It's not my type of watch but the diameter and thickness are just not in the mainstream today of what people are looking for. I like the looks and the technology, but the whole package would look better without the He valve at 10 o'clock. And that price is, well, interesting.
T thatoneNice looking watch but way too big and too pricey.
I don't think the caseback is what is restricting the thickness. The 3861 is a good example of this - the sapphire version has a caseback but it's thinner than the hesalite with no display caseback.
That's a whole lotta watch right there.
Something else I would add is that this is another of these GMT divers rather than a true GMT watch. The Oreo is still the only true GMT bezel watch in the Omega lineup, the other dozen Planet Ocean GMTs all have a dive bezel.
The Oreo bezel is superb and even has a dive scale built into it so it can do double duty, there’s no reason not to use that. Failing that, they could have taken a leaf from their own history and used a rotating inner GMT bezel operated by another crown where the He escape valve is. I really don’t get why they keep putting dive bezels on these GMT watches and nerfing their practicality.
There's a joke in here somewhere about mass
Exactly. Why not just make a GMT that has the water resistance of an Aqua Terra or slightly less? It makes very, very little sense to have 600 M of water resistance on a GMT.
Well that they sort of do have, but its in the form of the World Timer Aqua Terra which comes in at 14.1 mm, reasonable and only 1 mm more than the regular Aqua Terra but still not exactly slim for a watch without a movable bezel. 14.1 is ok though imo.
The issue with this is two-fold though, the first is that the worldtimer complication once you understand it is just as good or even more useful than a true GMT bezel, but it just isn’t well known or understood, people looking for a GMT watch won’t think to consider or find in searching the world timer, despite it being perfect for them.
The second issue is that it hasn’t been marketed well at all, it’s not a watch that even comes to mind for most Omega owners and nothing is being done to popularize the idea of a world timer as an alternative to a GMT watch.
This does give you everything the GMT bezel does with less work though as long as you know which city is near the city you’re in or at.
I've got to say, I have seen images of the world timer but I actually don't have any idea what it is even for. Maybe Omega doesn't want to release a true GMT because it was supplant this model? But if that is the case, why aren't they advertising this as a competitor for say, the Rolex gmt? Because that is definitely a talking point in every watch Community where the general consensus is Omega doesn't have a parallel there.
Not sure I understand the marketing strategy here?
Edit: also, I thought I remember reading that the regular Aqua Terra was down to low 13 mm now?
the worldtimer complication once you understand it is just as good or even more useful than a true GMT bezel
In this instance it’s one watch that isn’t really intended to be a big seller rather than an overall direction. As an experiment in material science its cool, but the Speedmaster Super Racing with the spirate hairspring is a more interesting direction.
Anyone is happy with Omega's direction?
There's a joke in here somewhere about mass.
Something else I would add is that this is another of these GMT divers rather than a true GMT watch. The Oreo is still the only true GMT bezel watch in the Omega lineup, the other dozen Planet Ocean GMTs all have a dive bezel.
The Oreo bezel is superb and even has a dive scale built into it so it can do double duty, there’s no reason not to use that. Failing that, they could have taken a leaf from their own history and used a rotating inner GMT bezel operated by another crown where the He escape valve is. I really don’t get why they keep putting dive bezels on these GMT watches and nerfing their practicality.
Something else I would add is that this is another of these GMT divers rather than a true GMT watch. The Oreo is still the only true GMT bezel watch in the Omega lineup, the other dozen Planet Ocean GMTs all have a dive bezel.
The Oreo bezel is superb and even has a dive scale built into it so it can do double duty, there’s no reason not to use that. Failing that, they could have taken a leaf from their own history and used a rotating inner GMT bezel operated by another crown where the He escape valve is. I really don’t get why they keep putting dive bezels on these GMT watches and nerfing their practicality.
Anyone is happy with Omega's direction?
