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Spectre or Seamaster 300 60th
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zinzan8
·The 60th lacks the dial depth of the Spectre (or any of the current Seamaster 300s). I would hate to lose that detail. Personally, I don't prefer the grayer dial on the 60th or the unremarkable silver second hand. Or the aluminum bezel concession that Omega had to make because it's too narrow for ceramic. Oh, and that backwards countdown bezel looks, well, backwards to me. ;-)
The Omega logo on the Spectre is really not that big. It's bigger than on the non-LE Seamaster 300, for sure, but it's not huge. And it's in a nice silver print.
Still, the 60th Anniversary model looks great, rather vintagey with a modern movement, and will undoubtedly fit better on some wrists.
The Omega logo on the Spectre is really not that big. It's bigger than on the non-LE Seamaster 300, for sure, but it's not huge. And it's in a nice silver print.
Still, the 60th Anniversary model looks great, rather vintagey with a modern movement, and will undoubtedly fit better on some wrists.
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sog00d
·The Spectre for sure. The 60th’s fauxtina on the lune is done poorly. It looks almost brown in certain lights. The Spectre is a nicer spin on the Seamaster and is a GMT. Plus it’s the best Bond execution as it only has branding on the back and it’s the first one actually worn in the movie
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zinzan8
·The Spectre for sure. The 60th’s fauxtina on the lune is done poorly. It looks almost brown in certain lights. The Spectre is a nicer spin on the Seamaster and is a GMT. Plus it’s the best Bond execution as it only has branding on the back and it’s the first one actually worn in the movie
Well, not quite a GMT, but yes, I forgot to mention the 12-hour bezel for tracking two time zones. That can be useful, since most of us are not going to be using either watch for dive timing.
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sog00d
·Well, not quite a GMT, but yes, I forgot to mention the 12-hour bezel for tracking two time zones. That can be useful, since most of us are not going to be using either watch for dive timing.
Yes, sorry not a true GMT but gets a similar job done. I hesitated writing that good to callout the 12hr bezel.
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jcmartinez98
·Yes, sorry not a true GMT but gets a similar job done. I hesitated writing that good to callout the 12hr bezel.
How about a side by side of the 300 master coaxial (that specter bastardized) vs the 60th anniversary?
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sog00d
·I guess I should have mentioned that I'm a bit biased in this convo since I own the Spectre but I do prefer its functions and looks. Do check out the 60th or Vintage Seamaster in store as the fauxtina execution is pretty bad in my opinion. It is really brown and the hr markers are flush to the dial whereas the Spectre is inset.
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·I guess I should have mentioned that I'm a bit biased in this convo since I own the Spectre but I do prefer its functions and looks. Do check out the 60th or Vintage Seamaster in store as the fauxtina execution is pretty bad in my opinion. It is really brown and the hr markers are flush to the dial whereas the Spectre is inset.
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sog00d
·I’m wondering how Omega can do the dial better if it prefers a faithful rendition of the classic 57th model. You can’t do modern except those that can be hidden like the movement if you have position the watch to be a true reissue model.
I'm totally on board with reissues but I don't see the need to fake an aged watch. I see let it age naturally. I do love the 60th's bezel, size and how close it is to the original but I already have the Spectre so it didn't make sense to me plus that fauxtina on the lume got me. Either way you really can't go wrong here, looking down at your wrist with either option you'll be smiling.
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·I'm totally on board with reissues but I don't see the need to fake an aged watch. I see let it age naturally.
Modern lume will not age like tritium will. A large factor in the appeal of an old Seamaster 300 is in the beautiful yellow-orange-brown patina it has acquired; new they were stark white just like a modern watch. Personally I think it would have looked very strange with white lume and besides, there are more than enough dive watches out there with white lume to choose from so why not do something a little different especially for a watch meant to evoke a vintage experience?
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sog00d
·Modern lume will not age like tritium will. A large factor in the appeal of an old Seamaster 300 is in the beautiful yellow-orange-brown patina it has acquired; new they were stark white just like a modern watch. Personally I think it would have looked very strange with white lume and besides, there are more than enough dive watches out there with white lume to choose from so why not do something a little different especially for a watch meant to evoke a vintage experience?
