WCU #52: Understanding the New 2021 Omega Seamaster 300
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- The 2021 Omega Seamaster 300 presents a very new face to a historically-unsuccessful model in Omega's collection. By dropping its ceramic bezel and adopting a more old-fashioned style, this new version gives a different attitude and feel to the collection whilst a model in Bronze-Gold offers a unique alternative to steel.
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This analysis deserves an award. I learned more about the Seamaster 300 in 20 minutes than I have in 20 visits to my Omega AD. That bronze gold version is now amazing to me.
I went out to Bucherer in Covent Garden last weekend to buy a Tudor BB41 and came away with the Omega Seamaster 300. Fell in love with it the moment I saw it. I can see why it's not everyone's cup of tea, but to me it's a real thing of beauty.
My first and only luxury watch so far. I adore it.
I understand completely why it’s not a very traditional watch, with an established or pre-existing niche, but I fell in love with it the moment I saw it. When I visited the boutique to see options this was still the only watch that caught my attention and I walked out with it the same day.
I love mine, and I plan for it to be my daily-driver for life. That may change, but I doubt it. It’s my ideal all-rounder watch, it will patina and look less “flashy” over time, and it’s a stunning, comfortable, classy, highly capable, durable daily wear option.
What a great throwback to look at the older models. Highly appreciated.
A thoroughly enjoyable and well researched review of a beautiful timepiece. This is such a great channel.
Really great episode Armand. I have to say this is my favorite Omega. Really looking forward to trying one on.
Every great design starts as a whimsy with no precedent at some point in time. Likewise every tradition also has a starting point. I love that Omega are taking something like their original as a spiritual starting point but taking it in a direction that looks far better than the original yet still stays true to it’s roots. It looks holistic and cohesive and not a weird mosh mash of new and old. I applaud their efforts. Extremely well done Omega. I may just trade my Planet Ocean in for one.
Well done sir. I have been offered the older version on leather strap by my AD at a great discount and this answered all my questions about whether I should hold out for the new version.... think I may end up owning both!!
The blue dial heritage and whimsy feel is a Home run for me Armand, I have three tudors and get the analogy, I think this will compliment my speedy
Very well researched Armand!
I have a seamaster 300 (2252.50) and preferred this as it has a vintage look avoiding the ghastly skeleton hands which I dislike..this new seamaster is bang on in my opinion the only thing I would change would be a continuation of the second hand after the lolly pop end (as in my 2252.50) having said that this great video has made up my mind to save for one..thanks😁👍
yes agree re the second hand.
Extremely detailed and well spoken review thank you
Bought the blue variant on bracelet this weekend. It’s a great watch and the bracelet is a home run.
Wonderful upgrades!
solid analysis, as usual, thank you
Freaking great video as usual sir!
You do a great job I love listening to you and thank you very much
Excellent overview, thanks!
Thank you for such useful and comprehensive info. I have a SM300 on my wishlist.
Great breakdown, knowledge, insights, and comparisons. This is the first iteration of this model that I feel "compelled" to look at and possibly own. It just might be the "fictional whimsy" you mention- the combination of modern and reimagined historical elements. Whatever it is, I really like this one. 😍
Hi you doing guys hope everyone is safe and well, Omega is always offering different alternative on the Watch industry, congratulations in your show great content probably the best show regarding the new Omega Seamaster 300, what a beautiful piece screaming history the blue dial is stunning, also the black dial but the new material bronze/Gold look stunning piece, I thing this Seamaster is a great tool watch with a great vintage look
The Seamaster 300 is a beautiful time piece. I really like it. I was considering the Tudor BB 58 Black or Blue ( if I can get it) but now, I think I want the Seamaster. The Seamaster is also a lot more expensive. I love that the bezel has lume on it.
I was heavily leaning towards getting a Tudor 58 as my next watch, but this sandwich dial with lumed bezel may push met towards the 300 instead, even though it's slightly larger in height and diameter.
The previous 300 had silver/grey numerals, not white.The only white thing on the watch was the seconds hand. The dial is also not just matte black but sandblasted which gives it a very fine grain texture.
