Omega Seamaster Diver 300M Watch In Black Ceramic And Titanium

Sometimes it takes a while for classics to strike a chord with watch-lovers. Just because something is widely lauded as an archetype, or as so historically significant you simply have to care, doesn’t necessarily mean you will. Until it hits you, and then all bets are off. This is what I experienced with the Omega Seamaster 300m. As an Omega apprentice who worked on the old 1120-powered range from the ’90s and ’00s for a couple of frustrating years, I had more opportunity than most to see it up close. Try as I did, I just couldn’t forge a connection to it. As I’ve said before on aBlogtoWatch, I suffered a similarly uncertain start to my relationship with the Omega Ploprof before falling in love with it. And suddenly, during the summer this year following the recent update debuted at Baselworld 2018, I got it. It hit me bang in the mouth and demanded my attention. Finally, I was converted. So, when I saw the press shots of the Omega Seamaster Diver 300m in Black Ceramic and Titanium, a dark and exciting new model (stirringly sans date), I was very, very interested. Omega Seamaster Diver 300M Watch In Black Ceramic And Titanium Watch Releases Let’s start with the good. First, the movement is excellent. I still wake up in cold sweats thinking about wrestling with a stubborn hairspring on an ETA 1120. What Omega has done since I left the company (hopefully, no correlation) is double-down on their status as an in-house manufacturer, and really make use of the technology at their disposal to create movements that are new, beautifully decorated, and a dream to service/assemble. Omega has gifted its watchmakers with a solid, reliable, and very well-made caliber in the 8806. Customers should be enthused by this level of uniqueness from a brand that was, for a couple of decades, lagging well behind the high standards its history deserves. The 8806 is approved by the Federal Institute of Metrology METAS, which has an in-house facility at Omega’s HQ. It beats at 25,200vph (3.5Hz), and is, therefore, able to offer a power reserve of 55 hours. It is resistant to magnetic fields of up to 15,000 gauss, thanks to the in-house silicon hairspring. The reliability and isochronism of this watch are beyond doubt. I say this with surety, as it is literally impossible to ‘bend’ or manipulate the hairspring in the traditional manner, due to the material it’s made of. One of the best things about the METAS test is the transparency associated with it. Should you wish, you can view the independently ratified results of your watch’s performance by entering its certificate number online. Omega Seamaster Diver 300M Watch In Black Ceramic And Titanium Watch Releases Another thing I like very much is the color scheme. Teaming a black case and bezel insert with a titanium bezel and crown makes for a stealthy combo. The absence of the date window at 6 o’clock also cleans up a dial that can look busy because of the wave pattern. On that note, the execution of the modern wave is sublime. The background has been etched away, leaving a raised, gloss wave pattern in the ceramic dial, rather than pad-printing the design in a slightly contrasting hue. The Omega Seamaster 300m Diver in Black Ceramic and Titanium also sticks with the redesigned helium valve that is now conical, as opposed to straight-sided. best Watches - http://www.hotwatchesss.com/>Best Luxury Replica Watches Brand: Luxury Audemars Piguet watches Omega Seamaster Diver 300M Watch In Black Ceramic And Titanium Watch Releases But here are the things I don’t like so much. The update from Baselworld 2018 did very well to keep the diameter at 41mm. This new iteration is a swollen 43.5mm. For me, a man accustomed to wearing some pretty gargantuan watches without a problem found that the 41mm variant managed to command a good degree of wrist presence, despite its relatively small diameter. The 43.5mm measurement puts this more in the wear category of the Planet Ocean. I have a feeling this may annoy those looking for a more discreet timepiece. Secondly, one of the stand-out features of the Omega Seamaster 300m was the price. Retailing at under $5,000 made it a ridiculous value proposition. The Omega Seamaster 300m Diver in Black Ceramic and Titanium comes in at a hugely inflated $7,500, on the rubber strap. The rubber strap is beautifully designed. It has a really cool keeper system that prevents that irking floating phenomenon. However, it is not the bracelet, which is one of the nicest things about this range in general. Certainly, the Omega Seamaster 300m Diver in Black Ceramic and Titanium is a visual feast. Hopefully, it will find an audience that craves the extra size and doesn’t mind paying for it. Visit omegawatches for more information.

