Already Missing the 2020 Olympics? Here are 5 Limited-Edition Olympic Watches from Omega

In a move that seemed unthinkable just a few weeks ago, yet all but inevitable a few days ago, The International Olympic Committee announced that the 2020 Olympic Games, scheduled to be held in Tokyo this coming July, would be postponed until 2021 due to disruptions caused by the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic Omega, official timekeeper of the Games, is one of the many Olympic sponsors affected, and we and the brand's many fans await word on when the planned special-edition watches linked to the 2020 Games will emerge Here's a roundup of five Omega watches with Olympic pedigree released over the past several years, celebrating the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro, the 2018 Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, and even an early model released in anticipation of the now-delayed Tokyo Games.

The Omega Seamaster "Rio 2016" Limited Edition features stylistic touches that call out its connection to the Olympics on both the blue, perforated leather strap, with yellow, green, red, and black stitching that echoes the color of the iconic Olympic rings; and on the inner rotating bezel, where those same colors are used for the numerals at five-minute increments As per tradition, Omega began its one-year countdown to the 2020 Tokyo Games with the release of its first special Olympic edition back in July 2019 The Seamaster Aqua Terra Tokyo 2020 Limited Edition is the first in the Aqua Terra collection with a blue ceramic dial that evokes the pattern of the 2020 Olympics logo.

Inside the case is the Omega Master Chronometer Caliber 8900, which ticks behind a caseback bearing a laser-engraved Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games emblem. . Source