Globemaster

Omega chose Baselworld to present the Globemaster, a new line of watches that are also the first to have obtained the freshly minted Master Chronometer certification, endorsed in Switzerland by the Swiss Federal Institute of Metrology. These Globemaster watches are fitted with Co-Axial Calibre 8900, thanks to which they withstand magnetic fields up to 15,000 gauss. Precision is guaranteed within a range of 0 to +5 seconds a day, compared with the -4 to +6 seconds required by the Contrôle Officiel Suisse des Chronomètres (COSC). Driving the point home, Omega has promised that by 2020 all its lines will be Master Chronometer certified, with the one exception of the Speedmaster Moonwatch as this would mean re-testing for NASA flight-qualification.