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路路Ash @ 惟FAnother pic, turns out it uses a LiquidMetal bezel too, I wonder if Aldo can redo those yet? 馃榾
New Seamaster 300 Master Co-Axial CK2913 Re-Issue Basel 2014
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路路Ash @ 惟FYes, their pressure testing equipment of the time wasn't capable of testing beyond 200m, but the watch performed way beyond their official rating capabilities.
I'd love to see that video, though... haven't come across it before, if anyone could share the link 馃憤
Its right at the start in the first minute or so of this video with Jean-Claude Monachon (Omega Head of Product Development):
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路路Steve @ 惟F
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路路Steve @ 惟FI should add that, overall, I am impressed with Omega's efforts on this watch, least anyone get the idea that my comparison was meant to be critical.
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路路Ash @ 惟FAgreed they really have done extremely well on this one, I really want one badly
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路It's pretty much official, the beating from my wife will be worth it when I come home with this without telling her...
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路that looks an awful lot like a sandwich dial, don't it?
It's certainly looking that way when the light moves across it.
If it is designed like the old 2913...then the dial is not a sandwich/cut-out dial, but simply a cut groove in the dial, filled up with lume. The dial is solid on the back.
The new one looks promising. Besides what has been mentioned, I think the bezel looks a lot like the old ones, smaller than the PO anyway, but it hasn't got that old lovely concave shape to it 馃槨
I'm really waiting for the dimensions on this. If the proportions is spot on, max. 40 mm and NOT to fat/high and they don't fit a see-through caseback, well then I could be convinced 馃檮
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路Agree 100% with this statement: "I'm really waiting for the dimensions on this. If the proportions is spot on, max. 40 mm and NOT to fat/high and they don't fit a see-through caseback, well then I could be convinced..."
The YouTube video certainly makes it look like it has a smaller face, at least compared to the surrounding bezel. I suspect the thickness will be on par with the current Seamaster Professional 300, but obviously we're just speculating from dark images on the web.
They need the proportions to be significantly different from the Planet Ocean if this is going to be more than a limited edition niche watch. If the proportions are not significantly different from a Planet Ocean, I suspect the watch will fail because, from a marketing standpoint, people will just see it as a "Planet Ocean No Date." The SM300 homage accents and sandwich dial are all nice, but a lot of those distinctions and the historical appeal will be lost on most of the buying public if the watch is too similar to the Planet Ocean in terms of its size and weight.
The YouTube video certainly makes it look like it has a smaller face, at least compared to the surrounding bezel. I suspect the thickness will be on par with the current Seamaster Professional 300, but obviously we're just speculating from dark images on the web.
They need the proportions to be significantly different from the Planet Ocean if this is going to be more than a limited edition niche watch. If the proportions are not significantly different from a Planet Ocean, I suspect the watch will fail because, from a marketing standpoint, people will just see it as a "Planet Ocean No Date." The SM300 homage accents and sandwich dial are all nice, but a lot of those distinctions and the historical appeal will be lost on most of the buying public if the watch is too similar to the Planet Ocean in terms of its size and weight.
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There it is!
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路Anti-magnetic 馃榾
See-through
See-through
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oh come on!! the display back is my favorite feature of Modern Omegas...how could you justify hiding such a gorgeous mechanism behind metal?
If it bothers you...just wear the watch face up....馃槈
on a different note.....ceragold/liquidmetal/anti-magnetic/micro-adjusting clasp/Sedna/Possibly ceramic....is there any more Omega gimmicks that they could possibly cram into one watch?
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路路The ArchitectYeah, it's mostly the old guys that get grumpy about display backs. Tough crowd to please. Get off my lawn! 馃槈
I like them, as long as it doesn't contribute too much thickness to the case.
I like them, as long as it doesn't contribute too much thickness to the case.
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路馃槤 Display back is awesome, if you don't like it dnt buy it. Simple answer. It is 2014 we are going forward not backward So get with the program.
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路I was hoping for a manual for this one but it looks like an automatic, right? Otherwise I like al of it actually. Never said that of a modern Omega in a while.
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路I was like a kid on christmas day...up early and anxious to open the presents...Price tag Very Very reasonable!
(Edited by Ash to include all pics, all credit to http://www.watch-insider.com/ for these photos, see his Omega Novelties section here: http://www.watch-insider.com/news/baselworld-2014-omega-novelties)
(Edited by Ash to include all pics, all credit to http://www.watch-insider.com/ for these photos, see his Omega Novelties section here: http://www.watch-insider.com/news/baselworld-2014-omega-novelties)
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路路Ash @ 惟FPricing is also in there, 5500 CHF approximately which is $6,220 or so for the starting model... very reasonable really
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路All interesting stuff... the new Master Co-axial (antimagnetic) being used across the new Seamaster range, an interesting Speedy and the world's most expensive G-shock, the Skywalker.
Can't wait to try the 300 reissue and the G-shock.
Can't wait to try the 300 reissue and the G-shock.
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