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Seamaster 300m Diver Orange

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What's next? a ceramic wave dial with blue indices? and after that a no-wave/varnished dial with yellow indices? and further a green one with ceramic bezel but varnished dial? 🤪🤪🤪👏👏👏

How about a Heritage model with a green gradient similar to the summer blue gradient? I would be all over that
 
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What's next? a ceramic wave dial with blue indices? and after that a no-wave/varnished dial with yellow indices? and further a green one with ceramic bezel but varnished dial? 🤪🤪🤪👏👏👏
SMP300 in Tiffany blue.
 
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Personally I like, it would either be this or the 210.30.42.20.06.001 Grey dial / Blue bezel but the waves and date just make it too busy however I'm still not buying any of the current line-up.

If they came out with a 39mm iteration I'd have already been in contact with my AD.
 
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Personally I like it & would like to see it in person next to the no date wave dial.

If available for below £4k makes a nice summer watch. Again I’d loose the orange strap and think it looks good on the black rubber or black nato.

Still think it’s a stop gap until the new gems are announced .

I’m sure it would be at £4k. But it’s up at over £6k. The days of a £4k SMP are long gone.
 
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Jakeys Jakeys
Wow this is a surprise, had no idea this was coming.

Off the cuff first reaction is meh. I feel like the orange indices look unbalanced. The only thing I like is the orange strap, I'd rock that on a normal black SMP for something different.

I'd have preferred to see an orange bezel instead of orange indices.
It does look like the SMP-C, which was a pretty nice looking Seamaster. I don't think an orange bezel will suit it as the orange bezel is normally associated with the Planet Ocean
 
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They are really squeezing every possible drop out of this generation of SMP 300M before moving to the next, aren’t they?

I associate orange with the PO, and it feels like that model just lost some of its identity…

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Agreed. The orange indices surrounds at 3-6-9-12 don’t look that good. If it just had the Seamaster text and seconds hand in orange, it would be a sharp looking watch. As is, it’s just a mess.
Fully agree. Why dont they just release a no wave and no date version without such a polarizing color—are they afraid it will be too similar to the NTTD?
 
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They are really squeezing every possible drop out of this generation of SMP 300M before moving to the next, aren’t they?

I associate orange with the PO, and it feels like that model just lost some of its identity…
That is true. I'm guess due to the leaks that Swiss watches are actually made in China, may have hit their profits and Omega is just trying to recoup their loses
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That is true. I'm guess due to the leaks that Swiss watches are actually made in China, may have hit their profiles and Omega is just trying to recoup their loses
Aside from the bracelet, Omega watches are probably made in their majority, if in their entirety, in Switzerland still IMO.
 
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Omega AD (WoS) in Bluewater has the orange on mesh next to the monochrome on mesh in the window. Both looked great and couldn’t tell much difference in the dials. Orange didn’t pop that much (I expect on the rubber strap it does). They did have the monochrome on rubber also.

Didn’t have enough time to view properly and try on, kids and other half getting impatient.
 
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I’m going to guess they do this for more colors.

May as well finally introduce an applied logo, what’s taking so long!!!!
 
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Jakeys Jakeys
I like the strap a fair bit more than the watch, haha. Wonder if they'll offer a tang buckle version.
They probably will

ckamp ckamp
I’m going to guess they do this for more colors.

May as well finally introduce an applied logo, what’s taking so long!!!!

Yeah, I like the applied Omega logo from the 2220.80 and SMP-C. I wonder why Omega removed the applied logo from the 2018 release of the Seamaster 300M Pro Divers?
 
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Saw it at my OB on Saturday and loved it! They said I couldn’t purchase it until 7/24 so I’ll be there Thursday to pick it up!
 
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I think Omega is exaggerating with their 300m line because there are nearly countless variations of just ONE single model. To make my statement clear: do you like the Omega Seamaster 300m? WHICH ONE???!!!! This is just confusing and doesn't help Omega as a brand because in doing so, they don't make iconic pieces when this specific one you can choose from countless variations and it's not the 300m only.
 
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To make my statement clear: do you like the Omega Seamaster 300m? WHICH ONE???!!!!
I love the Omega Seamaster 300M Pro Diver 75th Anniversary Edition (aka Summer Blue Edition), which is now my daily wear. I love the way the blue changes color depending on how the light reflects off it.
 
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I think Omega is exaggerating with their 300m line because there are nearly countless variations of just ONE single model. To make my statement clear: do you like the Omega Seamaster 300m? WHICH ONE???!!!! This is just confusing and doesn't help Omega as a brand because in doing so, they don't make iconic pieces when this specific one you can choose from countless variations and it's not the 300m only.

I once had an exchange with the owner of a preowned watch site that deals a lot in Rolex and Patek; he explained to me that when it comes to Omega, he only buys and sells standard-issue Speedmasters (new and vintage). His general take on Omega is that they’ve diluted their brand and gone too gimmicky with all the color variants and limited editions and commemorative pieces and heritage lines, etc. (This conversation was pre-MoonSwatch; I imagine that has only deepened his feelings.) And that explains why their value-retention is poor, with exceptions.

I get that, and the depreciation numbers don’t lie. But I might counter that the variety and gimmicky options are some of the things that make Omega Omega: it’s an undeniably historic brand but it’s also a fun one that doesn’t take itself too seriously. They don’t make grown-up investment pieces; they make nice quality, technically innovative watches in expressive and stylish tool and dress formats. Being unapologetic and up front with this is a brand trait, whereas Rolex, their main competitor (and also a great brand—I’m not trashing them) does something fairly similar (according to a Hodinkee podcast, if you count, they’ve actually offered more variants than Omega ever has), but they posture as more restrained and upmarket, as a high end brand like Patek rather than what they are—like Omega, a trendy large-scale producer with a fascinating history.

I guess that as I’ve matured into this hobby, I’ve found myself caring a lot less about brand identity and prestige and the integrity of a model line—as with pricing, that’s all just a lot of marketing and hype. All that matters: do you like the watch or not? I think this one is a winner.

Is it worth retail price? Heck no. Not even close.
 
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Rolex, their main competitor (and also a great brand—I’m not trashing them) does something fairly similar (according to a Hodinkee podcast, if you count, they’ve actually offered more variants than Omega ever has),
This is the thing that always strikes me when I hear this specific criticism of Omega. Rolex basically makes a few watches, all with a similar looking case, many based on variations of the same movement, and then they change dials and colours, just like what people complain that Omega does. But they get a pass on this for some reason.

Omega has always offered a ton of models. When people say that this is a recent thing and it's killing the brand or whatever, I always get a chuckle.
 
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