Fake watches: Let me talk about the conclusion first: Why is it said that the Chrono Chime is Omega’s “masterpiece of the gods”? Because among all the current famous watch brands and all complex Luxury replica watches, Omega Chrono Chime is unique in chiming the time. Chronograph by chasing hands, and then the minute repeater reports the time. Other famous watch brands do not have similar products.
Why do you say that only Audemars Piguet, A. Lange & Söhne, and Vacheron Constantin can be “on par” with Omega Chrono Chime? Because it is currently on sale (note that it is on sale, excluding historical antique models), only Audemars Piguet, A. Lange & Söhne, and Vacheron Constantin have launched large complex watches that include rattrapante and minute repeaters. Although it is only a conventional split-chatter and a regular minute repeater, it cannot report the time of the rattrapante like Omega, but at least it combines the rattrapante needle and the minute repeater. None of the other famous watch brands has complex fake watches that combine rattrapante and minute repeaters, and neither does Patek Philippe.
Why is Omega Chrono Chime unique?
At the end of October (2022), Omega released the most complicated watch in the history of the brand, Chrono Chime, the movement model is 1932, and it has two appearances: Olympic 1932 and Speedmaster. In other words, the same movement has two styles. Among them, the Olympic 1932 chasing needle timekeeping is a retro style, and the Speedmaster chasing needle timekeeping is a modern style.
Omega Chrono Chime is unique in that it first starts the chasing needle timing, and after the chasing needle timing stops, press the minute repeater button. At this time, the watch spring (hammer strikes the gong) will report the just time time. For example, the time has accumulated to 4 minutes and 38 seconds, OK, the watch will report 4 minutes and 38 seconds, and then tap the mainspring.
- 4 bass strikes are 4 minutes (1 bass strike represents 1 minute)
- Hit 3 high and low sounds for 30 seconds (one high and low tone represents 10 seconds)
- Hit the high pitch 8 times, it is 8 seconds (one high pitch represents 1 second)
The conventional minute repeater watch is all reporting the normal watch time. Like the Omega Chrono Chime, it is unprecedented to report the time.
Taking a step back, even if we take out the chasing needle and the minute repeater separately, it is the top function of the complex watch. Just one chronograph, the single chronographs currently in production on the market are mainly Patek Philippe 5370 and Lange 1815 (excluding those modified by general-purpose movements), and nothing else. Omega’s chasing hands and timekeeping are unique.
Technical details of the Omega Chrono Chime chime.
Because Omega Chrono Chime timekeeping, it reports the timing time, so Omega uses a new timekeeping system, changing the 3 timekeeping cams in the conventional minute repeater to one for controlling minutes, one for 10 seconds, and one for 10 seconds. Control seconds. When the chasing needle timing stops, press the timekeeping button, and the 2 timekeeping racks will push the 2 hammers to start timekeeping according to the positions of the 3 timekeeping cams.
In the central box is the chiming cam, and in the right box is the chiming rack. On the front of the movement, in addition to the two hammers, we can also see the “speed flywheel” of the minute repeater device. It is used to control the “speed and rhythm” of timekeeping. Minutes/10 seconds/seconds, with an interval of 1.5 seconds, the rhythm is coherent and compact.
On the back of the movement, you can see the split-seconds timing parts.
Omega also uses Omega’s unique coaxial escapement on this Chrono Chime, and increases the swing frequency to 36,000 times per hour, which is also the first time.
Omega uses 18K Sedna gold (that is, Omega’s exclusive 18K rose gold) for the splint of the entire movement, including the minute repeater gong. The decoration of the movement matches this large and complex watch. In the Olympic 1932 Chronograph Chronograph and Speedmaster Chronograph, Omega uses enamel plates and guilloché engravings, and the details of the watch are in place from the inside to the outside.
The button on the crown is the timing start/stop/zero button, the button with the red coil next to the crown is the chasing needle button, and the button with the musical note pattern under the case is the timekeeping button.
Is it reasonable for Omega to launch such a complicated watch?
After the release of the Omega Chrono Chime, some watch fans thought that it would be more appropriate for such an expensive large
and complicated watch to be produced on Blancpain and Breguet, both brands of the Swatch Group. Is it reasonable to be on Omega? Reasonable. The reason is:
From a historical point of view, the brand positioning of Omega in history has always been very high,
rich in antique complex Perfect Fake Watches, complete with tourbillon, minute repeater, and rattrapante hands. Among them, Omega launched the minute repeater in 1892 and the chronograph in 1932. Omega launched the chasing needle timekeeping today, and there are traces in history.
From a modern point of view, among Omega’s styles on sale, Omega’s central tourbillon is also a complex watch,
which is also unique among mainstream famous watch brands. The public price of Omega’s central tourbillon has exceeded the price of Vacheron Constantin and Lange’s tourbillon. Complicated fake watches have never been absent from Omega’s lineup. It is reasonable and reasonable to launch the chasing needle timekeeping.
The “four major brands” rule the watch world, and Omega is one of them.
In today’s watch world, there are “four major brands” in a dominant position. They are Patek Philippe, Rolex, Omega, and Cartier. Among them, Omega is the core of Swatch Group, and Cartier is the core of Richemont Group.
This time, Omega officials also mentioned that Blancpain of the same group
also participated in the research and development of Chrono Chime. Omega’s core position in the Swatch Group allows Omega to gain the power of the entire Swatch Group. In 1991, Omega developed a central tourbillon,
and the Swatch Group deployed Breguet and the ETA movement factory to fully support it; in 2019, Omega launched the Speedmaster 321, of which the copyright of the 321 movement was provided by Breguet
(after 1968, the 321 machine The core belongs to the Lemania movement factory and falls under the name of Breguet). Therefore, no matter what “God Watch” Omega launches,
don’t be surprised, because Omega is the Swatch Group, and the Swatch Group is Omega.
This new numbered watch, which amazed the watchmaking industry, cleverly combined two important milestone watches in Omega history.
One was the industry-first minute repeater watch launched in 1892,
and the other It was the chronograph pocket watch used by Omega
as the official timekeeper of the Los Angeles Olympic Games for the first time in 1932. The latter marked the beginning of the long history of the brand as the official timekeeper of the Olympic Games.
In the history of watchmaking, many great designs have emerged during the transition period from pocket fake watches to wristwatches. The appearance design of the Olympic 1932 Chronograph Repeater also draws inspiration from this extremely creative era. However, the Omega fake 1932 Co-Axial Master Chronometer movement carried by this watch is an epoch-making pioneering creation. This cutting-edge and extraordinary complex movement is the first to realize the timing of time,
and it is destined to be in the history of watchmaking its milestone.
