When Omega introduced their De Ville Tr |sor back in 2014, it was only available in white, yellow and Sedna gold. The watch received a lot of appreciation, but it was merely out of reach for many of us. Omega listened and came with a stainless steel version.Two versions, with a blue dial (that we have here today) and one with a silvery opaline dial. The Omega De Ville Tr |sor in white gold is a watch that I looked at many times in boutiques, but the price tag of 12.800,- was a bit too steep for me. A pity, as it ticks a lot of boxes for a proper dress watch. A few months ago, during the Time to Move event in Switzerland, Omega showed us the new De Ville Tr |sor, with models in gold and stainless steel. We got our hands on two of them, so lets have a closer look.
Omega De Ville Tr |sorThe De Ville collection was only introduced in 1967 after this name had been used successfully for certain Seamaster De Ville watches since 1960. It was the last added collection to the Omega family (Seamaster, Constellation and Speedmaster). Today, the De Ville collection is doing very well, particularly in Asia with the De Ville Prestige watches. I believe that the introduction of the De Ville Co-Axial in 1999 (indeed, the first watch in series to have the Co-Axial escapement that George Daniels invented) immediately put it in the spotlight again in other parts of the world. Today, youll find several sub-collections in the De Ville family: Ladymatic, Hourvision, Prestige, but also Tr |sor. As I wrote in the short introduction of this article, in 2014 Omega showed us the De Ville Tr |sor with an in-house manufactured hand-wound movement. But, in precious metals only.
Although you are entitled to think that a dress watch should always be in precious metal, I disagree. Theres nothing wrong with a beautiful, elegant watch in steel, that has all the right ingredients for a dress watch. A subtle case shape, as thin as possible, leather strap and keeping the functions to a bare minimum. Perhaps a spoiler alert, but the newly released gold versions have no date window, which I prefer. The models released five years ago, in precious metals, had a date window as well. So somehow Omega decided to strip down the functions of the gold versions a bit more than the stainless steel model. I am pretty sure that there are enough people out there, who prefer to have a date function though, I am just not one of them.Blue patterned dialOn the stainless steel version with the blue dial, you will find this beautiful pattern. It reminds me of those rich dials from the 1960s (and 1970s), with all sorts of motifs, patterns and decorations. It is the reason I prefer this version over the silvery opaline dial of the other De Ville Tr |sor in stainless steel. It looks magnificent and combined with the applied stick markers and sleek hands; it adds all up to a beautiful dress watch. Hour markers, as well as the hands, are made of 18-carat white gold. At 6 oclock, you will find the date aperture. Although it is nicely done, not too prominent, I could have done without one.
Sleek caseWhere my beloved Omega Constellation Globemaster (you can find my thoughts on that watch in this article) has a relatively thick case, the De Ville Tr |sor has a more elegant case. Especially its profile is sleeker. Not only the shape of the case in general but also the hand-wound movement plays an essential role in the dimensions of the case. The case measures a bit over 10mm in thickness.
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debbie doyle
July 19, 2019
