====== Omega De Ville Hour Vision Annual Calendar ======
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**De Ville Hour Vision Annual Calendar** is a wristwatch by [[Omega]].

At the beginning of [[2007]] Omega brought the series "Hour Vision" of elegant men's watches to market. They were equipped with the high quality [[manufacture]] movements [[Omega 8500]] / [[Omega 8501]], presented the same year. They feature the [[co-axial escapement]] invented by [[George Daniels]] and are certified as [[chronometer]] by the [[COSC]].

During the year [[2008]] followed a limited special edition (160 pieces) of the model **De Ville Hour Vision Annual Calendar**, with four models in [[gold]] and four in [[stainless steel]]. The [[manufacture]] movement [[Omega 8611]] has at its [[annual calendar]] function as special feature an instantaneous switch of the display, exactly at midnight.

Behind the number 160, by the way, there's a particular story It refers to the exactly 160 years of watchmaking expertise of the brand Omega. For it was in [[1848]], that the founder [[Brandt, Louis|Louis Brandt]] had opened a [[etablissage|Comptoir d'établissage]] in [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]] at the young age of 23 years.


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**Reference:**
  * 431.30.41.22.02.001 stainless steel, silber, [[stainless steel]] bracelet
  * 431.30.41.22.06.001 stainless steel, black, [[stainless steel]] bracelet
  * 431.33.41.22.02.001 stainless steel, silber, leather strap
  * 431.33.41.22.06.001 stainless steel, black, leather strap
  * 431.63.41.22.01.001 [[white gold]], black, leather strap
  * 431.63.41.22.02.001 [[red gold]], silber, leather strap
  * 431.60.41.22.13.001 [[red gold]], black, gold bracelet

**Movement:**
  * [[Self-winding]] [[manufacture]] movement [[annual calendar]] [[Omega 8611]], 25.200 A/h
  * [[Co-axial escapement]] with free sprung-balance
  * [[Double barrel]]
  * Certified [[chronometer]] ([[COSC]])
  * [[Rotor]] and escapement bridge in 18ct [[red gold]]
  * Elaborate [[finishing]] with [[bridge]]s and [[rotor]] in „[[Côtes de Genève]]“ with Arabesque grinding
  * Power reserve 55 hours

**Case:**
  * [[Stainless steel]], polished / [[red gold]] / [[white gold]]
  * D 41 mm, H 13.95 mm
  * [[Domed]] [[sapphire crystal]] with [[anti-glare treatment]]
  * [[Sapphire crystal]] caseback and four [[sapphire crystal]] windows at the sides of the case
  * [[Waterproof]] to 100 m

**Dial:**
  * Black / silver

**Functions:**
  * Hours, minutes, [[central seconds]], date
  * [[Annual calendar]] with instantaneous switch of the display at midnight

**Bracelet:**
  * Alligator leather with security [[folding clasp]] / [[stainless steel]] or gold bracelet with innovative screw and plug system

**Limited edition:**
  * 160 pieces
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===== Literature =====
  * Omega-Uhren. Kaleidoskop einer bekannten Swiss Marke; Author Anton Kreuzer; ISBN 3853783546
  * Omega-Modelle; Author Anton Kreuzer; ISBN 3853784186
  * [[Das ZEITGEFÜHL-Uhrenbuch]]; Author [[Gerd-Lothar Reschke]]; ISBN 3-938607-61-0


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