This commemorative Seamaster looks nearly identical to the original with nearly indiscernible updates to the material: markers made in SuperLuminova instead of radium and durable aluminum for the bi-directional bezel in lieu of acrylic. The Omega Seamaster 300 60th Anniversary Limited EditionĪt Basel in 2017, Omega debuted their 60th Anniversary Limited Edition Omega Seamaster which pays homage to the original Seamaster (Ref. While the dial looks like a classic Seamaster, the back of the case is yellow gold, stamped with the jaggedly-shaped London Olympics 2012 logo. When the Olympics returned to London in 2012, Omega released a special edition Omega Seamaster 1948 Co-Axial London 2012. In 1948, the same year as the Omega Seamaster’s debut, Omega was the official time keeper for the London Olympic Games. In celebration of the 24th Bond film, Spectre (2015), and a 20 year-long partnership with the Bond franchise, Omega released the special edition Seamaster 300 Spectre which harkened back to the original Bond Seamaster. Craig donned a Seamaster Planet Ocean again for Quantum of Solace (2008) and a Seamaster for Skyfall (2012). When actor Daniel Craig was cast as the next James Bond for 2006’s Casino Royale, he wore an Omega Seamaster 300 and Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean with a rubber strap for the action scenes. For the next three Bond films, Brosnan sported the Omega Seamaster 300 Automatic Chronometer in Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), The World is Not Enough (1999) and Die Another Day (2002).
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Therefore, Pierce Brosnan’s James Bond wore an Omega Quartz Seamaster Professional 300 in the film Golden Eye in 1995. Although James Bond’s author Ian Flemming included a Rolex watch in his novel and even wore a Rolex himself, Omega pushed Rolex out of the film as the costume designer noted Omega was more historically relevant to the British Royal Navy and, in turn, the James Bond character. However the Omega Seamaster 300 received a major boon when it was selected as the James Bond watch. Over the span of three increasingly longer dives, Cousteau aimed to prove man could live and work on the sea floor.īy the mid-1990s, Omega Seamaster had fallen slightly out of popularity, giving way to new iterations like the Omega Seamaster Professional, a new fan-favorite. Ironically, however, the Seamaster 300 could only dive to depths of 200 meters which Omega claimed was due to equipment limitations, not the watch’s limitations.Īnd continuing the tradition of Omega as the go-to watch for divers, famed oceanographer Jacques Cousteau’s team wore Omega Seamaster 300 watches during their 1963 Conshelf II experiments in the Red Sea. Unlike its predecessor, the Seamaster 300 was designed for underwater use. In 1957, when scuba diving was the en vogue sport, Omega rolled out a trio of Master watches: the Speedmaster, the Railmaster and the Seamaster 300. Omega engineers was so confident of the Seamaster’s durability, they attached one to the outside of an aircraft and flew it over the North Pole in 1956. This new case remained intact at depths up to 60 meters and temperature ranges between -40 degrees and 50 degrees Celsius. Omega turned to the submarines used during WWII for inspiration and included a resilient rubber gasket in the Seamaster’s final design. Previously water-resistant watches relied on lead or shellac gaskets which were easily affected by temperature changes like those a diver would experience at various depths. What distinguished the Seamaster from its diving watch predecessors was its O-ring gasket which improved its water-resistance. The first Omega Seamaster was modeled after the waterproof wristwatches made for and worn by the British military during World War II. So by 1948, Omega was a brand well-respected for its robust divers’ watches, and it further bolstered that reputation with the introduction of the Omega Seamaster. Later, in 1936, explorer Charles William Beebe wore the Omega Marine watch while riding in a bathysphere (which was an unpowered sea submersible that was lowered into the ocean via a cable) to a depth of 14 meters off the coast of Bermuda. Jumping back a little bit: in 1932, Omega debuted its Marine watch which was worn by the “father of modern diving” Yves Le Prieur, a French navy officer and inventor of the modern scuba mask and tank. We look back at the long history of this fan-favorite Omega watch. Today it remains the oldest model in Omega’s current collection. The model was an immediate hit and became the brand’s best seller. The Omega Seamaster may be most quickly recognized as the “James Bond watch,” but the watch’s history dates back to 1948 when it debuted in celebration of Omega’s 100th anniversary.
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