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    Omega De Ville lug width

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    Omega De Ville references use 18 mm or 19 mm or 20 mm depending on the reference and case size, so check yours in the list below. The most common is 20 mm (16 of 36 references with a known width).

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    47 Omega De Ville references

    FAQ

    What lug width does the Omega De Ville use?

    Omega De Ville references use 18 mm or 19 mm or 20 mm depending on the reference and case size, so check yours in the list below. The most common is 20 mm (16 of 36 references with a known width).

    Do all Omega De Ville references take the same strap?

    No. 5 different lug widths appear across the line, often by case size or generation. Check the reference engraved on the case back or between the lugs.

    What is the lug width of an Omega De Ville?

    It depends on the model and size. Omega lists 19 mm between the lugs for the 40 mm third-generation De Ville Prestige, 20 mm for the 41 mm Hour Vision and the 41 mm Annual Calendar, and 21 mm for the 42 mm Hour Vision chronograph.

    Can I put a leather strap on a De Ville Hour Vision that came on a bracelet?

    The 41 mm Hour Vision on a steel bracelet (431.30.41.21.01.001) and on leather (431.33.41.21.01.001) both measure 20 mm between the lugs, so a 20 mm strap fits either.

    What changed on the 2022 De Ville Prestige bracelet and straps?

    The third generation kept the choice of leather strap or 7-link metal bracelet, but the straps are more tapered, the bracelet links were reproportioned, the end-link fit improved, and a butterfly clasp with pushers replaced the old sliding clasp.

    Did the 2022 Prestige get bigger?

    Yes, for men's models: the time-and-date grew from 39.5 mm to 40 mm and the small seconds and power reserve models to 41 mm. Women's models come in 34 mm, 30 mm and 27.5 mm.

    Is a Seamaster De Ville the same family?

    Yes. Omega introduced the De Ville line in 1960, descended from the Seamaster, and it dropped Seamaster from its name in 1967. The Seamaster De Ville name appeared on dials from 1963 to 1967; before that the dial only said Seamaster.

    The story of the Omega De Ville

    Omega's quiet dress watch is where its boldest ideas went first: in 1999 a De Ville became the first watch to carry George Daniels' co-axial escapement in series production, and in 2007 a De Ville launched calibre 8500, the first Omega movement built around it.

    15,000 gaussMagnetic resistance of the Trésor's calibre 8511 and the current Prestige calibres
    60 hoursPower reserve of calibre 8500 in the Hour Vision

    Chapters

    1. 2014 to today
      Trésor and a third Prestige

      In 2014 the hand-wound De Ville Trésor revived an old Omega name in a 40 mm gold case with the antimagnetic calibre 8511. In 2022 a third generation of the Prestige moved every mechanical model to Master Chronometer calibres, with slimmer cases and a new butterfly clasp.

    2. 1999 to 2006
      Daniels' escapement goes to market

      After years of persuasion by George Daniels, Omega fitted his co-axial escapement to calibre 2500 and launched it in a limited De Ville series in yellow gold, red gold and platinum. Daniels himself was given number 000 of the series.

    3. 1967 to 1980
      A line of its own

      In 1967 the De Ville dropped Seamaster from its name and became a separate collection, simpler, slimmer and more varied. It quickly moved with fashion, adding chronographs on calibre 861 from 1968, and in the 1970s its designs won the Grand Prix Triumph of European Excellence and six Golden Roses at Baden-Baden.

    4. 1960 to 1967
      A dressier Seamaster

      Omega introduced the De Ville name in 1960 as a slim, elegant offshoot of the Seamaster, pairing the monocoque case with dress-watch proportions. At the request of Norman Morris, Omega's general agent in the US, both names went on the dial. A 1964 Seamaster De Ville brought the first rectangular case, with its crown tucked at 9 o'clock.

    Worn by

    George ClooneyScreen2009

    Wore a De Ville Hour Vision in the 2009 film Up in the Air and at the Venice Film Festival in 2013; he wore the Hour Vision ref. 431.33.41.21.02.001 again in Venice in 2024. In The Descendants he wore a De Ville Prestige Small Seconds in red gold.

    George DanielsCulture1999

    The inventor of the co-axial escapement received number 000/999 of the 1999 De Ville Co-Axial series and kept it until his death in 2011; the Omega Museum bought it at Sotheby's in 2012.

    Cillian MurphyScreen2024

    Wore a 41 mm steel De Ville Prestige with a green dial at the 2024 Oscars, the night he won Best Actor.

    Jeffrey WrightScreen2024

    Wore a De Ville Trésor with power reserve and small seconds at the 2024 Oscars.

    Colman DomingoScreen2024

    Wore a De Ville Prestige to the 2024 Academy Awards.

    Henry CavillScreen2013

    Wore a red gold De Ville Hour Vision Co-Axial Annual Calendar on several occasions during the Man of Steel press tour.

    Moments

    2024. Cillian Murphy wore a green-dial De Ville Prestige 41 mm on the night he won Best Actor at the 96th Academy Awards.

    2012. Number 000/999, which Daniels kept until his death, was sold in the George Daniels Horological Collection auction at Sotheby's in 2012 and bought by the Omega Museum.

    Generations and strap changes

    1. 2022
      De Ville Prestige, third generation

      All mechanical models moved to Master Chronometer calibres 8800, 8802 and 8810, with domed dials.

      Men's cases grew from 39.5 mm to 40 mm and 41 mm; leather straps became more tapered and the bracelet's sliding clasp gave way to a butterfly clasp. The 40 mm model measures 19 mm between the lugs.

    2. 2014
      De Ville Trésor

      A 40 mm hand-wound dress watch in yellow, white or Sedna gold with a Clous de Paris dial and the Master Co-Axial calibre 8511, resistant to over 15,000 gauss.

    3. 2007
      De Ville Hour Vision ref. 431.33.41.21.01.001

      Calibre 8500 with Co-Axial escapement, two barrels and 60 hours of power reserve, behind a transparent caseback.

      41 mm steel case, 20 mm between the lugs; the steel bracelet version 431.30.41.21.01.001 also measures 20 mm.

    4. 1968
      De Ville Chronograph ref. 145.018

      A dress chronograph with three sub-dials on calibre 861, the successor of the calibre 321; the two-register ref. 145.107 used calibre 860.

    5. 1967
      De Ville

      The first De Ville as a standalone line, combining proven Omega movements with careful finishing in slimmer cases.

    6. 1960
      Seamaster De Ville

      The dress offshoot of the Seamaster, with automatic or hand-wound movements, optional date, and steel, gold-plated or 18k gold cases; the De Ville line dates from 1960 and the double name appeared on dials from 1963.

    About Omega

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    Help

    What is lug width?

    The gap between the two lugs that hold the strap, in millimetres. A new strap must match it exactly: 20 mm lugs take a 20 mm strap.

    Measure it in 30 seconds

    1. Take the strap off, or look at the back of it: many straps print their width.
    2. Measure the inside gap between the lugs with a caliper or a millimetre ruler.
    3. Round to the nearest whole millimetre. Most watches use 18, 20 or 22 mm.

    Strap, quick release or system?

    Most watches use spring bars, so any strap of the right width fits. Many smartwatches use their own band system instead, such as Apple Watch bands or Garmin QuickFit.