Omega Seamaster 300 Professional Midsize

The Seamaster 300 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 dive-timing scales, and a metal bracelet with diver's expansion links, the early Seamaster 300 was not only functional a diver that would go on to see use in Her Majesty's Navy, but is arguably some of the handsomest sports watch designs of the past century. As it evolved, the Omega Seamaster 300 went on to see numerous evolutionary changes, with nearly innumerable variants in a variety of materials and colorways produced in the past 60 years. This fact alone has made the Seamaster Professional line (as it came to be known) so desirable 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 and black “wave” dials 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. The watch that we have here, a Reference 2352.20.00, is a 36mm midsize variant in two-tone stainless steel and yellow gold dating to circa the mid 1990s. It features and twisted lug case design that we all love, with a sapphire crystal, a yellow gold signed crown, rotating timing bezel with a yellow gold insert, and a white wave dial with patinated Tritium indices and a matching 'skeletonized-sword' handset. Cool right? Paired to a matching two-tone multi-link bracelet with a signed push-button deployant clasp that, in our opinion, is aging extremely well - this piece is modern, yet nostalgic all at the same time. A not easily achieved combination. This family of Seamasters has arguably gone on to define the name Seamaster better than any other previous Reference! ...and of course, it packs 'all of the usual refinements' fit for any situation.