As Official Timekeeper of America’s Cup, OMEGA has launched a race-ready timepiece in the celebration that delivers extraordinary precision under pressure.
Since 1851, America’s Cup is one of the world’s oldest and most dramatic sailing and sporting events, and in all the years since then, has only been won by teams from four different countries and OMEGA’s association with the event extends back to 1995, when the brand supported Team New Zealand, led by the legendary sailor Sir Peter Blake, whose victory paved the way for OMEGA to take the coveted role of Official Timekeeper in 2000 and later in 2003.
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OMEGA returns to the role this year, measuring every second under sail at the 36th edition of the great event with the OMEGA Seamaster Diver 300M America’s Cup Chronograph; A fitting tribute to the 36th America’s Cup presented by PRADA.
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The stainless steel 44 mm chronograph has a blue ceramic dial and bezel ring, a white enamel diving scale and soft-touch rubber pushers, ergonomically designed to work efficiently in the wet and stylishly picked out in red and blue.
The laser-engraved wave-pattern dial includes a ‘regatta countdown indicator ring’, minute and central seconds hand, all in red anodized aluminium, which features an hour disc underneath the sub dial, and rhodium-plated small seconds hand inspired by the shape of a boat hull.
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OMEGA’s exclusive CHRONO LOCK system works to secure the chronograph functions during crucial moments when marking time on the water, leaving no room for error.
OMEGA’s Seamaster Diver 300M America’s Cup Chronograph has a metal bracelet and additional rubber strap, both equipped with OMEGA’s new Quick Change system. This means that with one press of a button, the pins from the watch-head releases, enabling the wearer to switch easily between the bracelet and the strap without having to use tools.
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As with all great commemorative watches, the event and year is clearly marked and highlighted in bold. On the Alveol shaped caseback, engravings filled with blue lacquer spell out “36th America’s Cup” and “Auckland 2021”.
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