Omega clock: Icon of Salem Al Mubarak St

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KUWAIT CITY, June 14: In addition to the value of time, and despite the widespread of clocks and alarms of cellular devices of various types, public clocks added value by turning places into landmarks whether they were in cities, streets, squares or roads. In the intensity and spread of the digital clocks, the prestigious big clocks still kept their beauty and attractiveness. As for some people they are still the reference to verify and check the time, basing their timeframes on it, discarding the watches decorating their wrists and the cell phones in their hands.

The Omega Clock at Saleem AlMubarak Street, still elegantly standing for over 35 years and located on the wall adjacent to the Behbehani Watch World Boutique, the agents of Omega in Kuwait. Still a great example of an amazing clock for precisely calculating time, where both citizens and residents rely on it to check time and adjust their watches accordingly, as they trust its accuracy that has never been wrong or stopped once since it was installed in 1983.

No doubt it is, as it was made by one of the most famous watch factories in the world, which adorn the hands of celebrities and decision-makers with their classic creations of iconic watches that have always been characterized by their accuracy, attractiveness and high value.

Al-Salmiya Old Souk has always been associated with the presence of this remarkable clock, where it became a landmark and a distinctive icon in its location. People use it as a guide for locating shops and exhibitions they attend through determining location whether it was before, after or starting from the clock’s location. As everyone knows where the Omega Clock is exactly located for they have always been very precise about time and knowing it accurately.