If you read the Omega literature, it says this:
"The chosen maximum pressure is equivalent to the depth of the Mariana Trench, but to be extra sure and to comply with dive watch standards, OMEGA insisted on adding a 25% safety margin, which meant the watches had to perform perfectly at an astonishing 1500 bar / 15,000 meters."
Note that dive watch standards require that the watch is tested at 25% above the depth rating of the watch, so although it was tested to 15,000m, it is not rated to 15,000m. If it were rated to 15,000m it would have to be tested to 15,000+25%, so 18,750m.
I'm in the minority but I'm smitten by this.
This is my grail watch now. I really want one.
Please god be under 10k.
I can start saving.
You better save more than 10K. I think it looks very cool but it is over an inch thick and there is no way to have a bracelet attached to the case. Sorry but that is a No Go for me and I like big watches.
Guys. This thing is a proof-of-concept piece. It can't be your grail because it's not going to be available to buy.
That makes it the perfect grail because if you can get it, it isn't really a grail
Guys. This thing is a proof-of-concept piece. It can't be your grail because it's not going to be available to buy.
Think of it like a concept car ... it's a test-bed for a lot of ideas. (And the current winner of one of the most important pissing contests in the watch industry.)
