Omega Pictograms – What Does it Mean?
Do you wonder what the Omega pictograms card is? In around the year 2000, Omega started including a pictograms card with each of their watches.
Depending on the type of Omega watch, you normally get either two or three cards. One is the warranty card, one is the pictograms card, and one is the Chronometer certificate (nowadays Master Chronometer card) if your Omega watch is Master Chronometer certified.
But what does the Omega pictograms card mean?
Omega Pictograms card
Wikipedia describes ”Pictograms” as follows:
”A pictogram, also called a pictogramme, pictograph, or simply picto, and in computer usage an icon, is an ideogram that conveys its meaning through its pictorial resemblance to a physical object.”
On this card, you will be able to see a number of different symbols. These symbols refer to the specifications of the watch, and as such, different watches will have different symbols on the card. The pictograms are presented on the back of the card, but on the front of the card you can find:
- The reference number
- The caliber
- The watch serial number
Below you can see the pictograms card for an Omega Seamaster Diver 300M:
Generally, you can identify what the symbol means by only looking at it, but some are a bit more difficult to know.
The symbols have the following meaning (in order):
- Rotor (automatic)
- Co-Axial escapement
- COSC certified
- Screw-down crown
- Double anti-reflective treatment inside and outside
- Water-resistant to a relative pressure of 30 bar (300 meters/1000 feet)
- 5-year warranty
- Sapphire crystal case back
- Sapphire crystal
- Ceramic bezel
- Master Chronometer certification
- Resistant to up to 15,000 gauss
- Silicon hairspring
- Helium escape valve
The number in the bottom left corner refers to the type of box used for the watch.
Omega Pictograms symbols explained
Below, we explain all of the Omega pictograms symbols:
Quartz watch
Master chronometer certification
Co-Axial escapement
Ceragold watch
Zinc-silver oxide primary battery cell (Button-type )
Day-Date function
End of battery life indicator
Sedna gold watch
Ceramic bezel
Limited Edition watch
Water-resistant to 5 bars
Water-resistant to 12 bars
Water-resistant to 30 bars
Water-resistant to 20 bars
Water-resistant to 12 bars
Caliber number
Automatic watch (rotor)
Split-seconds
Sapphire crystal caseback
Ceramic case
Canopus gold
Moonshine 18K gold watch
Platinum 950 watch
Liquidmetal watch
Titanium watch
5-year warranty
WEEE regulation
Lithium- manganese dioxide primary battery cell (button-type)
Russian customs
Not water resistant
Water-resistant to 15 bars
Water-resistant to 13,5 bars
Water-resistant to 10 bars
Silicon hairspring
Resistant to 15,000 gauss
Thermocompensated quartz movement
OMEGA-Matic
Manual winding
COSC chronometer certification
Time zone function
Jump hour
Annual calendar – big date
Perpetual calendar
Power reserve indicator
GMT function (dual time)
Worldtimer
Moonphase
Tachymeter scale
Pulsimeter
Telemeter
Sapphire crystal
Anti-reflective crystal (treated on one side)
Anti-reflective crystal (treated on both sides)
Screw-down crown
Helium escape valve
18K gold watch
Palladium watch
Watch featuring at least 1 diamond
Numbered edition
2-year warranty
3-year warranty
4-year warranty
Water-resistant to 3bars
Water-resistant to 60 bars
Water-resistant to 6 bar
