OMEGA WRISTWATCHES: Omega Men's Speedmaster Olympic Edition Automatic Chronograph Watch #3516.20.00

OMEGA Speedmaster Olympic

Product Specifications

Watch Information

* Brand Name: Omega
* Model number: 3516.20.00
* Part Number: 3516.20.00
* Dial window material type: anti-reflective-scratch-resistant-sapphire
* Clasp: fold-over-clasp-with-double-push-button-safety
* Case material: stainless-steel
* Case diameter: 39 millimeters
* Case Thickness: 12 millimeters
* Band material: stainless-steel
* Band length: mens
* Band width: 19 millimeters
* Band Color: silver
* Dial color: white
* Bezel material: stainless-steel
* Bezel Function: stationary
* Calendar: Date
* Movement: swiss-automatic
* Water resistant depth: 167 Feet
* Warranty Type: amazon.com

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Product Features

* Quality Swiss Automatic movement; Functions without a battery; Powers automatically with the movement of your arm
* Functions without a battery; watch powered automatically with the movement of your arm
* Domed, anti-reflective scratch-resistant sapphire crystal
* Stainless-steel case; White dial; Date function; Chronograph functions
* Water-resistant to 50 M (165 feet)

Product Description

The gold-standard of timepieces, this Olympic Edition Men's Speedmaster watch performs like a champion. Its durable, 19-millimeter-wide stainless-steel band joins to a 39-millimeter-in-diameter stainless-steel case. The polished stainless-steel bezel serves as a Tachymetre, imprinted with Arabic numerals and stick markers. The crisp white dial boasts the official insignia of the Olympic Games on its seconds hand as well as the esteemed Omega name near the three o'clock position. Luminescent hands, a date window at the three o'clock position and three subdials add convenient complications to this athletic timepiece that features Arabic numeral hour indicators as well as stick minute and second markers. Powered by Swiss-automatic technology, this resilient, handsome watch is water resistant to 160 feet.

Product Details

* Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
* Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
* Note: Gift-wrapping is not available for this item.
* Item model number: 3516.20.00

Story Of Omega

The Omega Story
The Omega watch story begins in 1848, when founder Louis Brandt began hand assembling key-wound precision pocket watches from parts supplied by local craftsmen in his principality La Chaux-de-Fonds, in the northwest corner of Switzerland. However, the Omega name didn't appear until 1894, after Louis Brandt had passed away and his watchmaking traditions were taken over by his sons, Louis-Paul and Cesar Brandt. Omega watches have long been associated with glamorous screen and sports stars--the Omega Seamaster is famous for being the watch of choice for James Bond--with current ambassadors including Pierce Brosnan, Nicole Kidman, tennis player Anna Kournikova, and swimmers Michael Phelps and Ian Thorpe. But Omega is more than just a fashionable watch. In 1965, the Omega Speedmaster chronograph was "flight-qualified by NASA for all manned space missions" as the only wristwatch to have withstood all of the U.S. space agency's severe tests, including passing grades for extreme shocks, vibrations, and temperatures ranging from -18 to +93 degrees Celsius. The greatest moment in the Speedmaster's history was undoubtedly 20 July 1969 at 02:56 GMT, when it recorded man's first steps on the Moon's surface as part of the Apollo 11 mission.Omega watches rocketed off to space on many subsequent missions, including visits to Skylab and the historic Apollo-Soyuz link-up of Soviet and American astronauts in 1975.	In more recent years, Omega created the world's first self-winding wristwatch with central tourbillon in 1994 and made history in 1999 with the first mass-produced watch incorporating the co-axial escapement, developed in conjunction with renowned English master watchmaker George Daniels. In simple terms, the escapement is the heart of a mechanical watch, generating the impulses that make the mechanism move. Omega's Co-Axial Escapement drastically reduces the friction among the parts that transmit energy to the other components, producing greater stability and precision and reducing service requirements. Today, Omega is known for its rigorous testing of new movements, cases, and bands. Each new Omega movement is tested on the wrist in existing Omega models, while various laboratory tests are conducted to determine temperature-resistance, shock-resistance and vibration-resistance.