Does anyone find that the bezel on the new Omega Seamaster Heritage 300 moves too easily. I find I set mine to 12 o’clock and sometimes I look down and it’s moved a couple notches from being brushed or making contact to something. How does it compare to say a Rolex Submariner bezel. I have yet to compare the two. Anyone with a Rolex Submariner experience the same thing.
I've had the same with my previous generation 300. It's a thick watch and when putting on coats, backpacks or diving gear I often caught just enough resistance to move the bezel a click or two.
Does anyone find that the bezel on the new Omega Seamaster Heritage 300 moves too easily. I find I set mine to 12 o’clock and sometimes I look down and it’s moved a couple notches from being brushed or making contact to something. How does it compare to say a Rolex Submariner bezel. I have yet to compare the two. Anyone with a Rolex Submariner experience the same thing.
I owned the previous version with the Cal.8400 movement and the Liquidmetal bezel. It had the best bezel action and feel of any dive watch I have ever owned including a Submariner, Planet Ocean (3 different versions across two generations), Seamaster 300 1957 Trilogy or Seamaster Diver (3 versions across three generations), Seiko's and Longines. I was very excited to see the new Seamaster 300 but it was a massive disappointment because the bezel is rubbish. I tried on 11 black dial watches and 8 blue dial watches over an 18 month period in two boutiques and several ADs. Every single one had a really poor bezel action, rickety, too much play and too insubstantial in feeling. In several cases the bezel was not aligned correctly and in a few the bezel did not sit straight so was in danger of being popped off. Given the large number of watches tried, the various locations and the time period involved this is not an isolated early production issue it is staggeringly poor quality control and/or design by Omega. So the short answer to your question is, yes, the bezel on these newer Seamaster 300 “Heritage” watches is crap. I did not buy one. Going for a Planet Ocean GMT or Planet Ocean Orange instead.
Interesting. After I picked up my 2nd gen summer blue, I owned it with my first generation in Black *concurrently for 6 months. I found the bezel action on the first generation to be absolutely satisfactory if not down right very good, and have found the bezel action on my second generation to be slightly more tactile and precise.
Not trying to "negate" your experience, but clearly we haven't had the same. Perhaps it is just that they save the best bezels for the summer blue, but I can't imagine why they would do that...
EDIT: it just occurred to me that the liquid metal bezel is present on the summer blue, a large difference between the summer blue and the rest of the 2nd gen models.
The Summer Blue 300 does not have a Liquidmetal bezel. It has a ceramic bezel with an enamel diving scale. Ceramic is not Liquidmetal. You should do a bit of research on materials being used on the different watches then you not put out misleading information. I own the Seamaster 300 Summer Blue as of a month ago and while the bezel action is far better than the aluminium bezel of the standard model it is still not a patch on the old Seamaster 300 Cal.8400, the current Diver or the last generation Planet Ocean. It is however far better than the new Planet Ocean which is hilariously poor.
You're responding to a 2 year old post- and I've since become aware that the summer blue is a grand-feu enamel specially bonded to the ceramic bezel. I appreciate the informational correction that it's not liquidmetal.
Let me return the favor of correcting misinformation: The summer blue heritage bezel is just as good as the prior SM300 8400, if not better. I owned both concurrently. The summer blue heritage bezel is just as good, perhaps better, than the current SMP. I own both. Both feel great but the SM300 bezel is just a touch easier to grip because of the coin edge, although I don't struggle with turning my SMP bezel- even when wet.
Can't speak to the current planet ocean, haven't played with the bezel, but I can't say I've heard that complaint.
Let me return the favour as well with a lesson in semantics. My comment on your misinformation was about an objective one, namely, the lack of Liquidmetal on the Seamaster 300 Summer Blue. It does not have a Liquidmetal bezel so your assertion is objectively incorrect and you failed to correct it despite finding out you were wrong it would seem. The bezel action feel I commented on in my original post is a subjective matter. I am not impressed with the Seamaster 300 with an aluminium bezel and I cited my experience in trying to find one that I felt was acceptable. I still think the bezel action on the 300 is still rubbish, I tried a black dial one before finally getting the Summer Blue. I also found the ceramic bezel on the bronze gold is also far better than the aluminium bezel. See, subjective. Your original reply acknowledges the subjective nature of the issue. Now because you have been called out for getting a fact (objective) wrong you decided to make an ad hominem attack. Not very sensible or nice really. So, to summarise, you got a fact wrong, you were corrected and did not like it. Finally, the post might be old but that is irrelevant, your assertion of a Liquidmetal bezel on the Summer Blue 300 was wrong. It does not matter if you made that assertion in 2024 or 2021 it was still wrong.
Hmmm…perhaps a tad aggressive with the tone?
Changing topics: how many of you have kept your Heritage 300. And if you’ve gotten rid of them, what was the main reason?
Given the large number of watches tried, the various locations and the time period involved this is not an isolated early production issue it is staggeringly poor quality control and/or design by Omega. So the short answer to your question is, yes, the bezel on these newer Seamaster 300 “Heritage” watches is crap
Hmmm…perhaps a tad aggressive with the tone?
Changing topics: how many of you have kept your Heritage 300. And if you’ve gotten rid of them, what was the main reason?
