Frederick IX, Christian Frederick Franz Michael Carl Valdemar Georg, was born on 11 March 1899 and was King of Denmark from the 20 April 1947 till his death on 14th January 1972. Born from King Christian X of Denmark and Queen Alexandrine (Duchess of Mecklenburg).
Frederick was educated at the Royal Danish Naval Academy (breaking Danish royal tradition by choosing a naval instead of an army career) and the University of Copenhagen. Before he became king, he had acquired the rank of Rear Admiral and he had had several senior commands on active service. In addition, with his great love of music, the king was an able piano player and conductor.
King Frederick IX waring the Omga Centenary - Automatic, Chronometre Watch while making his New Year's Eve Speech to nation on Danish National Radio in 1956.
In 1922, Frederick was engaged to Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark, his cousin and the daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark; however they never wed. Instead, he married Princess Ingrid of Sweden (1910–2000), daughter of Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf, later King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden, in Stockholm on 24 May 1935.
This Omega Centenary - Automatic , Chronomètre had, according to Antiquorum's auctions, an estimated price of $1.600 - $2.500. Technical data: movement: No. 10760553, case no. 10725323, Ref. 2500. The movement was made in 1947 and the watch was delivered on October 15, 1948 to the Danish Ambassy in Bern.
Michael Schumacher was born 3 January 1969, in Hürth-Hermülheim, Germany. He is a former Formula One driver and also a seven-time Formula One world drivers' champion. Nowadays, he is a current advisor and also an occasional test driver for Ferrari. He is the only German that won the Formula One World Championship. In a 2006 FIA survey, Michael Schumacher was voted the most popular driver of the season among Formula One fans.
After winning two championships with Benetton, Michael Schumacher moved to Scuderia Ferrari in 1996 and won five consecutive drivers' titles with them from 2000–2004. Schumacher holds many records in Formula One, including most drivers' championships, race victories, fastest laps, pole positions, points scored and most races won in a single season. Schumacher is the only Formula One driver to have an entire season of podium finishes, a feat he accomplished in 2002. After the 2006 Formula One season Schumacher retired from race driving.
Schumacher is an ambassador for UNESCO and a spokesman for driver safety. He has been involved in numerous humanitarian efforts throughout his life and donated tens of millions of dollars to charity. He is the elder brother of former F1 driver Ralf Schumacher, currently racing in Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM). They stand as the only brothers in F1 history to have both won races and scoring the first ever 1-2 finish in Formula One.
Michael Schumacher has been OMEGA’s ambassadorsince 1997.
Steel on rubber strap
Reference: 321.32.44.50.01.001
MOVEMENT
Caliber: Omega 3313
Self-winding chronograph movement with column wheel mechanism and Co-Axial Escapement for greater precision stability and durability of the movement. Free sprung balance, with date, hour, minute and continuous small seconds hands, central chronograph hand.
Power Reserve: 52 hours
CRYSTAL
Scratch-resistant sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment inside
The quality of the equipment while diving turns to be more than an important issue before descending into deep ocean. Diver’s watches are specially designed for deep depths and equipped with its special case, as protecting the case is the main goal. In order to be considered a diving one, a watch must be qualified as suitable for up to 150 metres / 450 feet, even though most of the watches considered to be suitable for diving are appropriate for more than 200 meters. The “O” rings, usually made of nylon, are a very important part of submersible watches as it works as a protection sealing for the case and also for the crown. In order to avoid case deformations caused by the pressured of depth, most of the cases are produced with extra thick walls. Even though, because of the potential risks, divers do not usually reach such deep profundities, watches show such depth capabilities because of the way their hermetecism is tested. This procedure is done in a static way and pressure in real life is much more, as the watch is being moved attached to a diver’s arm. As a direct consequence of this fact, a watch that is just used to swim must be at least submersible up to 50 meters at least. The unidirectional bezel is what gives divers’ watches their most popular characteristic, as each immersion has a limit of elapsed time. That’s why it is more than important to have precise elements as divers life is in constant risk. Just by rotating the bezel till the minute hand at the moment in which the immersion starts, the diver will perfectly know for how long he has remain in depth. The reason of featuring a unidirectional rotating bezel is that if by accident it moves on its own, it would only short time remaining instead of extending it, keeping the diver’s life safe. Another important part of the watch related to keeping diver’s life safe is the seconds hand which when ascending it marks how fast the diver is ascending as one feet per second is recommended. Some of the well-known diver’s watches are:
Omega the first wristwatch brand to produce a diver’s watch, the Marine. (1932)
Officine Panerai (1938)
From LIP and Blancpain, the Fifty Fathoms (1953)
Rolex Submariner (1956)revolution.
Rolex Dweller (1967)
Omega Seamaster Professional 600m, known as Omega PloProf between the circle of collectors.
Between the cheapest luxurious watches, there’s a wide range of styles and brands that, without paying a large amount of money can please us with the satisfaction of wearing a high quality and esteemed watch.
Each brand has its cheapest watch, not meaning it is not a qualified one, of course. So, according to the cheapest watches of the most important watchmakers, there are some models that must be re-introduced:
Rolex Datejust Mid-Size Ref. 178240 $4.140.00
Gender:Mid-Size
Movement: Automatic.
Dial: Blue with applied roman numeral hour markers and bar-shaped hands.
Case: Stainless Steel, Diameter: 31 mm; thickness: 11 mm. Smooth bezel. Screw-down back and screw-down crown. Water resistant to 100 meters or 300 feet.
Function: Hours, minutes, sweep seconds and quick set d
ate.
