Click on any of the smaller scans below to open a new browser window containing a larger ( around 100 - 140 K ) version.
Gino Balbi owns this catalogue. He sent me the larger scans below. I would like to personally, and on behalf of the Omega collector/fan community, thank Gino. THANK YOU !
The Catalogue is dated 1968 & all prices are in Italian Lira.
This time I have shown all the pages.
There are a few things I find interesting here. ( no particular sequence )
Even though the dials are marked Chronostop, ALL references to this model in the catalogue are for cronostop ( without an "h")
Check out the Tissot's from page 11 onwards ! - So now there's no disputing how close these 2 firms were.
Check out the Omega Chronograph in the bottom left corner of page 3.
Compare the price of the speedmaster (p8) with the sports-stopwatch (p9)
Even though it was printed a year before man walked on the moon,the future of speedmaster advertising is clear. The text in capitals under the Speedmaster says "The first watch used in space"
This page was written by Steve Waddington & last updated on 30 January 2004
If you have any older Omega Catalogues, you'd like to share, please feel free to E-mail me. I don't mind hosting this kind of information for others.
I don't think Omega will have a problem with me reproducing these pages on the internet. They are good enough quality that they can be used, but not so good that people can copy, print & sell them as originals.
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Finally, It pisses me off that I have to write a disclaimer like this !
