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Russell Sheldrake

• Omega brings out a brand new Planet Ocean Worldtimer, the debut of this complication within the line.
• That includes a ceramic case and bezel, it measures 45.5mm throughout. 
• Two variants can be found – one with turquoise dial accents and one with gray – each retailing for US$14,800.

Omega has simply launched two unapologetically giant world timer watches with the Seamaster Planet Ocean Worldtimer in each gray and turquoise. That is the primary time this complication has appeared within the Planet Ocean line, having been introduced over from the Aqua Terra, with these two black ceramic-cased watches measuring a formidable 45.5mm throughout and 18.99mm thick.

These two timepieces carry each the hallmarks of each the Planet Ocean line and the Aqua Terra Worldtimer. It’s a particularly sporty tackle a watch like this: whether or not you take into account the 600-metre water-resistance score, the laser-ablated topographical map within the centre framed by a honeycomb ring, or its hefty proportions, this could solely be described as a beast of a watch.

Staying fairly monochromatic, the black theme is carried over from the case onto the strap and dial of each watches. With the black honeycomb impact including texture to the skin of the dial, punctuated by the lume-filled utilized hour markers. The bezel can also be utterly blacked out: made fully from ceramic, the dimensions has been laser-etched after which polished in aid to provide a little bit of distinction to the matte base layer.

These watches usually are not small, however they aren’t designed to be both. Whereas the vast utility of black does assist them fly considerably underneath the radar, there isn’t a try right here to have these match onto smaller wrists with a lug-to-lug of 52.4mm. Contained in the case sits the in-house Calibre 8938, which has been used throughout your complete Aqua Terra Worldtimer vary. This motion is METAS-certified and has 60 hours of energy reserve, which is achieved by means of two barrels set in collection.

Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean Worldtimer pricing and availability

These two new Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean Worldtimer fashions can be found from Omega and its retailers now. Value: US$14,800

Omega’s Deep Black sequence is a sub-collection inside its Seamaster Planet Ocean line. The watches all have a forty five.5mm brushed black ceramic case with a 600m depth ranking. At this time, the model from Biel/Bienne, Switzerland, provides two new references to the 4 present ones by introducing the favored worldtimer complication. You will have the selection between variations with grey or turquoise accents.

Two years in the past, I used to be on the launch of the Seamaster Planet Ocean Chronograph Deep Black ETNZ Version in Barcelona. That watch totally catered to the crew on the Emirates Staff New Zealand boat that received the thirty seventh America’s Cup. It got here with a regatta countdown timer and featured accents within the crew’s signature turquoise colour. Certainly one of as we speak’s references turquoise accents as properly. Nevertheless, it’s not formally linked to ETNZ (so far as we all know, anyway). For those who’re not into the black and turquoise mixture, it’s good to know there’s additionally a model with grey accents. Let’s have a look.

The Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean Worldtimer

As stated, all Seamaster Planet Ocean fashions in Omega’s Deep Black sequence have a forty five.5mm brushed black ceramic case. Relying on the motion inside, although, the watches are a bit thinner or thicker. That’s additionally why the lug-to-lug measurement varies barely between the totally different fashions. The brand new Worldtimer variations have an 17.4mm thickness and 51.4mm span from tip to tip. Certainly, these Planet Oceans received’t simply match underneath the sleeve of your gown shirt. Then once more, the formal context isn’t the one these watches flourish in.

The brand new Planet Ocean Worldtimer has a unidirectional ceramic bezel made utilizing laser ablation. Nearly all of the floor has a uncooked end, whereas the elevated numerals on it have a refined end. There’s a luminous dot for the 60-minute marker, which emits inexperienced gentle and corresponds with the lume on the minute hand. The remainder of the lume on the fingers and dial emits a shade of sunshine blue.

On the 10 o’clock place, we discover a crown for the helium escape valve, and the crown at 3 o’clock means that you can wind and set the Omega 8938 computerized caliber inside. These crowns have both turquoise or grey ceramic inlays.

A North Pole perspective

The dials of those new Planet Ocean Worldtimers really set them other than the remainder of the Deep Black sequence. The centerpiece is fabricated from titanium. On it’s a laser-ablated and varnished illustration of Earth as seen from the North Pole. Then, on a decrease stage, there’s a rotating 24-hour disc that helps show the time in most different time zones. The dial’s outer ring is brass and accommodates the utilized hour markers, the town ring, a date window at 6 o’clock, and a honeycomb texture.