I love the new Seamaster 300. Full lume bezel, slimmer case, tapered bracelet, sandwich dial etc… OMEGA really knocked it out the park!
Great discussion of this intriguing new Omega. I think it's massively improved over its forbear - mainly the increased face proportion/lighter feeling bezel. I'm still very unsure over the 'vintage' lume, the 41mm (case? Bezel?) and the polished bracelet... However, the sandwich dial, aluminium/lumed bezel, cupcake crown and reduced dial wordage are all excellent. It goes without saying that these will be very high quality in the movement, bracelet and finish.
What do I think of your understanding?
There are 2 great wrist watch content creators. Only 2 out of the hundreds of channels.
Tim (we know to who I'm referring.) - He's a hype man and great salesmen.
And you, the watch historian, you always have great content that is always full of information and unbiased opinion.
Truly a fantastic and accurate writeup.
The bronze/gold is simply stunning. I want it.
Great Video Armand! I was waiting for this release, because this is my favorite Omega diver. I think it's definitely better than the previous one, but there are two things that I don't like: the lollipop hands and the lack of a black dial version on bracelet.
Of course there's a black dial version on a bracelet. I also don't like the lollipop hands, I will keep my version (I have the predecessor).
Interesting piece. Regards.
As the difference between an OK looking person and one universally accepted as beautiful or handsome is often just the subtle adjustments of eyes and noses on the face , the new 300 is an example of that analogy in the world of design. Somehow this new version is greater than the sum of the parts of the previous ones , yet the differences are so subtle as to be hard to pin down. The net result is a beautiful watch , and in my opinion especially the black faced version on a brown leather band .
excellent video. subbed.
Much prefer the previous models myself - I dislike heavily domed crystals, or the lollipop second hand, & prefer the white printed Arabics & ceramic bezel insert. Still a beautiful watch, but a backwards step imho.
Cheers 👍🏻👍🏻
that bronze gold on a rubber strap with a matching deployment .. i hope that’s an option.🤞🏽
Love your review!! Very Eloquent! If I can own only one watch, it'll probably be the BronzeGold!! The Black Seamaster 300 (2021) is absolutely Stunning, and Technically superior to most everything out there.(In my humble opinion). I like the silver ring between the Bezel insert and the dial. (It brings balance to the Force; Face) The bracelet taper is nice. I like the cream color of the Hour markers. I am seriously considering getting one to round out my Average Collection of Casio, Citizen, Timex, Invicta, and "Fashion Watches".
I bought a Omega Seamaster 300 Watch Co. So.e years back because I've never warmed to the newer Seamaster with the separate crown for the helium escape valve. From a divers prospective, it's a poor design. Then , about 2 yrs ago I picked up the Specter. Really love that lollypop second hand. Then this year they finally make what I've been wishing for , for years . Can't wait until the get to my AD's. My name is already on the list . Great , informative video. Thanx
You don't have a diver's perspective. You're not a long submergence commercial diver. If you're a snorkeler of SCUBA diver you don't use the He valve. Pretentious.
@@stevek8829 No I'm not a commercial diver . I'm a military trained diver . But I know what I like and don't like . I don't like that extra crown stocking out . And according to what I've read , to implement the valve , you have to use the crown . One more thing for a diver to have to mess with , unlike the rolex design. Nothing pretentious about observation and having an opinion about a peice of gear . Get over yourself.
@@timmanion7459oooooooh you’re ‘ard
I think it's the gentlemen's choice in the range and a better option than the gaudy SMP 300. That new clean uncluttered dial is wonderful. Still not slim enough for me and I can't understand why they can't shave another 1mm off the case.
They should issue a 165.024 homage with a big triangle and a shark mesh bracelet. They are getting harder to find in watchco guise now.
The 1957 reissue is my favourite of all the 300 series Seamasters!
To me the 2014 version: A modern looking watch with retro design elements.
To me the 2021 version: A retro looking watch with modern dimensions.
