Omega’s masterpiece: Vaughan Big Date

Posted by admin on May 26, 2011 under omega citizen category | Be the First to Comment

With the omega Vaughan Big Date, omega has returned to the old-fashioned virtues of watchmaking and produces a watch with an own manufacture calibre. The new omega movement provides the function of a unique big date display. In terms of appearance, omega remains true to its tradition of elegance and simplicity.omega has a tradition of elegant men’s watches, such as the new omega Vaughan Big Date. The omega Centenaire of 1956 and the Eterna·Matic 3000 Dato of 1962 were both watches for men of style. In its day, the omega calibre 1504 movement used in these watches broke all sales records. The calibre 1504 has now provided the model for a new omega movement. A young team of watchmakers and design engineers have developed the new omega 3030. The omega creators have achieved a world record with their very first attempt. The automatic movement with big date display function is the slimmest in its class.

In big date display movements, the date is displayed in large numerals on two separate discs. For the display of the date, one of the discs carries the units, while the other carries the tens. A two-disc system allows the use of larger numerals, thereby enhancing the legibility of the date. In the case of the omega 3030, an outer disc carries the unit numbers for every day of the month. A small disc, arranged further inside, carries the four necessary digits for the tens display. The omega calibre 3030 shows a convex profile on both sides, in the form of a lens. The two discs of the date display blend seamlessly into the cambered surface of the movement. They are designed, not as a conventional arrangement of two flat and horizontal discs positioned one above the other, but as two cambered rings, which rotate next to each other.