Fresh from the Showcase here at SwissWatchExpo, the Omega Aqua Terra
has a ton of complications available for it. And today we are talking about a Worldtimer.
If you know, Omega, then by now you surely know of the Aqua Terra. Sort of their dressy slash
sporty slash dive watch slash boating watch type of line. I say that to say, there are a ton of
varieties in the Aqua Terra, but there are a few things that make all of them consistent in terms
of their design and their aesthetics, but there are a ton of complications available within them.
This is where we see Omega experiment with annual calendars and a ton of other things. In addition
to your standard day and dates as well as chronographs, etc. One of the most unique
ones I've found is one that has just arrived here at SwissWatchExpo. This is a beautiful Worldtimer
example of the Aqua Terra. The Worldtimer is a complication you may be familiar with some other
more austere and prestigious brands like your Vacheron and your Patek Philippes and what not.
But this is a much more affordable type of entry into that type of complication. This is one that
not only shows a singular extra timezone as a GMT does but rather shows you all timezones at once,
which is what makes a Worldtimer so unique. What makes them so impressive and even more
impressive is the price that you're gonna be able to get this incredible Aqua Terra
at. So let's go ahead and check it out. The first thing you'll notice is that while many of the one
things that unites all Worldtimers is that you have to have the name of all the different cities,
where the timezones are represented on the dial. This one has an actual map of the entire planet
Earth, every continent right here, right there in the middle of the dial. It is a beautiful finish.
It sort of has I would say sort of a grainy texture where the ocean is,
and almost like a meteorite type of texture for what represents the land mass on planet Earth. And
what I think is most interesting of all, is that the way it is laid out with sort of a straight
downward view from the very North Pole, you're actually able to see
all of the cities that are around the edge of the dial line up with their approximate
position on this globe here. And when you consider just how tiny this globe is here in the center of
this dial and the fact that all the cities that I am able to see on the outside do appear to match
with their corresponding positions on this globe. It's very impressive that they were able to lay
it out. And it's still a relatively minimal use of space, all things considered, because this
is a dial that like all Worldtimers has a lot of information that is trying to give you at once.
It's a beautiful watch though, and it isn't particularly hard to read some even much
more expensive and prestigious brands make Worldtimers that are really great for seeing
the names of a bunch of cities on it. Not so great for being able to determine the time on the fly.
Not a problem you're gonna have with this. You've got large triangular hands,
as well as this broad arrow minute hand as well as a very bright lume on all three hands,
including the seconds hand, as well as every point around here on the edge of the dial as
well. You actually do have luminous markers for every position, even at 6 o'clock where
there's a date right here. And I find that to be absolutely fascinating. Another thing that
I think is really interesting, it's something that I think only Omega could get away with.
If you're familiar with Worldtimer watches, there are certain cities that you'll expect to see that
represent certain timezones. New York City being one of them. I think Moscow was pretty unique
in terms of its position on the globe, as far as timezones are concerned, but there's one city that
is mysteriously missing and that is Paris. Every single other Worldtimer watch I have ever seen
has Paris indicated on the dial. Whereas Omega, you'll see here, I believe between
where is it? Oh yeah, it is between 5 o'clock and 6. They've actually replaced Paris with Bienne
the location of the Omega factory and where the brand was founded. I think that is an incredibly
little cheeky addition they made where they replaced a much more prestigious city on the
map with a very, very small town that no one who's not familiar with the brand Omega has heard of.
It's just this tiny town in Switzerland with not much else to my knowledge.
But it is able to share its space with some much more prestigious and famous
cities around the globe. You know, such as your New Yorks, your Chicagos, your Rio De Janeiros,
as well as some of the more obscure ones like the Azores Islands, and I think Samoa, which only
occupies that one particular latitude mark on the map. But that's what makes Worldtimer watches so
great. And that you're able to just at a glance, see what time it is everywhere all at once. But
of course, that's just Worldtimers in general. What makes this a unique Aqua Terra is gonna be,
again, some design choices that are consistent across the entire brand. You're gonna have a
high polished bezel here, no rotating bezel at all. This is all contained here within the dial.
You do have the high-polished center link, which all modern Aqua Terras are going
to have as well as a beautiful exhibition caseback displaying this movement. I mean,
Omega doesn't make ugly movements at all, which is why I think all Aqua Terras now
are gonna come with this exhibition caseback. I mean, if you've got it, you might as well
show it off. And Omega completely agrees with that. This is a caliber 8938, which I
think is exclusive to this watch because I don't believe Omega's making any other Worldtimer models
at this time. I may be mistaken though. I do love how we do have the high polish center link
on the outer, but it's actually all brushed on the inner, which I think is a really neat
sort of choice that they've made here. And I really, really just love the exhibition.
caseback. This is a particularly unique movement. And if you look at a ton of Omega
casebacks like I do, then you've probably you know, a lot of them started to look the same,
but this is definitely a very unique movement in their line. And it's a very unique watch,
so that shouldn't surprise anyone at all. We've got more expensive Worldtimers. We've
also got Omegas for people who may only need to see one or two timezones at once,
but this is a very impressive and very unique addition to the Omega line. And you can bring
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