Omega Speedmaster Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Limited Edition Watch

For the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing mission, Omega has remade a classic 18k-gold Speedmaster with onyx hour markers and a burgundy-hued bezel. The Omega Speedmaster Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Limited Edition is a richly priced and outfitted luxury Speedmaster with a good historical narrative and a fresh new Omega in-house movement. Omega uses its brand new caliber 3861 manually wound movement, something collectors have been eager to receive for a while. Basically, the 3861 is a fancier version of the original caliber 861 movement found in many historic Omega Speedmaster chronograph watches. Most important about the 3861 movement is that it uses anti-magnetic parts that enable it to pass Omega’ METAS certification. Finally, a movement exists that allows classic Omega Speedmaster timepieces (made today, of course) to bear the brand’s coveted “Master Chronometer” labeling. Omega Speedmaster Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Limited Edition Watch Omega Watch Releases 1969 Omega Speedmaster BA145.022 Omega didn’t take this Apollo 11 50th anniversary occasion to break new ground, design-wise. Omega has been rather reclusive lately with its courage to try new things. I’m more than impressed with the brand’s technical merits and mechanical movement attributes, but I feel as though Omega, over the last few years, has missed opportunities time and time again that would have allowed it to present new design language. I’m still waiting for the Omega I know and love, which takes bold product risks to peek out from under the rock of where it’s being kept. The collector community is starting to get the idea that product decisions are being made by committee at Omega, as the releases are starting to lack a bit of the soul that will allow Omega’s product managers 30 years from now to make their own reissued watches of interesting products from today. Omega Speedmaster Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Limited Edition Watch Omega Watch Releases Omega Speedmaster Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Limited Edition Watch Omega Watch Releases The specific watch Omega was inspired by for this 2019 limited edition Speedmaster Apollo 11 was the Omega Speedmaster BA145.022. The BA145.022 was a solid yellow-gold with matching bracelet Speedmaster issued in honor of the Apollo 11 mission success. One funny story about the watch is that one was given to then-U.S. President Richard Nixon. U.S. law prevents gifts like this from being accepted, and such gifts are often made for marketing purposes (and it was returned to Omega). The “Richard Nixon” BA145.022 is pretty cool and is often visible at the Omega Museum. It has a very period-specific design (with its burgundy-red anodized aluminum bezel and black onyx-stone hour markers) which has always attracted its collector-followers today. People have been asking Omega to remake this watch for a while, and all Omega needed to do was listen. The plan is to produce 1,014 pieces of this limited-edition set. Omega Speedmaster Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Limited Edition Watch Omega Watch Releases Omega Speedmaster Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Limited Edition Watch Omega Watch Releases The colorway of the BA145.022 has always reminded me of Iron Man; maybe someone else has pointed that out before. The re-issue for 2019 is very true to the original in a lot of ways, but with modern trimmings that really make it a sophisticated timepiece for today. The red bezel is now ceramic; the hands are also not entirely black, as on the original watch. I really wish they would have been all black, to be honest. But Omega is allowed to make some statement about the design of today. Applied black-onyx hour markers are killer-looking and should make for a legible and masculine luxury Speedmaster dial. The dial of the watch is in solid gold, of course. An interesting detail about the re-issued watch is that Omega finally fixed the incorrect chronograph fraction-of-a-second markings from the original. They were originally for a 1/5th of a second hand and not a 1/3 of a second hand. best Watches - http://www.aaawatchs.com/>Best Luxury Replica Watches Brand: Luxury Omega watches 42mm-wide and representing the shape of the 4th generation Speedmaster model, the Speedmaster Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Limited Edition watch bears a few different shapes of the Omega logo (as did the original) but uses a new gold alloy. Omega has joined several other luxury watchmakers to offer a “pale gold” alloy, which is a lighter version of yellow gold. Omega calls the new alloy “Moonshine Gold,” which they say is a good name because the color of the metal is supposed to look like “the shining moonlight in a dark blue sky.” Clearly, someone in marketing wrote that. I also wonder if they know “moonshine” in America is what some people call homemade distilled alcohol. Over on the rear of the case, we have a sapphire crystal caseback window with a view of the 3861 movement. A ring around the movement has some nice graphics printed on it and reads “Apollo 11 50th Anniversary. The First Watch Worn On The Moon.” Omega attempts to match the “moonshine” gold color with the finishing on the movement, whose bridges are plated in moonshine gold for a nice effect. The caliber 3861 appears to function the same as the 861 but with a new silicon balance spring and Master Chronometer certification. Attractive and collector-friendly, the Omega Speedmaster Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Limited Edition watch is a safe bet from Omega that I hope will be followed up with something a bit more original later in the year to celebrate the brand’s long-standing relationship with NASA and the Apollo 11 legacy. I’m sure these will look handsome on the wrist, and elements such as moonshine gold and the caliber 3861 movement have life far beyond this model. Price for each of the 1,014 Omega Speedmaster Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Limited Edition watches is 32,000 Swiss Francs.

