OMEGA @ Premieres Planet Ocean in Hong Kong

OMEGA has an enduring and rich maritime legacy and recently collaborated with environmental activist, photographer and filmmaker Yann Arthus-Bertrand and Michael Pitiot, to co-produce Planet Ocean, a 90-minute eco-documentary on the world’s diverse aquatic life-forms and numerous marine habitats. On the heels of Planet Ocean’s global premiere in June last year in Rio de Janeiro. The Hong Kong event was staged recently and also featured the launch of the latest edition of the OMEGA Seamaster Planet Ocean 600M GoodPlanet wristwatch. 

Part of the sales proceeds of this watch will be donated to the GoodPlanet Foundation to fully funding a project to preserve the mangroves and seagrasses in Southeast Asia and educating the local population about the conservation of these important natural resources that are such a critical part of a balanced ecosystem.

Planet Ocean was awarded Best Cinematography at the renowned 2012 Blue Ocean Festival in Monterey California. The documentary combines breath-taking aerial shots took in numerous locations and underwater images globally to showcase sublime natural maritime wonders. Planet Ocean highlights the threats facing marine ecosystems, as well as to human life on this planet ultimately. Given that two-thirds of the Earth’s surface is covered by oceans, this documentary draws attention to the need for ocean conservation. In 2009, Yann Arthus-Bertrand produced Home, the first full documentary to be shot entirely from helicopters covering over more than 50 countries, and which has garnered international acclaim.

Through the partnership with GoodPlanet and the launch of the documentary, OMEGA has made a commitment to support marine conservation endeavors and hopes to further raise people’s awareness of our precious underwater ecosystems.The venue for the reception featured Planet Ocean still images taken by Yann Arthus-Bertrand, highlighting spectacular marine life-forms and natural phenomena. At the same time, they remind us of the fact that these ecosystems are very fragile, and the need to gradually change our lifestyles to one that that is more supportive of marine conservation.