Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #12461 in Watches
• Brand: Omega
• Model: 2512.30
• Band material: stainless-steel
• Bezel material: stainless-steel
• Case material: stainless-steel
• Clasp type: deployment-clasp-with-push-button
• Dial color: white
• Dial window material: anti-reflective-scratch-resistant-sapphire
• Movement type: swiss-automatic
• Water-resistant to 500 feet

Features

• Quality Swiss Automatic movement; Functions without a battery; Powers automatically with the movement of your arm
• Domed, scratch-resistant sapphire crystal
• Case diameter: 42.2 mm
• Stainless-steel case; White dial; Date function; Chronograph functions
• Water-resistant to 500 feet (150 M)

Amazon.com Product Description
Omega's Aqua Terra for men is an elegantly designed watch with bands, bezel and a 42.2-millimeter case constructed of stainless steel. This sophisticated watch also features water resistance to 500 feet, a date display at six o'clock, blue hour indexes on the white dial, and three sub-dials for tracking hours, minutes and seconds. This handsome timepiece is the perfect watch for everyday professional wear and for special occasions.

The Omega Story
The Omega watch story begins in 1848, when founder Louis Brandt began hand assembling key-wound precision pocket watches from parts supplied by local craftsmen in his principality La Chaux-de-Fonds, in the northwest corner of Switzerland. However, the Omega name didn't appear until 1894, after Louis Brandt had passed away and his watchmaking traditions were taken over by his sons, Louis-Paul and Cesar Brandt. Omega watches have long been associated with glamorous screen and sports stars--the Omega Seamaster is famous for being the watch of choice for James Bond--with current ambassadors including Pierce Brosnan, Nicole Kidman, tennis player Anna Kournikova, and swimmers Michael Phelps and Ian Thorpe.

But Omega is more than just a fashionable watch. In 1965, the Omega Speedmaster chronograph was "flight-qualified by NASA for all manned space missions" as the only wristwatch to have withstood all of the U.S. space agency's severe tests, including passing grades for extreme shocks, vibrations, and temperatures ranging from -18 to +93 degrees Celsius. The greatest moment in the Speedmaster's history was undoubtedly 20 July 1969 at 02:56 GMT, when it recorded man's first steps on the Moon's surface as part of the Apollo 11 mission. Omega watches rocketed off to space on many subsequent missions, including visits to Skylab and the historic Apollo-Soyuz link-up of Soviet and American astronauts in 1975.

In more recent years, Omega created the world's first self-winding wristwatch with central tourbillon in 1994 and made history in 1999 with the first mass-produced watch incorporating the co-axial escapement, developed in conjunction with renowned English master watchmaker George Daniels. In simple terms, the escapement is the heart of a mechanical watch, generating the impulses that make the mechanism move. Omega's Co-Axial Escapement drastically reduces the friction among the parts that transmit energy to the other components, producing greater stability and precision and reducing service requirements.

Today, Omega is known for its rigorous testing of new movements, cases, and bands. Each new Omega movement is tested on the wrist in existing Omega models, while various laboratory tests are conducted to determine temperature-resistance, shock-resistance and vibration-resistance.

Customer Reviews

Omega Aqua Terra
The watch is even better than shown on the picture.
It really changes the color as the other fellow says on his review. The weight and size are compatible and it has a nice cost benefit relation.

Elegant
I got this about two months ago and have been in absolute love with it. I have big wrists and like heavier watches so this one fits me well. The color of the dial actually changes, depending on sunlight conditions: from blue to black. However, either color looks great. I would recommend also get an official Omega cleaning cloth to polish it once in a while. (The cloth probably costs about $10)