BaselWorld 2018: Introducing The New Omega Seamaster Diver 300M

Hypnotic.
Also, the best internet comparison so far. It's sucking me in.......!!!

Wonder its actually arrive in the stores, the date?

Yesterday I got a call from my OB. There will be several two tones available soon. Soon is not quite exact !

I quite like it, except for the HeV and the glass back - the latter being the deal-breaker for me; I get it on a dress watch, but not on a dive watch.

I used the first version of the SMP as my timer when I learned to dive, and despite the criticisms, I found the bezel usable, and used it for couple of years before I got a computer.

This thread is about pushing me over the ledge. Im starting to lust for a 2254.50. Someone please sell me one!

Looking for your speculation: Will the new Seamaster put downward pressure on the most recent SMPc?

I’m falling in love with this new 300M!

I’m not a collector, I just proudly own one watch, daily worn: a Speedmaster 57 vintage dial; but, if I dream about a second watch, I’d have this new version of the Seamaster, and I'd choose the grey dial one. 😎

I prefer it because I already have a black-dial watch, while the blue version is.... too much blue! 😁

I like very much the grey dial with blue accents, and the blue bezel of course; it seems to me the best refreshing combo.

I’m only concerned about two aspects, both regarding legibility in low light situations:
1) the blue hands - since I do love the rhodium-plated hands of my Speedmaster, that seem to “create” light from the dark
2) the date wheel in blue-on-grey; while it’s a beauty of combo, I think it have poor contrast, and I’m afraid that without enough light hitting the date window, it will be almost impossible to read.

Found it! I can't read the date! 😵‍💫

I really like the looks of the stainless and gold 300 and the titanium tantalum limited edition.

I'm starting to save money... 🥰

I'm still trying to decide between getting the new black SMPc, the current black SMPc, or the black PO with the 8800 movement later in the year. Leaning towards the PO but afraid of it's thickness while the new SMPc I'm afraid of the 42mm being too sporty looking at its new size.

I love my black PO. It’s really not that thick, it fit well under my shirt cuff on Sunday.

I was planning on the blue/blue all along until i saw this one... This is the one I am planning to buy now. I have watched this video 500 times lol. I love the almost 'steel faced' look to it. Hope it is even better in real life than in vids and pics.

Entry level is the AT quartz

Interesting video that makes the SMPc more attractive to me, and the new one look like a more unrefined and oversized version.

Maybe we'll call the SMP models "old-wave" "glossy-dial" and "new-wave". I might like the larger markers and hands on the new-wave model, but I prefer the glossy-dial, ceramic bezel, and old bracelet more. The new dial just doesn't do it for me, and the new bezel makes the watch look even bigger somehow.

I would have really liked to Omega continue to sell the old-wave dial models side by side with the glossy-dial models, while sharing the ceramic bezel, case, movement, and bracelet on all of them.

The hands were what needed updating the most, as the skeletonized hour hand always looked like an afterthought to me. Updating the movement was nice, but sticking with the 2500D wouldn't have been a deal breaker. In the newest iteration, the dial, bezel, and new bracelet definitely decrease the appeal to me. Can't say I'll never own one, but my juices to own one aren't flowing.

I used to think of my SPMc as a "bartering chip", a watch that I could replace at any time with a brand new one, in the event that I should trade it away for something bigger and better and then have seller's remorse. Now the supply of NOS SMPc will dry up eventually, and I'm reluctant to let mine go.

Tudor did the same thing to Black Bay Red - not long after introducing the Black Bay Red and my buying one, they changed the movement and switched up the Rose logo on the dial for a boring old shield logo. Now I feel like have to keep my Rose ETA BBR, when for a while I thought this would also be a watch that I could use to sweeten the pot and reduce the cost in a trade for a nicer watch. I figured that I could easily replace it, but after the changes I'm resistant to let it go. It would take a mint condition SubC ND for me to trade away my SMPc and BBR, and I might still regret it.

What is the deal with ceramic inserts? What was wrong with the old metal inserts?

This one looks really good to me!

I do like how the dial text over the years evolved to be more balanced. For the few years that my 2254.50 was my only watch, it always bugged me how imbalanced the text was top vs. bottom

I really like the redesign especially with the rubber strap option but do wish the logo was on the back similar to the Globemaster caseback

I much prefer the 2017 model of the standard Seamaster 300m in blue which is why I bought the 2017 model but, I wish mine had the waves on the dial.

Bumping this.

I see now on US site that the release is slated for August (some varieties say July...) and that MSRP is $4750. Did this go up while nobody was watching. I feel like it was a few hundred less when they first released it...