Renaissance Diver: Reviewing the Omega Seamaster Diver 300M Co-Axial Master Chronometer

In spring 1993, the Bienne-based brand released the Seamaster Professional 300, both as a three-hand watch and as a chronograph model, which became the first dive watch from Omega featuring a helium-release valve As stated in an Omega Seamaster 600 ad from the '70s: "We also put the 600 through our helium test Helium, having much smaller molecules, can penetrate where water can't.

So if a watch is proof against helium, it's proof against just about everything else." And speaking of the Seamaster 600, the 1993 Seamaster 300 also brought back the typical "Plongeur"-style hands that were used in the '70s for the 600 and 1000, for example, after having been replaced briefly by the much more generic Mercedes hands found in the Seamaster Professional 200 from 1988 As Marco Richon, author of the Omega Saga, noted, "After selling around 4,500 watches in three years, it literally jumped to some 50,000 pieces." The Seamaster was, among others, also used by Roland Specker and witnessed sailing history at the America's Cup with the late Sir Peter Blake's Team New Zealand in 1995 The ComebackTwenty-five years after its launch in 1993, Omega introduced a revamped collection of more than a dozen new Seamaster Diver 300M models, including six watches in stainless steel and eight in a mix of stainless steel and gold, during Baselworld 2018.

Back to the "Seamaster Diver 300M Co-Axial Master Chronometer 42 mm," as it is officially named, with gray dial and blue ceramic bezel insert that we got from Omega for this review: compared to the first generation from 1993, the new version sits taller on the wrist In short, the Seamaster 300 from 2018 is perhaps more than ever a watch for everyday wear and an ideal way to get to own a new Omega In the last 25 years, Omega has also done an amazing job of reviving the Seamaster 300 and the Planet Ocean, which could make choosing the right model a bit more challenging, especially with at least 14 new Seamaster models to choose from - not even counting the new models just introduced at 2019's "Time to Move" event. Source