Talk:Omega SA/Archive 1

message: I've deleted the "Omega and The Moon, The Speedmaster Professional" section as it was appx. 90% copied from the following locations and others:
*here
*and here
I'll be checking the rest of the article over the next two days for other copyright-protected content. If you are aware of some there, now is the time to rewrite it. FeloniousMonk 06:44, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Copyright-protected content

message: Any objections in moving this article from "Omega Watches" to "Omega SA" ? Racklever 18:16, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed move 

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message: I've just cut the following trivia section from the article:
===Omega watches in other popular culture===
*The blond woman at the park in Little Children looks at her watch when calling in the children for lunch. The watch is a metal plated Omega.
*President Bartlett In The West Wing is seen in episode 15 of season 1 wearing an Omega watch.  There is a zoom in on the watch.
*Keith Allen, British actor/comedian/singer/presenter wore a Seamaster Professional 'Bond' chronometer on the December 9 2007 episode of British car show Top Gear
*Luc Besson's movie The Big Blue featured Omega's Seamaster Professional 600 which has become a collectible.
*Bill Paxton first wore the Omega Speedmaster Professional Moonwatch he received in 1993 in the movie Apollo 13, however he grew so attached to the piece that he continues to wear it throughout his new show Big Love.
*Top Gear host and celebrity Jeremy Clarkson wore an Omega Seamaster Professional James Bond watch for a few years until due to lack of service it started acting erratically; he recently replaced the watch with a new large size Omega Planet Ocean.
*NCIS actor Michael Weatherly used to wear a Rolex Submariner at the outset of the show but has since switched his timepiece of choice to the Omega Planet Ocean with the orange bezel.
*NCIS actor Mark Harmon used to wear a Rolex Explorer II throughout series but has since switched his timepiece of choice to the Omega Planet Ocean with the orange bezel.
*Actor Peter Weller wore the Omega Speedmaster Professional Moonwatch in the movie The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension.
*In the movie War of the Worlds, actor Tom Cruise wore a vintage Omega chronograph that stopped running when the aliens first started to attack.
* Seven times Formula One World Champion Michael Schumacher is sponsored by Omega, and has been recently seen wearing an orange Planet Ocean model.
*In the movie Minority Report, actor Tom Cruise wore  an Omega Speedmaster Professional X-33 disguised as a Bulgari watch.
*David Duchovny, in the TV show The X Files, was repeatedly shown wearing an Omega Deville Prestige watch.
*In the movie The Edge, Alec Baldwin is given an Omega Seamaster Chronograph as a gift from Elle Macpherson.
*Sarah Michelle Gellar was wearing the Omega Constellation in the film Simply Irresistible.
*Chow Yun Fat is seen wearing an Omega Speedmaster Professional Moon Watch in the film The Corruptor.
*Will Smith wears an Omega DeVille Prestige, in the film Enemy of the State.
*David James Elliott wears an Omega Seamaster Professional Diver in television series JAG.
*Dennis Quaid wears an Omega Speedmaster Professional Moonwatch in the movie The Right Stuff''
*Dennis Quaid and James Caviezel both wear Omega Speedmaster Professional Moon watches in the movie Frequency.
* "The Man" in the movie Undercover Brother wears an Omega Seamaster chronograph.
*Light Yagami wears an Omega Speedmaster Professional Moon watch during the Death note series.
There's virtually no sourcing for it, and it's unclear how (even if it's all true) any of it tells us anything about the watches or how it's of more than fanclub interest. -- Hoary (talk) 07:15, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The section above was deleted by Mjancsics in this series of edits. Before anyone does any more deleting in this or other article talk pages, please read Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines. -- Hoary (talk) 04:33, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Trivia section

message: *The blond woman at the park in Little Children looks at her watch when calling in the children for lunch. The watch is a metal plated Omega.
*President Bartlett In The West Wing is seen in episode 15 of season 1 wearing an Omega watch.  There is a zoom in on the watch.
*Keith Allen, British actor/comedian/singer/presenter wore a Seamaster Professional 'Bond' chronometer on the December 9 2007 episode of British car show Top Gear
*Luc Besson's movie The Big Blue featured Omega's Seamaster Professional 600 which has become a collectible.
*Bill Paxton first wore the Omega Speedmaster Professional Moonwatch he received in 1993 in the movie Apollo 13, however he grew so attached to the piece that he continues to wear it throughout his new show Big Love.
*Top Gear host and celebrity Jeremy Clarkson wore an Omega Seamaster Professional James Bond watch for a few years until due to lack of service it started acting erratically; he recently replaced the watch with a new large size Omega Planet Ocean.
*NCIS actor Michael Weatherly used to wear a Rolex Submariner at the outset of the show but has since switched his timepiece of choice to the Omega Planet Ocean with the orange bezel.
*NCIS actor Mark Harmon used to wear a Rolex Explorer II throughout series but has since switched his timepiece of choice to the Omega Planet Ocean with the orange bezel.
*Actor Peter Weller wore the Omega Speedmaster Professional Moonwatch in the movie The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension.
*In the movie War of the Worlds, actor Tom Cruise wore a vintage Omega chronograph that stopped running when the aliens first started to attack.
* Seven times Formula One World Champion Michael Schumacher is sponsored by Omega, and has been recently seen wearing an orange Planet Ocean model.
*In the movie Minority Report, actor Tom Cruise wore  an Omega Speedmaster Professional X-33 disguised as a Bulgari watch.
*David Duchovny, in the TV show The X Files, was repeatedly shown wearing an Omega Deville Prestige watch.
*In the movie The Edge, Alec Baldwin is given an Omega Seamaster Chronograph as a gift from Elle Macpherson.
*Sarah Michelle Gellar was wearing the Omega Constellation in the film Simply Irresistible.
*Chow Yun Fat is seen wearing an Omega Speedmaster Professional Moon Watch in the film The Corruptor.
*Will Smith wears an Omega DeVille Prestige, in the film Enemy of the State.
*David James Elliott wears an Omega Seamaster Professional Diver in television series JAG.
*Dennis Quaid wears an Omega Speedmaster Professional Moonwatch in the movie The Right Stuff''
*Dennis Quaid and James Caviezel both wear Omega Speedmaster Professional Moon watches in the movie Frequency.
* "The Man" in the movie Undercover Brother wears an Omega Seamaster chronograph.
*Light Yagami wears an Omega Speedmaster Professional Moon watch during the Death note series.
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There's virtually no sourcing for it, and it's unclear how (even if it's all true) any of it tells us anything about the watches or how it's of more than fanclub interest. -- Hoary (talk) 07:15, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
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thread_title: Omega watches in other popular culture

