"Baselworld" 2019: Omega Watch Wishlist: Speedmaster, Seamaster, De Ville, 2019 Omega Watches

Baselworld 2019 is upon us, and Tim Mosso is ready with his wish list of Omega Speedmaster, Omega Seamaster, and Omega De Ville watches that he would love to see at Omega’s “Time To Move” Zurich show that will run concurrently with the Baselworld watch fair. Having made his predictions for the 50th anniversary Omega Moonwatch, the 20th anniversary Omega Co-Axial, and the 2019 Omega Seamaster family, Tim is ready to indulge in a flight of fantasy; these are the 2019 Omega watches that Tim WANTS to see! The Omega Speedmaster would be an ideal platform for an Omega watch innovation that needs to happen: full orange ceramic cases. Since the arrival of Omega orange ceramic on the bezel of the 8-piece, platinum, $75,000 2013 Omega Planet Ocean GMT, we’ve seen this exotic material extend to Seamaster 1200M PloProf bezels, but let’s up the ante! Tim leads the call for full orange ceramic Seamaster Planet Ocean and Speedmaster “Orange Side of The Moon” cases. Tim practically worshipped the original 2007 Omega De Ville Hour Vision; its sapphire case inserts seemed positively dashing at the time. Following six and seven-figure prices for full sapphire cases from Richard Mille, Greubel Forsey, Girard-Perregaux, Hublot reduced the price of a sapphire case to $50,000 at Baselworld 2016. Can Omega bring full sapphire cases into the realm of $7,000-10,000 watches? Tim thinks that Omega can – and should – on a flagship Hour Vision. Omega watches are too thick. While Tim loves the brand, ce