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The New De Ville Trésor

After half a century, the Trésor line is re-introduced as  the De Ville Trésor with the new OMEGA Master Co-Axial Calibre 8511.




The vintage Trésor


The new Trésor is housed in three different cases of 40mm diameter - 18K Sedna, yellow gold or white gold, according to catalogue.

In this post, some snapshots of the satin yellow gold prototype ....



Lovely dial, and uncluttered.  Very clean with minimal printing.
The opaline dome dial is guilloche with "Clous de Paris" .  The applied hour markers are also slightly curved.
Both the hands and markers are in 18K gold.


It is pretty handsome.  The yellow gold works for me, though I like 5N rose gold hue. 
The yellow gold does give the vintage feel too.

Both white and Sedna gold were not present during the viewing.  Just curious how they will look like.

The water-resistance for the case is rated to 30m.



Sapphire crystal is box-form shape, both sides anti-reflective coatings, provides superb clarity and reduces glare giving a crisp looking dial.

This yellow gold version is paired with brown alligator strap and a 18K gold pin-buckle.


Sapphire crystal back with engraving on the gold part emphasising 'anti-magneric',  '>15'000 Gauss' and 'Si14' to highlight the key characteristics of the manual winding amagnetic Master Co-axial Calibre 8511. 

Would hope they drop the 'Si 14' though. 

The  Cal 8511 has a power reserve of 60 hours.


Indeed it is smart that OMEGA has tackled magnetization issues which affects accuracy of the watch,  by changing the materials of key components which could be influenced by magnetic forces.  Much logical choice than the Faraday cage (soft-iron cage) approach. 
Some of the components are Si14 hairspring, staff and pivots and non-magnetic plates.. 

Probably that's the reason for 18K rose gold balance bridge.


How do you like the new Trésor?


Kong

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