BaselWorld 2012: De Ville Chronograph OMEGA

The De Ville Chronograph OMEGA. The De Ville represents the OMEGA's classical line of watches. OMEGA added another watch at BaselWorld 2012 to its De Ville line-up. The De Ville Chronograph OMEGA has a 42 mm diameter case which is available in 18 Ct rose gold or stainless steel. 

The watch has several features not common on your typical watch. The dial of the watch features two sub-dials at and a date display. The sub-dial at the 9 o'clock displays continuous seconds. Most chronographs display running seconds in a sub-dial leaving the large second hand free for use with the chronograph function. 

For measuring elapsed minutes and hours, the typical chronograph has two sub-dials, one for measuring minutes and the other to measure hours.  The De Ville Chronograph OMEGA instead uses a single  sub-dial (at the 3 o'clock), which has two small hands for the same purpose.

The De Ville Chronograph OMEGA is powered by the Co-Axial calibre 9300/9301 which is quipped with OMEGA’s Si14 silicon balance spring. The more interesting feature of this movement is that you can change the hour hand without affecting the minute and second hands. This makes it easier to adjust between time zones. This is a feature you find in dual time watches, but which is not common in watches which display a single time zone.

This new De Ville Chronograph is available with either a 18 Ct red gold case on a brown or blue leather strap, or with a stainless steel case on a stainless steel bracelet or on a black or blue leather strap. The dial is available in opaline-silver or blue for the 18 Ct red gold models and opaline-silver or black or blue for the De Ville Chronograph in stainless steel.

About OMEGA SA. The forerunner of OMEGA was founded 1848, by Louis Brandt. The name OMEGA was first used in 1894. It was used as the name of one of the Louis Brandt brother’s watch movement calibers.