I like both. But due the ceramic rather than aluminium bezel on the steel version, straight rather than conical crown, and the more restrained use of brown lume, I prefer the 2014 version. But I am really intrigued by the idea of a bronze-gold watch as an "every day watch" and an alternative to steel.
A beautiful watch that will make someone very happy. Not for me, but a very nice watch.
Omega used a gold-rotored Cal.8913 on the 39mm Globemaster. It would have been nice if they’ve used a smaller case on this new Seamaster.
Pastiche is the new modern vintage. Thinner watches are what will land them in my collection. Below 12mm, Bb58 teritory is perfect.
Nice watches but im not a great fan of the sandwich dial but overall I think it is a great watch
I have to say you do a really brilliant job I love listening to you and thank you very much for everything you do is brilliant thank you
Thanks
Absolutely love that gold bronze one. The fauxtina matches the colour of the case, and that chocolate dial and glossy bezel - they just look good enough to eat. Beautiful.... I'm not sure if I'll afford 10k, but maybe some day. Beats a Rolex sub for me anyway
Bronze gold is a full banger!
Omega Spokesman: "well, this was the first one, looks older, then the next one, more modern, then the next one tries to unify the brand with some elements of the first, third and fifth edition, which brings to the 6th edition, which unifies further the 2nd and 4th edition..."
Gold and copper is just standard rose gold. 18ct gold is usually a mix between gold, silver and copper. Rose gold just has a higher copper precentage.
Thanks for this comment.
Are they worth the retail price?
Don't like the conical crown and cutout numerals. I'm good with mine with the liquidmetal ceramic bezel 😉
Love the blue one, but needs a date for me to buy it.
Totally agree. If it had a date I’d be a buyer 👍
Ok then buy it on the 01/01/22
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Yeah and if your auntie had bollocks……
I've tried both on and couldn't really tell a difference in thickness. I have the 2014 and was thinking of upgrading to the 2021. The 2014 shines on the wrist in a beautiful way that would make it hard to swap it out for the new one.
The 12 hour bezel is for divers who use the re breather system, as it’s timed in…..you guessed it, hours not minutes
An incredible Omega model. Bronze vs Gold. 10% is the minimum number for Rose gold. 9% percent was done on purpose for the highest level of Bronze. This has been in diver’s equipment for durability 100 years ago. A bold and great statement from Omega. Very antimicrobial.
Why is there no buzz with the new Glashutte SeaQ in green? Amazing color and watch.
GO doesn't know how to market its watches, and that model is still really expensive, thousands more than the Seamaster 300 featured in this video. The SeaQ is a fantastic watch but really more of an enthusiast piece
It’s only water resistant to 200 meters. Is it even a dive watch?
@@davidofglenbrook4487 come on you aren't diving close to 200m. The depth rating is really just for show unless you are a professional diver. Most people take the watch to the beach or swimming pool rather than the ocean floor.
Great info. Omega bands are getting amazing. I think it's going to be the end of Rolex very soon. And I CANT WAIT!
Somehow I don't think Rolex is to worried. I really like both brands . We've all heard so much negative about rolex and their marketing , but there's a reason they have a well deserved reputation for building extremely high end watches.
@@timmanion7459 Rolex is the more prestigious brand but Omega really is on a tear as far as actual product goes. Got to hand it to Rolex for their marketing is top notch.
Let’s just be happy there are so many awesome watches out there.
what happend ... does the bronce gold creates patina ? or not ? i don't like a 11-12k dlls watch that it changes color with the time... someone knows ?
Is this watch available on Aliexpress, and if so do you have a voucher code?
Omega is not releasing these until April 2021
@@johnnyd465 Yes, but will I be able to get one from Aliexpress?
@@watchalot919 sure right next to the Rolex Submariners. Probably good discounts in the black Friday sale.
I think the blue option is nice and I like the sandwich dial. I just don’t like the vintage and fauxtina trend. Cool but I’ll pass for sure.
Yep totally agree. They went ‘full retard’ with the overly vintage fauxtina. Check out the video by ID Guy he renders a more modern look with white markers and bezel indicators.
