Seamaster 300m ➡️ my experience

P PeteJE

Nice review! Beautiful piece!

P PeteJE

I joined you today! Got a decent deal from my local AD and went for it - loving it!!

wilfreb

Wow excellent, welcome to the SMP club

P PeteJE

Thanks! I have been eyeing this piece for a while and it doesn’t disappoint😀

P PeteJE

I’ve been timing stuff with the bezel since I got it - hahaha

P PeteJE

Things I really like -
Raised indices
Pentagon skeleton hands and needle seconds
Lume
Color (can seem muted and matte or brilliant and shiny depending on the light); including the two slight touches of red.
Wave dial
And of course the great value in the caliber 8800 mvmnt.
(Is that everything? Haha)

wilfreb

Hi, I've been a Seamaster fan and owner for some years, as well as Rolex.


My history with Omega began 10 years ago with a 2254, the classic sword hands, then I got the blue ceramic 300m at 41mm it was perfect, later on when the big watch craze came up I got a 45.5mm PO black ceramic, but I couldn't handle it for more than a year, so I got a 43.5mm 8900 PO and loved it for a couple of years, but I never could fell in love with it, and the original 300m (Bond) was always in my mind (yes I'm a huge Bond fan)


So finally I got the new Blue Seamaster 300m and I'm highly enamored with it, it's the watch that made me fall in love with Omega since the beginning and is the one that will always be in my collection.





I love everything about this one, and it's a huge upgrade over the 41mm ceramic I had, the 42mm case fits much nicer and still remains thin and comfortable, unlike the PO wich is thick and heavy





The dial is a beauty and captures your eyes in a glamorous way, I love the return of the wave dial and the redesign on the classic bond hands are better than ever. Also the date at 6 is a big plus for me since one of the requirements for me to use a watch is a Date complication





The ceramic bezel, is much nicer that the matte black 9500 PO (very dull) and with the white enamel numbers now are much more visible that the outgoing model, and easier to eperate and turn.


I don't like alum or matte bezel, I prefer the perpetual beauty of a polished ceramic bezel





And the bracelet is what makes this watch an icon, so unique and original that it is for me, the highlight on this watch, and the new version looks much more solid, modern, better finished and comfortable, and the micro adjustable clasp is a joy to use.


I also got the blue rubber strap, but I'm a bracelet guy myself and don't see myself changing this watch to rubber, while it makes it very comfortable, It makes it looks ordinary IMO, for that I have my Garmin Forerunner.

The lume is awesome, the blue color and the green minute hand last a long time like a torch


Thanks for reading, I'll be posting more pics and updated opinions, and for all my pics follow seamasterrolex on Instagram.