POST EDIT: Omega Olympic 1932 Chrono Chime watch pays homage to the company’s legacy by fusing a chronograph and minute repeater
- The watch features a minute repeater, like the world’s first Omega, released in 1892, and a chronograph, in a nod to the stopwatch it made for the 1932 Olympics
- The fusion of the two features makes its movement the most complicated the Swiss watchmaker has produced. The Chrono Chime is available in two themed bodies
In a nod to its storied legacy, Swiss watchmaker Omega’s new Chrono Chime forges a historic link between its minute repeater watch of 1892 – the world’s first – and the pocket chronograph used as official timekeeper at the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles.
The design, inspired by the transition from the pocket watch to the wristwatch, is paired with a striking, first-of-its-kind calibre built from scratch by Omega’s watchmakers.
Developed over six years with sister company Blancpain, the watch’s movement stands as the most complicated Omega has ever made. Called the Co-Axial Master Chronometer Calibre 1932, it is a sophisticated fusion of chronograph and minute repeater.
Rather than layering or fitting the parts of one onto the other, this hybrid combines the functions of both into one seamless movement centred around its own mechanical “brain”.
Unlike Omega’s classic Co-Axial escapement, which operates at a typical frequency of three to four hertz, the new calibre beats at five hertz in order to display tenths of a second, thereby matching the pocket chronographs used to time the 1932 Olympics.