Omega Speedmaster Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Limited Edition Watch In Stainless Steel

This is it – the Omega Speedmaster Apollo 11 50th Anniversary watch we’ve all been waiting for since Baselworld 2018 and before, knowing full well that the 50th anniversary of the most important moon mission in human history was coming in July of 2019. Well, despite plenty of dealers seeing it just a few short days before Baselworld, whispering hints like “two-tone bezel” and “laser-engraved footprint” in hushed tones around the show, the whole design has impressively been otherwise kept under wraps until Omega lifted the lid this week, in Switzerland. Omega Speedmaster Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Limited Edition Watch In Stainless Steel First Look Featuring a solid flat-link stainless steel bracelet and 42mm case with few flourishes of Omega’s new Moonshine gold that debuted on the solid gold variant earlier this year, the new steel variant is limited to 6,969 pieces, carrying a number of design cues inspired by the historic Apollo 11 moon mission, including a 9 o’clock subdial exhibiting Buzz Aldrin climbing down the lunar module’s ladder, while the Naiad-locked caseback features a deep laser-engraved relief of an astronaut’s footprint juxtaposed with Neil Armstrong’s famous “one small step” quote. Back on the dial, you’ll also notice the applied “11” Arabic hour numeral replacing the baton marker at that spot. Unlike the solid gold anniversary edition, which had a red ceramic bezel ring, the stainless variant gets it in polished black ceramic with a Ceragold tachymeter scale. Omega Speedmaster Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Limited Edition Watch In Stainless Steel First Look Also like the solid gold variant, the new 50th Anniversary Steel version is fitted with Omega’s newest manually wound movement, caliber 3861, which gets gets the Master Chronometer certification – a first for this movement in a stainless steel-cased watch and another sign that the standard Speedmaster Professionals are likely next in line to get these upgraded movements. The whole watch is packaged in a very cool presentation case that includes a lunar module “display” model, a viewing loupe, two patches from the Apollo mission, and a spare cork-coated Velcro strap along with the requisite strap-changing tool. best Watches - http://www.soldwatches.com/>Best Luxury Replica Watches Brand: Luxury Omega watches Specifications Brand: Omega Model: Speedmaster Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Limited Edition (ref. 310.20.42.50.01.001) Dimensions: 42mm Water Resistance: 50 meters Case Material: Stainless steel with Moonshine Gold bezel Crystal/Lens: Flat scratch‑resistant sapphire crystal with anti‑reflective treatment on both sides Movement: Omega cal. 3861 Power Reserve: 50 hours Strap/Bracelet: Stainless steel bracelet, also includes black-coated cork strap with Velcro closure Price & Availability: $9,650, July 2019 Summary 6,969 watches is an awful lot for a “limited edition,” though it’s a strategy we’ve seen time and time again from Omega – and in the instance of such a legendary brand property (the Speedmaster) and an equally legendary moment in history (the moon landing), as a pretty tasteful execution rendered in the currently en-vogue two-tone trend, it’s unlikely that these’ll languish on boutique shelves for long, once available later this summer. Again the price for the Speedmaster Apollo 11 50th Anniversary in Stainless Steel is $9,650, and boutiques are expecting to see these starting in July.

Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra Worldtimer Master Chronometer Stainless Steel Watch

Traditionally speaking, Omega tends to wait a year or so to roll its latest innovations into the regular line, so I’m not totally surprised that we were forced to wait nearly three full years to get the Aqua Terra Worldtimer in stainless steel after its initial debut in platinum back in 2017, but I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t worth the wait. As much as I loved it then, that variant wasn’t exactly destined for the everyman – its limited run of only 87 pieces and price tag of nearly $50,000 probably have a bit to do with this. Thankfully, the new version in steel reverses that trend, coming in at a fraction of the cost and with a beautiful new blue dial – at the center of which, is a gorgeous laser-ablated titanium map relief that’s, quite frankly, a dramatic improvement in level of detail over the platinum version’s hand-painted enamel dial. Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra Worldtimer Master Chronometer Stainless Steel Watch First Look Just as it was introduced in the platinum variant in 2017, inside the new stainless steel Aqua Terra Worldtimer beats Omega’s caliber 8939, though it now bears the METAS certification as a Master Chronometer movement. The watch itself also follows the same updated Aqua Terra case footprint from 2017 with the conical crown for better grip and a directly downturned strap enabling the large-ish 43mm case to wear more comfortably on smaller wrists, along with the vertical “teak” stripes in the dial and more symmetric date aperture placement at 6 o’clock. As already mentioned though, the real star of the show is a ‘gnomonic’ style projection of the earth (said to be the oldest known projection of the earth in cartography, where circles are displayed as straight lines) whose sea and land mass colors have been rendered through the laser’s chemical reaction with the dial center’s titanium surface. We’ve seen these high-tech laser ablation techniques on Omega dials before — most recently with the Apollo 8 Dark Side of the Moon Watch from last year, but this is the first time we’ve seen the ablation process yield unique colors and textures on the same surface. Specifications best Watches - http://www.popularwatchs.com/>Best Luxury Replica Watches Brand: Luxury Omega watches Brand: Omega Model: Seamaster Aqua Terra Worldtimer Master Chrononometer Dimensions: 43mm Water Resistance: 150 meters Case Material: Stainless Steel Crystal/Lens: Sapphire Movement: Omega caliber 8939 (automatic with rotating 24-hour center disc) Power Reserve: 60 hours Strap/Bracelet: Stainless steel, leather, or rubber Price & Availability: Starts at $8,900 on rubber strap, available Fall / Winter 2019 Truly sporty worldtimer watches are actually pretty hard to come by – particularly those with more than 50 meters of water resistance and a ’true’ GMT movement where the hour hand can be adjusted independently of the worldtime complication. It’s particularly odd, given how handy this complication can be for frequent fliers – especially if travel involves the occasional hotel pool or checking in with home whilst exploring a beach in some far-flung corner of the world. Thankfully, the Aqua Terra delivers on both fronts, with a screwdown crown and caseback to yield an impressive 150 meters of water resistance, along with the 8939 movement which bears Omega’s ’Travel Time’ feature, enabling the wearer to jump the hour hand in single hour increments forward or backward as he or she jumps between local timezones around the world, without disturbing the ‘home time’ displayed in 24-hour format around the rotating two-tone (day/night) glass disc in the center of the dial. Currently available in both stainless steel, and solid gold variants – each with either a rubber or leather strap, or solid metal bracelet option to choose from. The price for the Seamaster Aqua Terra Worldtimer in Stainless Steel begins at $8,900 on the rubber strap.

