Watch quiz Ref. NQ0007 answers, Sept 29, 2026 | NO QUARTZ

Question 1

In 1932, Omega became official timekeeper for the first time at which event?

Accepted Answer

The Olympic Games — By the 1948 London Games, Omega was running a photo-finish camera at the finish line, linked to an electronic starting pistol. That was 16 years after it first timed the Games with hand-operated stopwatches.

Question 2

What does a watch's 'power reserve' tell you?

Accepted Answer

How long it runs on a full wind before stopping — Power reserve is the time a fully wound mainspring can keep the watch going before it needs winding again. A dial gauge that shows how much is left is itself counted as a complication, since it does more than tell the time.

Question 3

Omega, Longines and Tissot all belong to which group?

Accepted Answer

Swatch Group — The group is named after its plastic watch: SMH renamed itself The Swatch Group in 1998 in homage to the brand that financed the revival of the whole business. Omega, the group's mightiest brand, sits in the same stable as the humble Swatch.

Question 4

Audemars Piguet was founded in 1875 in which Swiss village?

Accepted Answer

Le Brassus — Le Brassus lies in the Vallée de Joux, one of the historic centres of high-end Swiss watchmaking. AP describes itself as the oldest watch manufacturer still in the hands of its founding families.

Question 5

Put these dive watches in order by year of launch, earliest first.

Accepted Answer

1. Omega Seamaster 300 (original) 2. Doxa SUB 300 (original) 3. Seiko Professional Diver 600m (titanium) 4. Omega Seamaster Professional Diver 300M — The Seamaster 300 came out in 1957 as part of Omega's professional trilogy, alongside the Speedmaster and Railmaster. The Doxa SUB 300 was the first Doxa with the orange dial, picked because it stays legible underwater. Seiko's 1975 600m used a titanium case, which Seiko says was a first for a diver's watch.

Question 6

Order these grand complications by number of complications as counted by their makers, fewest first.

Accepted Answer

1. Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime Ref. 5175 (2014) 2. Patek Philippe Henry Graves Supercomplication 3. Patek Philippe Calibre 89 (1989) 4. Vacheron Constantin Ref. 57260 (2015) — The Graves Supercomplication remained the world's most complicated watch until Patek's own Calibre 89 arrived in 1989, a reign of 56 years. Vacheron's 57260 took eight years and three master watchmakers to build. Its 57 functions include a Hebraic perpetual calendar that follows the 19-year Metonic cycle and shows the date of Yom Kippur.

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