On one model, the ocean on the world map, the tip of the seconds hand, and the sting of the dial are all turquoise. On the opposite model, all these particulars are gentle grey. One other attention-grabbing distinction is the colour of the lume. On the turquoise model, the lume is standard white. Nevertheless, on the grey mannequin, the lume can be grey. Omega says this can be a new grey model of Tremendous-LumiNova. Lastly, the turquoise model’s handset has a brushed end, whereas the grey mannequin’s fingers have a refined black end.

A METAS-certified worldtimer

Inside the brand new Planet Ocean Worldtimer is similar Co-Axial caliber 8938 that powers the Seamaster Aqua Terra Worldtimer fashions. This computerized motion runs at a frequency of 25,200vph, options 38 jewels, and has an influence reserve of 60 hours because of its double barrels. For those who look by way of the exhibition case again, you’ll see the rhodium end on each the bridges and the rotor. In addition they carry Omega’s signature arabesque Geneva waves. Moreover, the screws, barrels, and stability wheel all have a black end.

As soon as the watches are assembled, they undergo rigorous testing by METAS. The group’s Grasp Chronometer certification ensures the watches are proof against magnetic fields of 15,000 gauss, waterproof to 600 meters, and correct to between 0 and +5 seconds a day. The ceramic and sapphire case again closes with a Naiad lock, which ensures the engraving is at all times in the correct orientation. That is much less of a problem with a show case again, however it’s nonetheless a pleasant function.

The Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean Worldtimer on the wrist

Similar to the chronograph model of the Deep Black Seamaster Planet Ocean, these Worldtimers are among the many huge boys within the watch world. A 51.4mm lug-to-lug isn’t even that unhealthy on a watch with a forty five.5mm diameter. Nevertheless, a barely lower than 19mm thickness is kind of arduous to cover. I suppose it’s obligatory to realize the 600m depth ranking, and if that’s necessary to you, I feel you’ll even be robust sufficient to deal with the Planet Ocean Worldtimer’s measurement.

To be trustworthy, I assumed these Seamaster Planet Ocean Chronograph ETNZ editions appeared completely at residence on the wrists of the crusing crew in Barcelona. It was precisely the correct context for a watch like that. The identical is true for the brand new Worldtimers. I feel this new complication additionally matches the crusing theme very properly. Simply be sure you put on this watch in a extra informal context with sportier apparel, and it’ll do exactly superb. However sure, a barely larger wrist than common may certainly assist with wearability.

Relating to the appears to be like, the monochrome model is my favourite. The turquoise accents are good and look good in distinction with the Deep Black background, however the black and grey model appears to be like extra badass. I feel that’s what counts for a watch of this measurement. It may also simply be my favourite as a result of I like the brand new grey shade of Tremendous-LumiNova.

What do you suppose?

The brand new Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean Worldtimer in Deep Black with turquoise or grey accents prices €16,400. Every model comes on a curved-end rubber strap with a sailcloth texture, contrasting stitching, and a folding clasp fabricated from ceramic and titanium. Let me know what you consider these new references within the feedback under. Which one is your favourite?

Watch specs

Barely missed and probably within the shadows of the traditional Seamaster Diver 300M, the Planet Ocean is probably the most succesful assortment of dive watches in Omega’s vary, comprising fashions from 600m as much as 6000m water-resistance (with out counting the all-mighty Extremely-Deep that survived the Mariana Trench). Born in 2005, it is going to be celebrating its twentieth anniversary this 12 months, and we are able to probably anticipate just a few surprises coming from Bienne. And the primary one to emerge from the depths is that this unprecedented tackle the highly effective Deep Black assortment, the primary PO to obtain a world time complication. Right here’s the brand-new Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean Worldtimer. 

The worldtimer perform isn’t new to Omega, which has been utilizing its in-house Calibre 8938 inside the Seamaster Aqua Terra assortment since 2017. In the identical vein, the Seamaster Planet Ocean, regardless of being an ultra-focused dive watch able to withstanding unbelievable depths, additionally had its fair proportion of problems, starting from traditional time-and-date fashions in a number of sizes and supplies, to chronographs, to regatta-inspired fashions, GMT watches or a mix of each dive and journey features. Nevertheless, by no means in its 20 years of existence has the Planet Ocean obtained the advanced Worldtimer motion of Omega.