Omega De Ville Trésor 40mm Watches Now In Stainless Steel

It ain’t easy getting excited about dress watches these days, but that’s not to say they don’t still have their time and place in a thoughtfully assembled watch collection — and it’s great to see Omega sticking to its guns on the ultra-classic De Ville Trésor watches, which have been refreshed with a new 40mm stainless steel case option, and fitted with a trio of new dial treatments, each with the svelte hand-wound, METAS-certified Master Chronometer movement ticking away beneath. Owing its proliferation in the ’50s and 60s to a clean design and no-nonsense build quality, in many ways, the De Ville is one of Omega’s most iconic properties. Let’s also not forget that many of our fathers, or their fathers, at some point probably owned an Omega De Ville similar to what we’re looking at today — classic everyday watches that would go on to pave the way for a larger-scale appreciation of Omega’s more popular Seamaster and Speedmaster sports watches, which tend to get all the glory these days. Omega De Ville Trésor 40mm Watches Now In Stainless Steel First Look best Watches - http://www.pursuitwatchs.com/>Best Luxury Replica Watches Brand: Luxury Omega watches Previously, the Master Co-Axial Trésor watches were noteworthy in the sense that they were only available in precious metals, but now for 2019, Omega is refitting the collection with the most current line of METAS-certified Master Chronometer calibers, but more importantly, a brand new price point, as well, thanks to the new stainless steel case. The case itself is still 40mm in diameter, and it’s still fitted with a hand-wound co-axial movement, albeit upgraded from the 8500 Co-Axial series to an 8900-caliber movement — one I’ve always loved for its super-slim profile and semi-symmetrical layout when viewed through the exhibition caseback. Specifications: Brand: Omega Model: De Ville Trésor Dimensions: 40mm Water Resistance: 30 meters Case Material: Stainless Steel Crystal/Lens: Sapphire Movement: Omega cal. 8910 (handwound) Power Reserve: 72 Hours Strap/Bracelet: Leather strap Price & Availability: Starts at $6,500 in Stainless Steel (ref. 435.13.40.21.03.001) on leather strap, jumps to $15,000 in gold (ref. 435.53.40.21.06.001) on leather strap. Available August 2019. Omega De Ville Trésor 40mm Watches Now In Stainless Steel First Look Flip the new Master Chronometer De Ville Trésor watches over, and you’ll notice a new set of dial treatments that echo the vintage-style domed dial that defined the mid-century editions. Style-wise, they’re still the same — with the wafer-thin baton indices and needle-shaped handset — but it’s the dials themselves where the changes are made. The blue stainless steel variant comes with a brass-stamped dial that yields a cool lattice texture that’s only lightly interrupted by the color-matched date aperture at 6 o’clock. The silver dial isn’t quite so complex, opting for a more classic opaline finish and yielding an execution that feels the most faithful to the De Ville that might be part of your family tree. If you do make the jump to precious metal, Omega does have a new “no date” Sedna rose gold variant with a luxurious slate gray enamel dial, achieved using the traditional “Grand Feu” firing technique. Omega De Ville Trésor 40mm Watches Now In Stainless Steel First Look Though largely a spiritual update to the De Ville Trésor watches, the new offerings in stainless steel start at a price of $6,500, which provides an interesting value proposition that slots in neatly between Omega’s entry-level Seamaster and Railmaster sport watches, and the Globemaster collection. Jumping to precious metal is going to push the price up to $15,000, which is still a slight reduction over the outgoing Master Co-Axial variants

Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean 600M Watch With New Orange Bezel For 2019

