Omega

In the past, Omega was much more of a mass produced and relatively expensive luxury watch, as Rolex is today.  The brand also dabbled in interesting specialty products from time to time, and I enjoy collecting these lesser known and less common items.  In fact, my collection is largely built around having watches no one else has from Omega (because of low and/or brief production), and about having at least one of each complication. 

One of these exotic watches Omega made briefly -- basically to show that they could -- was the 1981 La Magique.  Produced only that year, it was to prove that Omega could make a thin, yet wearable quartz watch. 

I finally pulled this watch out and properly photographed it a few weeks ago. 

Yes, you are looking right through it.  A variation on the "mystery dial" complication (probably technically not a complication, but a feature), this watch has four layers of sapphire in the center. 

You see the setting button in profile in these photos . . .

A relatively small watch, it is even more thin, at 2.6mm thick. 

For comparision, this is a US quarter dollar

It's really just a bit thicker than a nickel

Just a cool watch, and it looks great on my blonde wife