Now, following the look of the Planet Ocean Deep Black – GMT and dive fashions launched in 2016 – Omega introduces a pair of Seamaster Planet Ocean Worldtimer sharing equivalent dive specs, however with some extra complexity on the dial. As a Planet Ocean ought to, these worldtimer fashions retain the 600m water-resistance of most fashions within the assortment, in addition to the traditional traits of Seamasters – twisted lyre lugs, HEV at 10 o’clock and broad arrow arms. As with the Deep Black variations, the 2 color schemes are housed in brushed black ceramic zirconium oxyde [ZrO2] circumstances, fitted with a black ceramic bezel that incorporates a laser-ablated diving scale that’s polished in constructive reduction. As such, regardless of the extra traveller’s complication, the Planet Ocean Worldtimer can nonetheless be used as a correct dive watch.

Now, we have to discuss concerning the dimensions… As most of you would possibly know, the traditional time-and-date PO is already fairly a sizeable watch – 43.5mm x 16.1mm. Then, the ceramic Deep Black and Darkish Gray fashions moved issues up once more, with circumstances measured at 45.5mm x 17.4mm as a result of addition of the GMT perform. The brand new Planet Ocean Worldtimer, whereas sharing the identical 45.5mm diameter, have a thickness of 18.99mm and a size of 52.4mm. No debate, these are massive watches, however possibly surprisingly, they’re comparatively snug on the wrist – so long as you don’t have a thin wrist like mine… The black case tends to really feel visually smaller, and ceramic is comparatively mild too – your complete watch is 143 grams.

The remainder of the specs are precisely what you’d anticipate from a Seamaster PO, that means a domed sapphire crystal on high with anti-reflective remedy, a screw-in crown and helium escape valve, each in ceramic with logos in turquoise or gray hybrid ceramic, a NAIAD-lock caseback (all the time appropriately oriented) with sapphire crystal and, as stated, 600m or 2000ft water-resistance.

Shifting to the dial, that is the place issues change probably the most in comparison with all earlier editions of the Seamaster PO. Certain, among the traditional traits of the gathering have been revered – fonts, arms, markers – however there’s rather more occurring as a result of addition of the worldtimer perform. Ranging from the centre of the dial, we’ve got a grade 5 titanium base with a world map considered from above the North Pole, with continents and hues with varnish and laser ablation. There’s additionally a 24-hour indication by means of a clear hesalite alongside the outer part, with black and white sections to mark night time and day.

Then is the hour chapter ring, with a discreet honeycomb sample (once more by laser ablation) in black DLC and huge utilized markers, that are brushed and crammed with Tremendous-LumiNova. This part additionally consists of the date at 6 o’clock. Lastly, the outer part is dedicated to the town ring, in two colors (black and gray or turquoise)… And also you’ll see that the Central Europe Time (or GMT+1) isn’t indicated by Paris (because it normally is) however by Bienne, the hometown of Omega.

The Seamaster Planet Ocean Worldtimer is accessible in two distinct variations:

• A mannequin with turquoise accents, that includes brushed, gray PVD-coated arms and indexes crammed with white Tremendous-LumiNova. This version is worn on a black strap with turquoise stichings
• A mannequin with gray varnish, that includes polished, black PVD-coated arms and indexes crammed with Omega’s new gray Tremendous-LumiNova. This model has a two-tone grey-black strap with gray stitching

Inside, the PO Worldtimer is powered by the identical motion because the Aqua Terra Worldtimer, particularly the Calibre 8938. Manufactured in-house, this motion is Grasp Chronometer-certified by METAS and thus magnetic resistant to fifteen,000 Gauss. It shares its base structure with different 89xx actions, that means two barrels in collection for a 60-hour energy reserve, a 3.5Hz frequency, a silicon steadiness spring, a free sprung-balance and a Co-Axial Escapement. Along with the hours-minutes-seconds and the date, it features a worldtimer perform in addition to a sensible time-zone gadget for the hour hand – adjusted in one-hour increments. The see-through caseback reveals traditional Omega decorations with Geneva waves in arabesque and blackened screws, barrels and steadiness wheel.

Worn on an built-in black structured rubber with black or gray rubber lining and turquoise or gray stitching, closed by a foldover clasp in brushed ceramic and ceramised titanium, the Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean Worldtimer fashions are launched as a part of the everlasting assortment and are priced at EUR 16,300, CHF 14,100 or USD 14,800. For extra particulars, please go to omegawatches.com.