I love the Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean. In fact, I wrote an 8,000 word history of the Planet Ocean, a collection that I refer to as a “modern icon.” Fortunately, for fans of the PO, Omega just announced a new three-hand version that looks to its past (well, back to 2005) with an orange bezel. It’s the classic Planet Ocean color and with the ceramic white dial, and it looks to be a real stunner. I personally own this Planet Ocean that shares a case, movement, etc., with this new model and can speak only highly of it. Of course, I am now seriously considering adding this full-orange bezel Planet Ocean to my collection. Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean 600M Watch With New Orange Bezel For 2019 First Look Visually, one can look back at the first Planet Ocean model that had an aluminum orange bezel or even the rare Platinum GMT model as references, but Omega has opted for a much brighter orange now. It’s less “orange” like the fruit and more a vibrant, fiery orange — much more so than the 15-minute orange section of my Planet Ocean bezel. In fact, Omega is patent-pending on this new orange ceramic bezel ring. Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean 600M Watch With New Orange Bezel For 2019 First Look Specifications Brand: Omega Model: Seamaster Planet Ocean 600M Omega Co-Axial Chronometer Dimensions: 43.5mm Water Resistance: 600M Case Material: Stainless steel with ceramic bezel and dial Crystal/Lens: Flat scratch‑resistant sapphire crystal with anti‑reflective treatment on both sides Movement: Omega cal. 9900 Power Reserve: 60 hours Strap/Bracelet: Stainless steel bracelet or NATO Strap Price & Availability: $6,500 on braclet, $6,200 on strap Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean 600M Watch With New Orange Bezel For 2019 First Look best Watches - http://www.nicecopywatchs.com/>Best Luxury Replica Watches Brand: Luxury Omega watches The Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean is adding another brilliant model to the collection. They’re keeping pricing as is, which is always nice to see. Again, the price is $6,200 on the orange/gray NATO strap and $6,500 on the bracelet. Fingers crossed for a new rubber strap to match this model, because I love mine. Keep an eye out for this new Planet Ocean to be released this fall.

Omega Constellation Globemaster Annual Calendar Black Dial Watches

The Globemaster might not be Omega’s most commonly referenced or recognized property, but it’s far from unloved — on the contrary, those in the know recognize it as a surprisingly well-kept secret in Omega’s “Master” generation of watches and a strong contender for one of the best all-day-every-day modern watches available. Fighting words for sure, but a quick survey of its competition reveal very few alternatives with a comparable feature set and price point. For 2019, Omega is giving the Globemaster a little more love, expanding the collection with a new black dial for its Annual Calendar reference, which was previously only available in white with blue accents. Omega Constellation Globemaster Annual Calendar Black Dial Watches First Look Inside the new Globemaster, nothing’s changed; you’ve still got Omega’s cal. 8922 — a METAS-certified, anti-magnetic Master Chronometer (now par for the course on all of Omega’s 8900-series movements) with an annual calendar complication. This particular execution is somewhat novel, though. While most annual calendars use two separate apertures in the dial to display the month and date, the Globemaster takes a page out of the pointer date book, using a short central-mounted needle hand to point to one of the 12 months, which encircle the perimeter of the dial’s inner dodecagon “pie pan.” The cursive script used in the months was admittedly an acquired taste when the Annual Calendar made its silver-dialed debut back in 2016, but now that the watch’s dial is rendered in a more monochrome black with silver script, the whole thing feels a little more buttoned-up (in a good way) and probably what Omega should have led with three years ago. Omega Constellation Globemaster Annual Calendar Black Dial Watches First Look Specifications: Brand: Omega Model: Globemaster Co-Axial Master Chronometer Annual Calendar Dimensions: 41mm Water Resistance: 100 meters Case Material: Three references: Stainless Steel, Stainless Steel & Sedna Gold, full Sedna Gold Crystal/Lens: Sapphire Movement: Omega cal. 8922 (automatic) Power Reserve: 55 Hours Strap/Bracelet: Leather strap Price & Availability: Starts at $8,450 in Stainless Steel (ref. 130.33.41.22.01.001) on leather strap, and it jumps to $10,600 for the two-tone model with the Sedna gold bezel (ref. 130.23.41.22.01.001) on leather strap, and $23,300 for the full gold variant (ref. 130.53.41.22.01.001) on leather strap. Available August 2019. best Watches - http://www.hotwatchesss.com/>Best Luxury Replica Watches Brand: Luxury Audemars Piguet watches Omega Constellation Globemaster Annual Calendar Black Dial Watches First Look Like the standard three-hand version, the Globemaster is fitted with a distinctive “fluted” bezel, though before all the Datejust purists cry foul, it’s worth pointing out that the only thing the two watches really have in common is their respective cases as ultra-versatile everyday watches that transition gracefully between dress and sport. In person, the Globemaster’s bezel feels more akin to a coin-edge, and with its tungsten carbide composition (on the steel models) and sharp peaks and narrow valleys, it will be far less prone to scratches or marks compared to the Datejust’s crown-style facets.