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Fun Facts: Omega

  • President John F. Kennedy had a gold Omega wristwatch, inscribed "President of the United States from his friend Grant."

  • Omega appeared in the film Apollo 13 (1995) with Tom Hanks as Commander James Lovell.

  • The Omega Speedmaster Professional was worn in the real life adventures of the NASA Apollo missions to the moon.

  • The Omega Seamaster 300M Professional Chronometer is the current official James Bond watch, used by Pierce Brosnan in each of his Bond movies since, but not including, GoldenEye (1995). In the GoldenEye film, the quartz Seamaster 300M Professional was featured. Daniel Craig, the current James Bond of the film Casino Royale proudly wears his Omega Seamaster.

  • The Omega Speedmaster Professional Chronograph was the first watch worn on the Moon. All subsequent manned NASA missions also utilized this wristwatch.

  • Special Agents Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) and Fox Mulder wore Omega DeVille Prestige watches on The X-Files.

  • In the film The Deep End of the Ocean (1999), Michelle Pfeiffer's character Beth Cappadoro wears a vintage steel Omega.

  • The Omega Speedmaster Moon Watch appears in many documentaries and programs related to the Apollo missions including From The Earth To The Moon, NASA: 25 Years To The Moon and For All Mankind

  • In Simply Irrestible (1999), actress Sarah Michelle Gellar wears a steel and gold Omega Constellation.

  • Omega has frequently been the official timekeeper for the Olympics, beginning with the 1932 Summer Olympics. Omega was the official timekeeper for the 2006 Winter Olympics and will be for the 2008 Summer Olympics as well.

  • Luc Besson's movie The Big Blue (1988) featured Omega's Seamaster Professional 600 which has become a collectible.

  • In the film, The Corruptor (1999), Chow Yun Fat wears an Omega Speedmaster Moon Watch.

  • In the television series JAG (1995-2000), Commander Harmon (David James Elliott) wears a Seamaster Professional Diver.

  • The villain in Undercover Brother (2000) wears a steel and gold Seamaster Professional Chronograph.

  • Wil Smith, as Robert Dean in the movie Enemy of the State (1998), wears an Omega DeVille Prestige.

  • Nigel Marven, of The Discovery Channel's nature documentary series Nigel's Wild Wild World, occasionally sports a Seamaster Professional Diver.

 

 

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