Omega BaselWorld 2014 Novelties in Singapore ~ A Fine Meal With Fine Watches

thanks to the Omega team in Singapore for a great nite out. Good food, good wine, good company and some very nice pieces to showcase for 2014. this won't be a wordy post as i'll let the pics do most of the talkin. (also check out the 2013 shots here with better co-axial movement pics LINK)

early bird catches the seamaster! 

very nicely setup venue for our dinner

David Ponzo, our gracious host, introduced the pieces for the 2014 collection and took us 
through a presentation on Omega's interesting range and 2013/14 highlights. one of the pieces 
shown was a white dark side of the moon which looked pretty cool to me

as u know i love me some speedys but the highlight of the 2014 novelties was definitely 

the seamaster 1957... it's gorgeous! very nicely done "vintage" lume, a good size at 41mm

and it sits very comfortably... so much that it was difficult to pry it off my wrist ;) retail at S$8,550

the other piece was the two tone version with 18k sedna gold and steel. it is also very nice but 
costlier of course at list of S$16,300. same 4 years warranty with the co-axial anti-magnetic movement
>15,000 gauss... quite the achievement [note: it could be higher than 15k gauss but that is what the
measuring equipment for this kinda stuff can go up too]

i think i need to get me one of these ;) a very sweet piece... it has a sand-blasted ceramic dial 
and ceramic bezel with Liquidmetal diving scale

next up is the Speedy 45th Anniversary... limited to 1969 pieces. case made of sedna gold and titanium 

the Speedy box it comes in is really nice 

and has these great logo emblems on the front and on the inside

comes with loupe, spare velcro strap and strap changing tool

an interesting variant of the moonwatch in a cool brown, grey, rose gold color combination. priced at S$9,950

and finally a wrist shot with it's 1968 brother

next up is a piece that is real nice in the metal. the clous de paris dial and the domed dial and crystal come together 
very nicely. the elegant classy tresor deville master that comes in sedna gold

with the co-axial, anti-magnetic movement

and yellow gold. both at retail price of S$17,850... maybe offer it in steel soon perhaps? ;)

there were other pieces there of course and the ladies pluma range shown on the presentation looked real interesting but the 3 above were the highlights for me :) the pics that follow are random ones taken at the dinner event

first up movement in layers... 

and it looks like Omega is looking to sell NATO straps... these are going to be priced at the slightly higher end

the very heavy and fierce Seamaster Aqua Terra all in red gold glory (retail price is S$43,450)

that gorgeous emblem again... this is done so well on the watch box

and a food collage shot... some of the dishes were good but others not so
but most of the folks at this dinner weren't here for the food :)

and that's it for coverage of a fine watch dinner event. thanks once more to David, Pauline, Maria and Fiona for being such great hosts. cheers, raph