So... here's the new Olympic champion!!!

[el-piloto]

Hello again!!!

Finally my day at work came to a close and so
I rushed (oh yesssss!!) to the Omega Boutique!

And there it was, the Beijing Aqua-Terra chrono
in SS!

Well... the trip to Beijing in August needed a
ticking companion , that's how this one came
about.
I guess Petros is overdoing it a bit this year!

So, here we are at the Boutique... checking out
the new Beijing Aqua-Terra!

I don't think the Daytona knew what was happening...



And so she kept a safe distance!!!



The new AT-chrono in its Beijing 2008 guise is
amazingly beautiful!! My first thought when I
finally saw it in person was how unbelievably
better it looks when compared to all the
publicity pictures so far. The pix do not even
come close!!!

So, after we spend a lot of time chatting and
going about watches and many other things, it
was time for me to go (since I had a long
evening still in front of me). The new chrono
was nicely packed in its original boxes, cards
stamped and then I was ready to go.

Back home after quite a while (and quite late
at that), it was time for some quick & dirty
pictures, while the new Aqua Terra got to know
its new home...!

Even the bags Omega use now are Beijing-themed
and are absolutely lovely:



Here's the AT's special box...



So that was it for yesterday.
I figured I'll try to take some better pix today
at work... but the light was far from perfect,
and it all had to be rather quick... so the pix
are nothing special... They certainly do not do
the watch any justice at all.

Anyway, here they are... practically "live" from
work...







Like I wrote, the pix are not doing the watch any
justice, and that's quite sad.

The AT chrono was always a marvelously amazing &
extremely beautiful watch! What intrigued me with
this Beijing edition of it were the many little
changes Omega incorporated.

The dial for one is slightly stepped and what's
more important, it is not lacquered! It features
a wonderful and fine matte finish that goes so
well with the 3 white counters... literally it gives
the watch a new face!!!
The little Olympic rings at the lower end of the
chronograph seconds hand are lovely and compliment
the design very well!





The case is everything you'd expect it to be as well!
The famous lines of the Speedmaster (with its
"twisted" lugs) coupled with touches of an even
more distant past (the oval shaped pushers of the
classic vintage chronographs)... what else could
one possibly want?

All in all, it is an extremely beautiful watch! The
quality, the craftsmanship, the little design-tweaks;
All I can say is: wonderful, wonderful, wonderful...

Omega gives it a WR-rating of 150m, and the screw-
in crown gives a nice reassurance. So this one is
bound to taste the waters of the Aegean Sea this
summer (when it comes back from Beijing)!!!

Oh, and speaking of the wonderful trip to the
Olympics in Beijing (that has me more and more
excited as each day passes), the medallion on its
back will serve as a very neat souvenir for years
to come:



Well... so this is it again... another fine Omega
has found a home with me!

And it will help me to always remember our trip
to Beijing!

(Oh well, it will also help me remember the year
I absolutely "overdid" it!!! Hell, there's still
an Alaska Project coming... Gee!!!)



Thank you for reading through all this... and...

my friends, thank you for sharing these happy moments with me!!!

All the best, and a great day to all!!!

Petros

[swatty]

Thanks for a great post Petros.
That really is a nice watch, not sure about the olympic rings though.
I'm sure I'd buy one too.

[2careless]

Nice one Petros! I like the raised Omega sign. It's beautiful.
Have a good time in China!

[el-piloto]

Originally Posted by 2careless

Nice one Petros! I like the raised Omega sign. It's beautiful.

It sure is full of nice little details... I'm glad that Omega chose the
AT range for this part of their Beijing Limited Editions. The Aqua-Terra line
has always been wonderful!

Originally Posted by 2careless

Have a good time in China!

Thank you!!! I hope we will... and that all will go well!

Originally Posted by swatty

Thanks for a great post Petros.
That really is a nice watch,

Thank you Peter!!

Originally Posted by swatty

not sure about the olympic rings though.

That's what I also thought at first... but that was before I actually saw
the watch in person...! The Olympic rings are so tiny, and they (at least
to my eyes) fit so nicely into the whole design (together with the slightly
blueish hue of the anti-reflective treatment of the crustal)... they way
I experienced it (and still do on my wrist right now), they are a wonderful
little detail that looks neat...

All the best

Petros

[Tools]

Great looking watch..

But I think they should have put the date window off to the side so it doesn't mess up the 6 o'clock sub-dial..


.......

[JJ Irani]

Absolutely superb.....what a fine looking watch!!

[pwrslider]

very cool.......and you may have already said...but what is the size on this watch....?

[Perdu]

Who's a lucky boy then. Big congrats.

[toph]

looks amazing- gold medal for sure
Congratulations!

[J. Martin Tensuan]

Congrats, Petros! Another great addition to your fine collection! Do let us know when you get your Alaska Project.

[DeepSeaWatches]

Gorgeous watch and great pics. Enjoy the Olympics and the Omega!

[Andad]

Hi Petros.

Well done on your latest purchase.

Enjoy wearing it.

Not sure if I like:-

The date window breaking up the sub-dial and the 6 o'clock marker, the Olympic rings or the hour and minute hands.

Can you explain the 'Base 30
Pulsations' and the graduations on the dial?

[el-piloto]

Thank you all so much, for your kind
words & wishes!

I will post many (Omega-related) pictures of our trip
to Beijing as soon as we get back. But this is still a few weeks ahead...
So for the time being, I'll stick around...

Originally Posted by directioneng

Can you explain the 'Base 30
Pulsations' and the graduations on the dial?

Hi Eddie, well yes... it is quite easy...

The pulsometric scale enables you to measure directly your (or anyoone's)
pulse rate per minute.
In this case, the scale is calibrated on a basis of 30...

It goes like this:

When taking a pulse, start the chronograph and then stop it again
after 30 pulse beats.
Then you can simply read on the scale the number of (pulse) beats
per minute!

That's all...

Hope this helped a bit...

Thanks so much again everybody...!!!

All the best