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SMP300GMT - Will There be a New Release

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Agreed on what was said previously. I sent an email to omega about an elusive smp300 gmt but had a standardized commercial answer.
The gmt po looks like a ladies Cartier despite its overwhelming thickness. Still unwearable.
The jumping hour hand of the 8900 /8500/8400 might do the trick. but yes, omega is far behind competition concerning its gmt line of products.
 
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I’ve a Seamaster 2264 with a similar case and it’s one of the most comfortable watches I have. The 300m WR and solid back helps make the 2234 GMT model much thinner and more wearable than the current PO GMT models, which are absurdly thick. They really should reintroduce the GMT but with the same old sword hands as the original, or the earlier SM300 RN diver model.
 
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I've been waiting for this release for what seems like years now - best to not hold your breath.
 
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Commercial divers do travel across time zones, but those who need 600m WR are very few and far between. 100m or 150m WR is surely enough for everyone else. Build a case that does that; avoid making the diameter too large, and you have a very usable watch. If the HB-SIA Speedmaster GMT Chrono can be 15mm thick, then a 4-hander GMT surely doesn't need to be 18mm.
 
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Commercial divers do travel across time zones, but those who need 600m WR are very few and far between. 100m or 150m WR is surely enough for everyone else. Build a case that does that; avoid making the diameter too large, and you have a very usable watch. If the HB-SIA Speedmaster GMT Chrono can be 15mm thick, then a 4-hander GMT surely doesn't need to be 18mm.

I agree. The 42mm Seamaster case is a nice size. If Omega list the display back, skimmed a mil off the case size, and dropped the crystal a bit, then you’d have a great - and popular - gmt. Put that together with a 2-22 lumed bezel and you’d be golden.

Such a watch is clearly popular, because the micro brands are all over it. I really don’t get why the bigger brands haven’t figured out that there’s a demand for such a watch.
 
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I tried the 39.5mm PO on the other day and it wasnt too bad. I havent worn a watch with a bezel for a few yrs now, sticking with the AT 3 hand and chrono range so visually its a bit of getting used to, but proportionately the watch sat well on the wrist..

Looks great on you! The 39.5 PO is really great. Exactly what the range needed.
 
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Reading this forum, still want this years later. Just looking for something like this.

I’d be happy if they just offered an option of a 12-hour bezel (like the Spectre edition) without adding the GMT complication
 
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Omega has, may be, the best engineers in the sport watch world, these guys can´t do thinner cases?. I will fire them all, and hire the Baltic or Seiko or Doxa, or Tudor or Alpina...or Tissot...engineers... of course thE Rolex guys will be too expensive...I sell my PO 8500 for just one reason the THICKNESS.
 
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