Non-date caliber with special engravings on the case back and fixed bars at the lugs. Unlike civilian ‘Big Triangles’, these watches were a Triangles’, which were specially designed to meet British Ministry of Defense specifications. These are not to be confused with the British military ‘Big Marker at 12 o’clock it was also available with the standard Arabic numeral indicator at 12). England.īut take note: 166.024s, like this one, were the only civilian Seamaster 300s available with the ‘Big Triangle’ dial (featuring a large triangle
OMEGA SEAMASTER 300 PROFESSIONAL
In addition to outfitting professional civilians, Omega outfitted British naval and terrestrial forces through its official agent, Omega Watch Co. Used Omega’s SM600 ‘extensively on test dives’ during this time, and in 1970 three of its French diving specialists wore 600s during the Janus II dives off According to Omega, the French deep-dive engineering company Rolex and the Compagnie Maritime d'Expertises (COMEX) famously began their “preferential relationship” in 1963, Rolex wasn’t the only watchmaker associated with COMEX in the 1960s. Jacques Cousteau’s team had used 300s in 1963 during its Precontinent II dives in the Red Sea, and in 1969 Omegaĭelivered stainless and titanium prototypes of the 300’s successor, the SM600 Plongeur Professionnel (PloProf), to Cousteau for feedback. Everest and this leap is repeated for hours on end.’ Subjected to the equivalent of a leap from the bottom of the sea to twice the height of Mt. ‘Omega build(s) a wide range of waterproof watches, all of which go through severe tests before they leave the factory. Attesting to that toughness, one such ad from the era reads: NASA-approved Speedmaster while extolling the robustness of the Seamaster on the same page. In its advertisements during the late 1960s and early 70s, Omega routinely linked the Speedmaster and Seamaster 300, touting the accomplishments of the Recently, however, original ‘Professional’-signed dials from late 1963 have surfaced, giving Omega Writing ‘Professional’ on Speedmaster dials in 1965, after NASA astronaut Ed White was photographed wearing one strapped over his spacesuit during theįirst American spacewalk, on the Gemini 4 mission. As a side note to collectors, for years many believed that Omega began NASA-approved Speedmaster - upon whose dial the word ‘Professional’ was written.
OMEGA SEAMASTER 300 SERIES
Probably the best-known ‘Professional’ series Omega of that time was the 165.024 was the first), although it was never noted on the dial. 565) and the second Seamaster 300 to receive Omega’s ’Professional’ designation This reference was also the first Seamaster 300 with a date function (cal. Kept the familiar bakelite bezel and thick, domed, shatterproof Hesalite crystal from its forebears, but by then Omega had replaced the broad arrows with aįat sword hour hand and pencil minute hand the lugs were also twisted, the case was widened to 42mm, and the crown became a screw-down. This ref 166.024 is the fifth iteration of the 300, with notable changes. The Speedmaster, Railmaster, and Seamaster 300. Nine years later, Omega launched three new purpose-built, professional-grade, heavier steel watches with straight lugs, broad arrow hands, and black dials: Omega’s words, ’hydro-sealed’ and an ‘ingenious hermetic crown.’
Royal Air Force during WWII, Omega engineered the Seamaster with an unbreakable crystal that was pressurized in place a waterproof case back that was, in Just the same, thanks to technology it advanced while developing watches for the British
Out crown hardly seemed the piece to wear when exploring an ocean. Designed to celebrate itsġ00th anniversary, Omega advertised the first Seamaster for the rigors of ’town, sea and country,’ but the small, unassuming dress wristwatch with a pull Omega launched its storied Seamaster line in 1948, but this ‘300,’ bears absolutely no resemblance to that early predecessor.
Rather rare, ‘Big Triangle’ Omega Seamaster 300, reference 166.024, from circa 1966. Provenance and technical merit, three design stalwarts stand apart: the 1967 Rolex COMEX Sea-Dweller the 1953 Blancpain Fifty Fathoms, and this superb, Together, they provide collectors with a rich array of colorful, sometimes complicated dials, housed in thick steel cases. There are big names in the vintage dive-watch market - Favre Leuba, Doxa, Zodiac, and Seiko are examples - and small names, like Aquadive, Z.R.C., andĪureus. This reference 166.024 exemplifies the glamour of 1960s deep-sea exploration, a direct heir to the Seamasters worn by Jacques Cousteau’s team. Deconstructed: Omega Seamaster 300, Circa 1966
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