Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean 600M Co-Axial

The Seamaster 300 line was Omega's response to the Rolex Submariner upon its introduction in 1957. Featuring a robust steel case with a 300-meter depth rating, a rotating bezel graduated with a dive-timing scale, and a metal bracelet with diver's expansion links, the early Seamaster 300 was not only a functional diver that would go on to see use in Her Majesty's Navy, but 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 — indeed, 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 watches (as they 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 latest additions to the Seamaster lineage is the Planet Ocean. Introduced in 2005, these watches feature a chunkier case design with a ’broad arrow’ handset, a new bracelet, a revised design language on the dial, and increased water resistance — no doubt to compete with that of the Rolex Sea-Dweller. This particular piece, a Reference 232.30.46.21.01.002, features a 45.5mm twisted-lug case, a sapphire crystal, a vibrant orange unidirectional timing bezel comprised of anodized aluminum, matte black dial with orange ‘Arabic’ indices and ‘broad arrow’ handset, stainless steel multi-link bracelet with a signed adjustable locking clasp, and a helium escape valve at 10 o’clock. This Planet Ocean is perfect for someone with a larger wrist who’s seeking a tool that will serve him well both below and above the waves.  We are particularly fond of the orange bezel insert fitted on this reference - a throwback to the earliest Planet Ocean models from nearly 20 years ago. Having one of those orange jobs on your wrist was hot shit back then, and in our opinion still are!