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News release from Omega dated : December 1974
From :
SSIH (UK) Ltd
67 - 74 Saffron Hill
London
EC1N 8RS
NEWS RELEASE
World's most accurate watch accepted by Science Museum.
Omega are proud to announce that the Science Museum in London has accepted a new
electronic wrist watch with a guaranteed accuracy to within one second a month for permanent
display in the time measurement gallery. With its unprecedented accuracy of a second a month
the new model called the Marine Chronometer, the World's most accurate and technically
advanced wristwatch. Its accuracy is achieved by a tiny wafer thin lenticular quartz crystal
vibrating at the incredible rate of 2359296 times a second when stimulated by the current by its
Aspirin sized battery. The other main component of this new time piece is an integrated circuit
containing several hundred micro-miniaturized elements on a surface area of four square
millimeters. The special feature of the watch is a device for setting the hour and second hands
independently without effecting its accurate timekeeping, an important advantage for members
of the jet-setting flying from one time zone to another. Before the new Marine Chronometer
watches were released for sale, each and every one was sent by Omega for intensive an rigorous
testing at the Bescanon Observatory in France. Each watch is awarded its own individual
certificate by this independent authority confirming its performance and time keeping under
various conditions.
The new Marine Chronometer is resistant to water, shock, magnetic fields, humidity, dust and
temperature changes. It has a stainless steel case and bracelet, and sells for £680. A limited
supply of the model is now available for sale in the U.K.
For further information contact Gary Priest, Public Relations Manager, SSIH U.K. Limited 67-
74 Saffron Hill, London EC1N 8RS.
Date December 1974
Stockist names and address supplied on request.
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