Band: Oyster Style Bracelet in Stainless Steel with Flip Lock clasp; 7.25 inches.
Movement: Quartz precision movement with rhodium plated finish. Caliber Omega: 1456
Dial: Black with applied Diamond
s hour markers and bar shaped hands.
Case: Stainless Steel and Diamond
s on Bezel, round shape. Diameter: 22 mm.
Thickness: 8 mm. Bezel engraved with roman numerals and diamonds. Scratch Resistant Sapphire Crystal with anti reflective treatment. Water resistant to 30 meters or 100 feet.
Function: Hours and minutes.
Band: Stainless Steel Bracelet with Folding Clasp; 6 inches.
Movement: Hand-wound mechanical, Panerai Luminor Marina (Officine Panerai Watches) OP XI calibre with swan's neck regulator, 16½ lignes, 17 jewels, Côtes de Genève decoration on the bridges. Glucydur® balance with Nivarox® I spring, 21,600 alternations/hour. Incab.
Dial: White with arabic numeral hour markers. Luminescent overlapped by tritium points and bar-shaped hands.
Steel device protecting the crown: registered Trade Mark. Scratch resitant sapphire crystal (formed of c
orundum, 3.5 mm thick). Anti-reflective coating. Water resistant to 300 meters or 990 feet.
Function: Hour, minutes and subsidiary seconds.
Band: Brown Leather Strap with PANERAI personalised buckle. Supplied with a steel screwdriver and a second interchangeable Strap.
Reference Number: PAM00113
Indications: Subsidiary seconds at 9.
Tag Heuer Formula 1 Quartz Ref. WAH1111.BT0714 $560.00
Movement:Quartz movement.
Dial: White with luminescent applied stick hour markers and bar shaped hands. Arrow head on second hands.
Case: Stainless Steel, round shaped. Diameter: 41 mm. Scratch-resistant titanium carbide coated unidirectional turning bezel with 60-minute scale. Scratch Resistant Sapphire crystal. Screw-in crown. Water resistant to 200 meters or 660 fee
t. Case back with special "checker flag" decoration.
Function: Hours, minutes, sweep seconds and quick set date.
Band: Black Rubber Strap with steel tang buckle; 7 inches.
Reference Number: WAH1111.BT0714
Indications Date aperture at 3.
Signatures: Dial, Case and Band.
Longines DolceVita Quartz Date Ref. L5.503.4.98.6 $960.00
Movement:Quartz movement. Caliber L2
51.
Dial: Blue with applied Arabic numerals and stick hour markers. Daunphin shaped hands.
Case: Stainless Steel, rectangular shape. Case Measures: 34 mm. x 25mm. Double-curved scratch resistant sapphire crystal. Water resistant to 30 meters or 100 feet.
Function: Hours, minutes and date.
Band: Stainless Steel Bracelet with triple folding clasp.
Reference Number: L5.503.4.98.6
Indications: Date aperture between 4 and 5.
IWC Aquatimer Mens Automatic Ref. IW354807 $3.140.00
Gender:Mens
Movement: Mechanical with automatic winding; Caliber 30110; 23 jewels; 28,800 v.p.h.; Power Reserve: 42 hours.
Dial: Black with luminescent applied stick hour markers and bar shaped hands.
Case: Stainless Steel, round shape. Diameter: 42 mm.
Thickness: 12,8 mm. Uni-directional rotating inner bezel. Anti-reflective convex sapphire crystal. Push-button release safety clasp. Water resistant to 1000 meters or 3000 feet.
Function: Hours, minutes, central seconds with stop function and date.
Band: Black Rubber Strap with tang buckle.
Reference Number: IW354807
Indications: Date aperture at 3.
Chopard Mille Miglia Mens GMT Chronometer Automatic Ref. 16/8992$3.740.00
d luminescent sword-shaped hands, red arrow-tip second hand. Luminescent GMT hand.
Case: Stainless Steel, round shaped. Diameter: 42.5 mm. Bezel engraved with 24 hour indication. Glare proofed Sapphire crystal. Transparent case-back. Water resistant to 50 meters or 165 feet.
Function: Hours, minutes, sweep seconds, subsidiary seconds, date, 3 chrono registers, GMT and Tachometer from 240 to 60 km/h.
Band: Black Perforated Leather Strap with Steel deployment clasp, 8 inches (adjustable).
Reference Number: 16/8992
Indications: Magnified date displays at 3. 12 hours chrono register at 6, subsidiary seconds at 9 and 30 seconds chrono register at 12.Tachometer's scale on inner bezel.
Michael Phelps joined Omega CEO Stephen Urquhart for the official opening of the first-ever NYC location with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on April, 22nd. The magnanimous event took place in one of the brand new stores recently opened by Omega in New York placed in the Fifth Avenue.
(Michael Phelps)
During this exclusive event, Phelps signed and donated his personal Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean watch to be displayed at the store. He then spent time disassembling an Omega watch with the store's team of watchmakers.
(Michael Phelps)
Later, he took time to meet and greet the many fans who had lined up outside the boutique. The day was capped off with a VIP cocktail reception where Phelps celebrated the flagship opening with Omega executives and influential New Yorkers.
Omega Planet Ocean Watch
According to its movement, the Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean watch features an Omega 2500 caliber, a self-winding chronometer, a Co-Axial Escapement movement with rhodium-plated finish and a power reserve of 48 hours. It also has a domed anti-reflective and scratch resistant sapphire crystal. The Omega Seamaster Ocean watch is water resistant to 600 meters / 2000 feet. It features screw in crown, unidirectional rotating bezel, helium escape valve, date and also chronometer.
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