Until Sunday, August 11th, the world will be watching the Olympic Summer Games in Paris, where some 10,000 athletes compete in 48 disciplines. As Official Timekeeper of this mega-event, now in its 31st year, and of the Paralympic Games in 2024, Omega has 92 years of experience in sport timekeeping. With the highest precision and absolute reliability, its advanced technology measures the fractions of a second that separate gold, silver and bronze medals.
Daniel Craig– aka watch enthusiast James Bond– was able to see this for himself. The British actor has been Omega’s international brand ambassador since the release of Casino Royale in 2006.
During his time in the host city, Craig watched the show-jumping at the Palace of Versailles and the skateboarding competitions at the Place de la Concorde, before stopping by the Omega House Paris to witness the brand celebrate its role as Official Timekeeper. On his wrist was a new watch model that will be officially launched later this year. The pictures are likely to cause much speculation among Omega fans.
At first glance, one might think that Craig was wearing the 60th Anniversary James Bond Seamaster. Although the watch in Paris has the matching mesh strap, white hands and indices, no date and what appears to be a steel case, it has a black dial in contrast to the blue shade of the above mentioned. Other subtle features hint at a new, long-awaited variant: a standard Seamaster without a date, which Omega has teased with previous Bond special editions.
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