message: This article has seen some changes in the last 24 hours. Here's a summary that I hope will be helpful.
#Edit by Hoary, 07:11, 19 January 2008. Removal of the section "Omega watches in other popular culture" (see above); removal of outdated SGML comments; spelling fixes; miscellaneous rewriting in the aim of brevity and directness; making notes look more like notes.
#Edit by Mjancsics, 20:38, 19 January 2008. A wholesale reversion of Hoary's edit, returning the article to exactly the same state that it was before, as will be seen in a diff from the state before Hoary's edit to this edit.
#Set of edits by Mjancsics, ending 21:22, 19 January 2008. Virtually all the edits are related to Bond and product placement. Mjanciscs does add a reference for the pop culture stuff, and also fiddles with the capitalization of headings
#Edit by Hoary, 05:02, 20 January 2008. Temporary reversion to Hoary's last version, but with the readdition of the pop culture stuff.
#Edit by Hoary, 05:06, 20 January 2008. Rewriting Bond material per Mjancsics.
#Set of edits by Hoary, ending 05:18, 20 January 2008. Rewriting the Bond material; elaborating in the one footnote to the "popular media" section.
Hoary (talk) 05:39, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Recent edits by Mjancsics and Hoary: a summary

message: Which of the following would be correct for a subtitle within an article?
#Omega Watches In Space Exploration
#Omega Watches in Space Exploration
#Omega watches in space exploration
Answer: the third, as explained in the MoS. -- Hoary (talk) 05:45, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Capitals in subtitles

message: Here and previously, an IP has been curiously eager to readd to Omega SA the claim that Omega remains one of [Swatch's] most prestigious flagship brands. Perhaps this person would like to explain what's meant by "flagship brands", and provide evidence that Omega has more prestige than most of Swatch's other "flagship brands". But as it's phrased now, this claim is worthless and better removed. -- Hoary (talk) 02:22, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I happen to know something about Swatch's marketing and would be startled to learn of any reliable sources which characterize Omega as one of their "most prestigious flagship brands." Gwen Gale (talk) 14:09, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Flags, ships, prestige, gibberish

message: An interesting article about Omega Timing: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10457187-56.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 AniRaptor2001 (talk) 22:15, 22 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: For expansion of the Sports section

message: Like the majority of articles concerning horology companies, this WP entry reads as advertising copy masquerading as reference.  In its present form this article does not belong on WP, in my opinion.Georgearnold23 (talk) 07:35, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  WP article or advertising? 

message: Per WP:RELIABLE a watch forum where users post celeb photos is not for Wikipedia. Keep it on the forum. --Inayity (talk) 15:54, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Only Reliable Sources PLEASE 

message: That needs to be corrected...something is wrong there.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.118.28.10 (talk) 03:58, 24 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  It says it was the largest in making COSC Chronometers from 1958 to 1969, but COSC started in 1973??? 

message: This section claims "All subsequent manned NASA missions also used this handwound wristwatch. NASA started selecting the chronograph in the early 1960s. Automatic chronograph wristwatches were not available until 1969."
That is untrue.  In fact, the picture of the 1958 Constellation shown above this is of an automatic chronometer.  I own an automatic Constellation chronometer from 1965.  Any reference to Omega calibers would quickly invalidate this claim.
NASA may have had other good reasons for avoiding an automatic watch.  Automatic watches rely on gravity in order to wind themselves, so this would have certainly been a problem.  However, they were definitely available for sale back then.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 101.110.25.19 (talk) 07:13, 8 February 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: You are confusing two different features, chronograph and chronometer. A chronograph is a watch that contains a stop watch function and a certified chronometer is an accurate watch that has passed a series of tests. The first automatic chronographs became available in 1969.--Racklever (talk) 08:40, 8 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Omega Watches in Space Exploration Section - wrong claim 

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message: I think Jeremy Clarkson mentionned wearing an Omega on an episode of the Grand Tour, should someone add him to the list? He is quite famous. Maplesyrupcan (talk) 09:01, 10 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Famous Omega wearers 

message: Tyfhj 2401:4900:4823:DACE:1:2:D181:A3C0 (talk) 03:50, 12 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  English 

message: I added an external link that I think has high value for readers and is consistent with WP:EL, but I wanted to be certain that I was cautious about pointing out a potential WP:COI issue: I have been paid by this company in the past, but was not paid for this edit or offered anything of value in exchange for editing. (See also Talk:Bob's Watches.) ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 19:50, 31 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  External link COI concern 

message: Does the article need to mention Rolex? See the number of times Omega is mentioned at Rolex page. Perhaps the article should focus on Omegas unique and rich history of achievements. 149.164.110.128 (talk) 16:50, 17 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rolex