Finding The Best Omega Watch Designs From The 1970s
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As a fan of watch design, I have developed a healthy obsession with the first generation Omega Constellation Manhattan. The Constellation Manhattan is Omega’s biggest icon introduced in the 1980s. But it’s also one of the few introduced in the “decade of decadence”. The seventies is where the true magic of vintage Omega design is for me. Enter another healthy obsession. It’s time to take a look at a selection of brilliant releases from the seventies that have crept to the top of my list of vintage wants.
(Credit: Omega)
Indeed, there’s no better timepiece to symbolise the reflection and appreciation of time as Omega’s Constellation collection has been around for 70 years and is currently one of the Swiss watchmaker’s oldest collections.
It started out as a chronometer for men in 1952 and has undergone countless aesthetic transformations – from the pie-pan dials of the 1950s to the 1982 Constellation Manhattan with its hallmark claws and now, the sleek 2020 Constellation Gents’ 41mm collection.
The new 41mm Master Chronometer-certified watches certainly bear the marks of 2020 as a new anti-bacterial rubber lining is featured on the leather strap iterations.
But nods to the past are still present as the Constellation’s famous design traits – such as the iconic claws, and the half-moon facets – are still at either end of the case which come in either stainless steel, 18K gold, or a combination of both.