![]() OMEGA announced its Global Corporate Partnership with Orbis in January 2011. Meanwhile, an old Orbis presser gives us a clue. I’ve contacted both OMEGA and Orbis for the financial deets. Nor do we know how much money, if any, OMEGA donates to Orbis on an annual basis, apart from contributions tied to individual watch sales. Eighty-six percent of funds raised go to the actual work.īe that as it is, neither OMEGA nor the mainstream watch press show any interest in revealing what percentage of the watch’s purchase price goes to Orbis. compensation package seems a tad high, it’s a legit charity. Designed to raise a smile and raise funds, these watches can truly make a difference.Īlthough Orbis’ COO’s $500k p.a. To celebrate OMEGA’s support of Orbis International and its fight against preventable blindness, a playful collection of De Ville Trésor timepieces has been created. The date wheel highlights the connection Orbis’ blue bear logo appears instead of the number 8. Like the OMEGA Orbis Prestige and Speedmaster preceding it, the limited edition Trésor benefits Orbis International, famous for its flying eye hospital. Priced at $6500, the OMEGA is a lot more affordable than the $15k-and-up Rollies. Luxury finish with exclusive Geneva waves in arabesque.Ĭrosstown rival Rolex’s overwrought Cellini collection can’t match the purity or mechanical excellence of OMEGA’s très chic Trésor. Free sprung-balance with silicon balance spring, two barrels mounted in series. ![]() ![]() Resistant to magnetic fields greater than 15,000 gauss. Manual winding movement with Co-Axial escapement. It’s also got brains, resilience, stamina and a long list of accomplishments and capabilities. The hand wound version of the Swiss watchmaker’s in-house Master Co-Axial movement is a horological babe. OMEGA’s Calibre 8511 shelters beneath the exhibition caseback. Flip the OMEGA Orbis DeVille Trésor over and the hits keep happening. Orbis is a founding partner, along with the World Health Organization, of VISION 2020: The Right to Sight, "a worldwide concerted effort designed to eliminate avoidable blindness by the year 2020.The OMEGA Orbis DeVille Trésor is a minimalist marvel – a 40mm stainless steel three-hander with a domed gradient blue dial, polished hands, a bright blue second hand, 18k white gold applied indices and a to-dye-for black leather pin-and-buckle strap. In addition to the Flying Eye Hospital, Orbis operates hospital-based programs in several countries and works with local medical research and health-care organizations on blindness prevention and eye disease treatment. Orbis' intervention are tailored to local needs Orbis trains local doctors in low-tech, low-cost yet effective methods to correct diseases of the eyes. Cybersight, Orbis' telemedicine program, continues the training and mentoring relationships. It’s Flying Eye Hospital not only gives care to patients, but also provides training to local staff and delivers equipment and surgical supplies to ensure that local teams are able to continue to help people long after the plane has left the program site. The organisation spends approximately a year planning and coordinating with partner hospitals and local organisations, making preliminary visits to observe the local medical teams. Orbis' programs emphasise skills, training and self-sufficiency. It is headquartered in New York, with offices in Toronto, London, Dublin, Hong Kong, Macau, Shanghai, Singapore, Cape Town and Addis Ababa. It was rated 4 stars on Charity Navigator in 2016 and was a Guidestar Gold Participant. ![]() Orbis is a registered 501(c)(3) tax-deductible non-profit charity in the United States. ![]()
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