Meanwhile, the in-house Co-Axial Calibre 8800 powers the OMEGA S eamaster Diver 300M. The hands and indices here are generously filled with luminous material to ensure readability even under water. The green ceramic dial has the typical wave pattern and an opening for the date at 6 o’clock. Otherwise, the case shows no other new features.
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The latter is made of ceramic and bears the diving scale in white “Grand Feu” enamel. The James Bond watch not only gets a green dial, but also a matching bezel. The Diver 300M is now available in trendy olive green. In both cases, however, the tried and tested OMEGA 8800 is at work and the cases also show only minimal changes. While the Diver 300M only gets a new face, the Aqua Terra presents itself in fresh colours on smooth sunburst dials – a premiere. Yes, you’re right but I promise you that when you have to advance the date more than 5 days forward, you’ll really be wishing you had a quickset date.In addition to the all-new OMEGA Seamaster Planet Ocean Ultra Deep, the brand is also presenting a green Diver 300M and new variants for the Aqua Terra in 34 mm and 38 mm. “But you just turn the crown a couple times!” you might be thinking. In place of a quickset date, you’re consoled with an independently adjustable hour hand, which admittedly makes it a pleasure to change the time when crossing time zones, but is an absolute nightmare when you have to set the date after being off the wrist for more than a couple days. It wears wonderfully on the wrist and it’s such a joy to wear….BUT the lack of a quickset date just killed it for me.
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So here’s the truth: I absolutely LOVE this watch. So, why “almost”? Well, I suppose this is why Fifth Wrist reviews was created in the first place: to hear first person feedback from owners who can shed some light on what it’s like to actually own a watch, as opposed to all the technical specs that anyone can spew out from a press release. All-in-all, it’s just a well made watch (as it should be at this price point) and offers a lot of value simply because you can wear it anywhere, any time it’s ALMOST the perfect watch. It comes down to preference but for me, the 38.5mm case was perfect. It was also available in a smaller 38.5mm case or a larger 41.5mm case. Note that this generation also has the desirable border that surrounds the date window, which was removed in its successor generation of the Master Co-Axial Aqua Terra. All the hour markers and hands are also brushed finished to a high standard that really invites the wearer to look closer. The vertical teak design of the dial was used to pay homage to the nautical nature of the Aqua Terra line and is also subtly finished with a sunray texture that transforms the dial from near black to a bright burst of blue depending on the direction and quality of the light.
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The watch was offered with a choice of a white, black, or blue dial the latter has proved to be the most popular. It looks equally as good with the most casual of clothes, all the way up to a suit and then that’s when you really feel like you’re embodying the spirit of James Bond. You can wear it on a weekend trip to the beach, drop your things off and then proceed into the ocean to re-enact your favorite scenes from past Bond films (people may stare, but hey, it’s your holiday!) and then you can go straight back to work with bits of sand still on the watch and no one would bat an eye it’s that versatile. The Omega Aqua Terra line is generally regarded as a versatile, go-anywhere do-anything (GADA) kind of watch and this generation of the Aqua Terra with the Omega 8500 calibre is no different. This leads me to the review of the Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra 150m Co-Axial, or also known unofficially as the “Skyfall” watch, as Daniel Craig wore this watch in his third Bond film, “Skyfall”. This fictional character epitomised masculinity: fast cars, advanced weaponry, beautiful women, sharp clothing, watches, gadgets, and even gadgets built into watches and cars, and no matter who your Bond is (Connery, Brosnan, Craig, etc), I think it’s fair to say that most guys, though not necessarily wanted to be him, definitely thought of him as the personification of cool. “The name’s Bond, James Bond.” (cue the Bond Theme song).