A welcome splash of color on an otherwise cold dial can be found in the seconds hand red tip, which unfortunately tends to fade to white in some older models. Sword hands offer the obvious advantage of enclosing a greater amount of lume, thus increasing legibility underwater, but personally, I can’t imagine another set of hands on the blue Seamaster.
They have been unfavorably compared to the sword hands of the 2254.50 variant, and perhaps rightly so. Often times reviled and some other times praised, the skeletonized hands are a constant point of contention. When the light strikes the dial just right, the waves shine back in an orderly, mesmerizing manner. Renders found online don’t tell the whole story. Decidedly a product of their time, the waves bring originality and charm to an already beautiful watch. The same goes forĪrguably the most famous feature of the Seamaster comes in the form of the blue wave pattern on the dial. Furthermore, anything saidĪbout the 2551.80 applies to the full-sized 2531.80, too. I’ll call them out by their unique reference number. Review, I’ll refer to both watches as simply “Seamaster”. Superluminova (only after 1995, originally tritium) Omega calibre 1120 (originally calibre 1109) However, 15+ years on the silver screen have forever associated the Seamaster 300m with the James Bond franchise in the minds of the audience. Sadly, its appearance in the Montenegro casino sequence marked the last time the Seamaster 300m was seen on-screen, replaced in Quantum of Solace by the more technically advanced Planet Ocean line. The automatic version (2531.80) was featured in the three films that followed ( Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough, Die Another Day), until Daniel Craig came along in Casino Royale wearing the upgraded 2220.80 model. Now, to be precise, 007’s watch of choice in Goldeneye was the quartz reference 2541.80, as some eagle-eyed viewers can confirm by closely observing the tick of the seconds hand and the three lines of text on the bottom half of the watch. The original 2531.80 was launched back in 1993, but its greatest success came after pairing the watch with the new James Bond of the post-Cold War era: Pierce Brosnan of Remington Steele’s fame.
Myself? I have to admit I’ve always loved the original wave dials of the ‘90s, so I guess it’s time to revisit the classic blue wave-dialed variants: references 2551.80, otherwise known as the midsize counterparts to the famous 2531.80 models. Others think they should be laid to rest, as Omega did in 2012 with the release of the ceramic Seamaster Diver. Some think the new laser-etched waves look modern enough for 2018. This time around though, the waves have polarized the customer base. Twenty-five years later, Omega caught the watch community by surprise with the return of the beloved wave dial on its fan-favorite Seamaster 300m. “Ah… new model?” he asks, closely examining 007’s Omega SeamasterĠ06’s Seamaster might have been long obsolete compared to Bond’s newer laser-equipped timepiece, but in the real world, only a couple of years had passed since Omega had unveiled its new and only Seamaster 300m to great acclaim in 1993. “The watch,” demands Alec Trevelyan, his henchmen holding James BondĪt gunpoint.
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