@@MrBulletpoint haha I typically dislike IDGuy but that rendering is spot on, way better than what Omega gave us.
Omega make the best movement. The master chronometer.
Great script!
Hate to say it but that Bronze Gold is really cool even down to the second hand.That made me laugh that 9ct is not even gold in some places, bit like Argoss gold lol if only they could make it like that.
Not legal in Switzerland but the ever pragmatic Swiss got round that by shipping uncased watches to the U.K. to be cased in 9ct. Gold cases.
Omega needs to make a fine proof coin edge for the bezel and crown (go back to the straight crown), get rid of that wavy caseback design for a simpler design, better finishing on the movement, go back to the arrow seconds hand, and offer an (improved) Milanese bracelet with the watch.
I have a video of this on a Milanese bracelet on my channel. I agree with you.
WOW very kool great info. AAAAAAAAAAA++++++++++++ again great video I liked it a lot keep up the great work
No comparison imo, I wouldn’t have even considered the last model while this was a must.
Vintage inspired Omega Seamaster 300 but not yet a Seamaster re-issue with 321 movement ? Well, there's probably no market for it 😂 😂 😂
Would an applied logo have killed them...
Yes, what a shit
😮💨
It Has The LolliPop Hands!
Ever thought Omega might be using Longines as a test market situation before it releases a ‘back catalogue’ design?
Nope
That gold bronze is my new grail 🤤
Finally a stepped bracelet
The new Seamaster 300 does not have a naiad lock. Naiad only has a point when you have an engraving on the caseback.
Yeah. Naiad caseback. Just like the caseback of the Omega No Time To Die watch.
it is too much a mix of different watch designs
It likes to be: (i) a vintage watch, (ii) with rolex like bracelet which also reminds of old speedmaster bracelet design, (iii) with diver design, (iii) railmaster design, (iv) aquaterra design...
And then the blue dial... Makes me think of vintage bulova snorkel
What does this watch actually stand for?! No clue!
It's not trying to be anything other than a reedition of their very first diver. The original railmaster had the same design minus the bezel and if anything the Aqua Terra design was based on this one.
Wish the loom was white.....
Still loving my 1st gen PO 2500 cal. Perfect mixture of modern presence with vintage inspired styling. And...no faux lume. They nailed that one IMO.
I wish the bronze gold model came on a rubber strap. The leather band is stylish but useless for a dive watch.
I really like this update. I still don’t think I will buy one
Same reason i wont buy a washing machine.
veri good model
prefer the previous model..., but it's a great watch which I like much more than the Diver from the R-brand
BEWARE, OMEGA PRODUCTION ERROR - All Speedmasters with cal.1861 or cal.1863 movement (manual wound) paired with 5th of a second markers on dial (seconds divided into 5 parts) or paired with 4th of a second markers, and all with cal.3220 movement (automatic) paired with 5th-second markers on dial, have INACCURATE READING of the chronograph hand due to NO FIT between dial-markers of fractions-of-a-second and the movement’s beat-frequency per second. Cal.1861/1863 beat at 6 vibrations per second (6VPS) and require a 3rd or 6th of a second per marker between the seconds; the cal.3220 beats at 8 VPS and require a half or a 4th or 8th of a second between the markers.
This affects Speedmasters with reference no. 311.10.39.30; 311.33.42.30; 311.30.42.30.01; 3590.50; 3572.50 et cetera (if they have 5th of a second markers paired with a 6 BPS movement - cal.1861 or 1863); 311.30.42.30.03 (a 4th of a second per marker); and it affects Speedmasters with ref. no. 3510.50; 3510.12; 3520.50; 2598.80 etc. (if they have 5th of a second markers, i.e. each second divided into 5 fractions of a second, paired with a 6 beats per second movement - cal.3220 or 1151 etc.).
