HANDS-ON: The Omega Seamaster Professional 300M – An all-time classic gets fresh
We all love a birthday. And watch brands love them as much as anyone – an excuse to celebrate, a hook for a new collection. At Baselworld 2018 Omega have marked the 25th anniversary of the Seamaster Professional Diver 300M (aka the James Bond watch) with a revamp. It was the SMP that kicked off Omega’s relationship with the Bond franchise, becoming something of a late-1990s icon as Pierce Brosnan wore a series of tricked-out, weaponised versions of the watch over the course of four movies. Vital statistics With 14 new variations – six in stainless steel and eight in steel-gold combos, three dial colours and a choice of rubber strap or steel bracelet – Omega’s revamp of the Seamaster Professional Diver 300M is about updated materials and mechanics rather than a major redesign. The case diameter has increased from 41mm to 42mm and the Seamaster’s distinctive cone-shaped crown for the helium escape valve sits at the 10 o’clock position. For the first time on a Seamaster Diver 300M, the case-back is sapphire crystal. The movement is Omega’s well-proven co-axial chronometer calibre 8800 (introduced in 2016), which is METAS-certified for magnetic resistance to more than 15,000 gauss and has a…
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Day 3 of Baselworld is long gone, and before we get too deep into day four, we need to recap your thoughts, reactions and emotions, because that’s what we do in Reader Comment. Let’s jump into it. We need to clear this one up again. @phat nutz thinks our voice-over talent is Felix hamming it up, but we in the team know his voice could never be that deep. For those that missed previous explanations, we recently discovered the ‘Voice of Australia / tennis / AFL’, Craig Willis, is a self-described watch nut and a T+T reader. This led to the highlight of Andrew’s life: Craig doing some voice-over work for us. @Sam Moraitis knows the voice, but not the name; it’s the one and only Mr Willis, Sam. Meanwhile, responses to our Rusty video continue to pile in (there are over 200 comments to date!), including one from one of our favourite adopted Aussies, Terri Irwin, as well as Sotheby’s Australia. Even the man himself, @Russell Crowe, re-tweeted a link, ahead of his ‘Art of Divorce’ Auction on April 7. On the Tudor front, our Top 4 models video garnered plenty of love, especially for the slimmer case of the Black Bay Fifty-Eight. Upstairs, we…
