Omega Seamaster 300 Professional

The Seamaster 300 line was Omega's response to the Rolex Submariner when introduced in 1957. Featuring robust steel cases with a 300 meter depth rating, rotating bezels graduated with dive-timing scales, and a metal bracelet with diver's expansion links, the early Seamaster 300s were not only functional divers that would go on to see use in Her Majesty's Navy, but are arguably one of the handsomest sports watch designs of the past century. As it evolved, the Omega Seamaster 300 went on to see numerous evolutionary changes, and nearly innumerable variants in a variety of materials and colorways have been produced in the past 60 years. This fact alone has made the Seamaster Professional line (as it came to be known) more desirable than their Rolex counterparts to a large portion of the collector community - simply because they don't all look exactly the same. One of the watershed design motifs began in the 1990s with the introduction of blue dials and bezels popularized by Pierce Brosnan's 007 in the 1996 Bond film Goldeneye. This design language lives on well after the 90s ended in both modern James Bond themed limited editions and in the core collection. This particular piece, a Reference 210.32.42.20.03.001, features the now-classic twisted-lug case design in 42mm with a helium escape valve at 10:00, a scalloped bezel with a blue ceramic insert, and a luminous blue ceramic wave dial with a matching skeletonized sword handset. This piece comes fitted to an excellent signed black rubber strap with a signed steel pin buckle, and is powered by Omega's Calibre 8800 Master Chronometer automatic movement, which can be viewed through its sapphire caseback. True to the first 300 Professional from nearly 30 years prior, it’s a watch that nevertheless possesses "all of the usual refinements!"