The Seamaster Planet Ocean watches, available in two case sizes – 45.5 and 42 mm, are intentionally reminiscent of the first-ever Seamaster 300 watch launched in 1957. However, the new models are equipped with Omega’s excellent and revolutionary Calibre 2500 Co-axial Escapement movement with a 48-hour power reserve.





The movement, a proprietary Omega technology introduced in 2001 after many years of research in cooperation with George Daniels, dramatically reduces friction in the heart of the watch mechanism resulting in an improved long-term reliability and accuracy.
The new Planet Ocean comes with a classical bezel in black or with a more contemporary look in orange that takes the timepiece into the more trendy and colourful category of sports’ watches. Nevertheless, the colourful hue, like the black version, is highly visible underwater.
The bezel is unidirectional and has minute graduations for the first fifteen minutes and numbers for the subsequent ten-minute sectors. There is a screw-in crown and a screw-in caseback giving the watch water-resistance to 600 metres. At 10 o’clock on the side of the case is a screw-in helium escape valve embossed with ‘He’ the chemical symbol for the inert gas. The valve allows any helium atoms that may have penetrated the watch during compression in a diving bell to escape during decompression thus avoiding any damage to the watch.
These welcome additions to the famous Seamaster Collection have mat black lacquered dials with luminous hour markers and Arabic numerals and a date aperture at 3 o’clock. The facetted arrowhead hour and minute hands are also luminous as is the seconds hand with its orange pointer.


Source: April-May 2005 Issue

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