Incidentally, those with ref. no. 311.32.40.30.01.005; 311.30.42.30.01.004; 311.33.40.30.02.001; percent 311.32.42.30.04.003; 522.30.42.30.04.001 (cal.1861); 311.30.42.30.99.002 (cal.1863); 3876.50.31 (cal.1866) that have a 1/3 of a second per marker (each second divided into 3 parts, i.e. 2 sub-markers between each marker of a full second), are correct.
Even Tudor had the same production error/design flaw, on all their Valj.-based 28,800 BPH (8 BPS) movement equipped Heritage chronographs, having 4 dividers between each full second marker, making it a 5th of a second per marker, with a CHRONO-hand that jerks forward 6 times per second and always miss the first and the third quarter-second-marker). Only now do we see it corrected. And only now have we recently seen Omega NOT cheating in this regard, more than 50 years after they stopped making their 18,000 BPH (5 BPS) movement, cal.321. They even cheated NASA, in the 1960s, equipping the astronauts with a 6 jerks per second chronograph hand over a dial with only 5 fraction-of-a-second markers. How lame and criminal isn’t that ?
Even their so-called 1957 reissue has a 21,600 BPH (6 BPS) movement paired with each second divided into 5 fractions on the dial. Right, a CURRENTLY ONGOING mass sale of factory error/design flaw equipped CRAP, useless for what it is marketed as, a precision instrument for accurate split second timing. Criminal.
Good Lord Almighty what a beauty
Why not offer a normal lume alternative, they loose a huge part of the enthusiast buyers by always going with the faux patina lume :(
Lume has to be the most overrated watch feature ever.
@@chiane1968 Lume on a dive watch is the most overrated watch feature ever? I cant resist feeding you.
@@Profanity92 lol if you think anyone will EVER actually take this watch SCUBA diving. People in 2021 use a dive computer on their wrist. Therefore, overrated. What’s it used for in the desk diving world? Nothing, because if you ever do need it, in reality you have to ‘charge’ it with something like your phone flash light to even get it to work, because it’s been under your shirt sleeve all day.
@@chiane1968 I wonder how you ended up here if thats your take on watches. This is video about the evolution of a 60 year old modelline which focuses solely on the dive watch category, and you think one of its core attributes is overrated? I think you're better off finding a divecomputer- and phonereviewing community...
@@Profanity92 So I can’t like mechanical dive watches at all because I think the functionality of lume is overrated? Go find a safe space to kick rocks and contemplate why nobody that died has left you in charge of the TH-cam watch community membership committee.. You are obviously triggered.
My first reaction was that Omega tries to replicate the Black Bay concept. And I have to say it works and I love it just as much as the Black Bays. I didn't like the previous ones because they were a reissue with some modern touches.
If these are successfull I guess Omega will expand the collection similar to the Black Bay collection with GMTs, chronographs etc.
Wth are you talking about? Rolex didn't invent Reissuing vintage watches. A lot of people liked the vintage sea master's so it's logical for Omega to release a new version of the classic sea master
Looks like Panerai numberals
yes even down to the sandwich dial look
@@luis4gevo It looks like Omega first introduced these open 6 and 9 on watch dials
You need the open numerals, or you have small pieces of upper sandwich that have to be placed exactly within their numerals.
You sound like Daniel Radcliffe. Doubt he knows much about omega!
Where is the lollipop second hand?
In the same place every 60th second
lug to lug?
the ones from the 90s look better
The finish on the movement is somewhat boring. For me at least.
i do love a NO date diver
Another fine watch too damn big for me.
Sigh, someday.
Why did I buy one in 2020?!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
😂😂🤣🤣 the new one is pretty stunning- sorry ☺️
I like the watch however the hour hand is simply awful,I couldn’t stand looking at that.
faux patina has to go.
IMO Omega is trashing their brand. They're advertising everywhere, the Bond thing is just tacky, they're paying for favourable reviews, faux patinas, bad designs. Their prices are far too steep and are then frequently discounted, prices on the used market have been flat for years, you can buy a genuine vintage 300 for less that this new stuff that they're pumping out.
I'm a big fan of their vintage stuff but couldn't see myself getting a modern one.