What We Know
Last night, Armand “Mondo” Duplantis, the Swedish-American pole vaulting legend representing Sweden in the Olympics, did things only he could imagine. Cool, calm, collected, and joking with friends, he skipped most heights and only started to take things seriously after he had secured the gold by a wide margin. He casually set a new Olympic record of 6.10 and then decided, “Why not beat my own world record by one centimeter?” On his third attempt, he cleared 6.25m (though high quality fake Omega‘s tracking data showed he could have cleared an incredible 6.5m), and the crowd – and Mondo – went wild.
Then, as he posed for pictures with his record, I noticed something. He was wearing a watch Swiss made super clone Omega doesn’t technically make – until today, that is. We’re operating in uncharted territory here. I have no press release or information other than what’s on the brand’s website, but I’m sharing it anyway. This is the new top replica Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra 150m Ultra Light, which I’m calling the “Mondo Duplantis Edition.”
In June, UK 1:1 wholesale fake Omega Watches announced a steel Aqua Terra 150 inspired by Mondo Duplantis, with a blue dial and blue strap with yellow accents for his country’s colors. It’s a solid watch but essentially a color swap. This titanium Ultra Light model is also just a color swap, but this time, it’s for a world record. The watch measures 41mm by 13.5mm thick, with a 49.2mm lug-to-lug and a special yellow and blue rubber strap that integrates into the unusual lug design. Like the other Ultra Light Aqua Terras, the case is made of sand-blasted Gamma Titanium, with a sand-blasted silicon nitride bezel ring and a tucked-in crown.
The watch is powered by shop copy Omega‘s caliber 8928 Ti, previously released as the brand’s first ever titanium movement. It’s manually-wound, with 72 hours of power reserve, with hours, minutes, seconds, and a time-zone function that allows you to jump the hour hand forward and back like on a “flyer” GMT. It is also Master Chronometer certified. The kicker is that the titanium movement combined with the titanium case brings the total weight of the watch down to 55 grams (compared to about 148 grams for the watch in stainless steel on bracelet).
In case there was any confusion, when online fake Omega watches stealth-launched this new watch (they just posted it on their website without a press release as of yet), they have also stated that this is the very watch Duplantis wore when he claimed gold and set a new world record. Now you can get one too – the watch, not the gold medal – for $51,300.
What We Think
Can you tell I have Olympic fever? Well, I do, and apparently, I am really sick, just like this watch. I don’t know what it is about the other Ultra Light Aqua Terras that never really did it for me. Maybe it’s the grey dial on grey case that felt a little flat, but this new watch with the bolder colors really looks so much better.
I wondered why best replica Omega would do a steel watch for a pole vaulter. If anything, I assume this is one of the places where being extra light would really help improve performance and 55 grams really is very light for a watch this size. The steel Aqua Terra was attractive if you were looking at the model lineup, but I definitely wondered about performance. Not that Duplantis needs any help – he sets world records in tiny increments because he gets a bonus for every new world record, once per competition. He’s barely reached his full potential, but building hype like this is just good business. But last night, I was confident that he was wearing something new.
I’ve never actually seen one of the Ultra Light models in person, but I’m hoping to see them very soon. It’s not a cheap prospect, and the tucked-in crown has me curious about how finicky it might be to wind every few days. All that said, hats off to UK luxury copy Omega watches for figuring out a way to drop something new on the biggest stage and to them – and Mondo – for doing it so casually.