Yeah I buy that but I wish they didn't go so brown with it, a nice yellowish colour would have been subtle and nice. I agree that white lume wouldn't have fit.
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·Yeah I buy that but I wish they didn't go so brown with it, a nice yellowish colour would have been subtle and nice.
Have you seen it in person outside an Omega Boutique (or AD with similarly harsh lighting)? It's a nice light orange-brown, compared to the pumpkin color many 2913s have turned (including one I owned)
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·Have you seen it in person outside an Omega Boutique (or AD with similarly harsh lighting)? It's a nice light orange-brown, compared to the pumpkin color many 2913s have turned (including one I owned)
I saw it in an OB with great lighting. Not sure if the light was just hitting that display wrong.
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·Which do people prefer?
For me, the 300 MC not the re-issue.
I do like the vintage look of the reissue more, minus my concern I’ve highlighted above.
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Green Omega
·Which do people prefer?
For me, the 300 MC not the re-issue.
From this thread, looks like the opinion on preference is almost evenly split between SM 300 60th and Spectre Edition. Not sure about the 300 MC.
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padders
··Oooo subtitles!Hmm tough call. I love the looks of the Spectre, it is an excellent modern reinterpretation of the 50s and 60s Omega divers but my 7.25" wrist just won't pull off the very long and tall 300MC case, thus I top out at 42mm PO and the 39mm 60th LE.
Is it the white balance or in the pics above does the mc300 have very dark lume, much more so than the LE? I would personally prefer lighter creamier lume in my LE so if the mc300 is darker still then I have another reason to dislike it. The lollipop hand on the Spectre is great though!
To be honest I don’t really get why the MC had fauxtina at all, if it isn’t trying to be a faithful homage then why fake-age the lume? It is a modern take so make it modern. The LE lume I get.
Is it the white balance or in the pics above does the mc300 have very dark lume, much more so than the LE? I would personally prefer lighter creamier lume in my LE so if the mc300 is darker still then I have another reason to dislike it. The lollipop hand on the Spectre is great though!
To be honest I don’t really get why the MC had fauxtina at all, if it isn’t trying to be a faithful homage then why fake-age the lume? It is a modern take so make it modern. The LE lume I get.
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jcmartinez98
·Hmm tough call. I love the looks of the Spectre, it is an excellent modern reinterpretation of the 50s and 60s Omega divers but my 7.25" wrist just won't pull off the very long and tall 300MC case, thus I top out at 42mm PO and the 39mm 60th LE.
Is it the white balance or in the pics above does the mc300 have very dark lume, much more so than the LE? I would personally prefer lighter creamier lume in my LE so if the mc300 is darker still then I have another reason to dislike it. The lollipop hand on the Spectre is great though!
To be honest I don’t really get why the MC had fauxtina at all, if it isn’t trying to be a faithful homage then why fake-age the lume? It is a modern take so make it modern. The LE lume I get.
Agree with the fake lume bit
When it first came out I wanted one so badly but the faux patina bugged me (as did no date function)
If they had it with lollipop second hand and white lume, I would probably pull the trigger
Love the titanium PO I ended up with instead.
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Archer
··Omega Qualified WatchmakerTo be honest I don’t really get why the MC had fauxtina at all, if it isn’t trying to be a faithful homage then why fake-age the lume? It is a modern take so make it modern. The LE lume I get.
Because vintage is a hot thing right now generally, and Omega are trying to cash in on that as much as they can. It's their responsibility to shareholders in the end, so if they feel it will make them more profits, they will use coloured lume instead of white.
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zinzan8
·Is it the white balance or in the pics above does the mc300 have very dark lume, much more so than the LE? I would personally prefer lighter creamier lume in my LE so if the mc300 is darker still then I have another reason to dislike it.
I agree that the pic above shows the vintage lume to be much darker than it is in real life. The vintage lume is much more subtle on my Spectre, and I'm pretty sure it's the same on the non-LE Seamaster 300. The lume in the photos in this review are true to what I see on my Spectre:
https://timelessluxwatches.com/reviews/omega-seamaster-300-review/
The Seamaster 300 they profile is a two-tone, but the dial and lume are the same.
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