watch continues the predecessor’s style to show the utmost respect for the true OMEGA milestone.
Featuring a discreet 38m 18 Ct white gold case, the “Milestone 1941″ watch embraces a sheer complicated dial, giving people kind of high-precision instrument feel. A telemetric scale graduated in km/h, a minute track, and a mini tachymetric scale are placed on layered rings, from the outer to the inner. Coated with Super-LumiNova, the subminiature yet legible numerals and indexes are highlighted in the watch’s hour track. There are two sub-dials symmetrically located on the dial – a 30 minute chronograph recorder at 3 o’clock and small seconds counter at 9 o’clock. The new watch is easily readable in all light conditions, thanks to the classic white skeletonised hands treated with Super-LumiNova.
Inside the “Milestone 1941″ is an exclusive OMEGA calibre 3203. The manual-winding chronograph is a COSC-certified chronometer and features OMEGA’s Co-Axial escapement with a free sprung balance as well as a column wheel chronograph mechanism. Joining the watch comfortably to the wrist is a black alligator strap, fitted with an 18 Ct white gold buckle. As a striking blend of traditional watchmaking design with contemporary horological innovation, the new watch is delivered in a special museum box and produced in a limited edition of 1941 pieces.
