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Old 22 March 2018, 12:42 PM   #31
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The new upgraded facelifted 2018 SMP 300M Diver MC has
✓ Better bracelet quality with micro adjustable clasp
✓ Date dial at 6
✓ Superluminova indices on the bezel diving scale
✓ 3D waves on dial are pretty awesome like the original
✓ The skeleton hour and minute hands are much better proportioned
✓Master Chronometer status.The watch is actually tested to 425 m

https://youtu.be/0nBvhwU_krk
Interesting. I don't hate it quite as much now. The dial looks better in the video than in the renderings, and the SL bezel inlay is a nice idea. I'd like to see a lume shot. I'm still not a big fan of the hands, and that HEV kills it for me. Considering a small fraction of users will ever have a need for an HEV, I find it odd Omega fetishizes it so.
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Old 22 March 2018, 12:44 PM   #32
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The new upgraded facelifted 2018 SMP 300M Diver MC has
✓ Better bracelet quality with micro adjustable clasp
✓ Date dial at 6
✓ Superluminova indices on the bezel diving scale
✓ 3D waves on dial are pretty awesome like the original
✓ The skeleton hour and minute hands are much better proportioned
✓Master Chronometer status.The watch is actually tested to 425 m

https://youtu.be/0nBvhwU_krk
Thanks Megan. Now I know it has the adjustable clasp. They made it bigger but the clasp and the clear back (not the annoying decoration they usually had in SS casebacks) can finally make this one really comfortable. Well I won't rule this one out that's for sure.
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Old 22 March 2018, 01:30 PM   #33
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What is up with the helium escape knob on the new Seamaster models? Totally kills it for me. I love the new dial and bezel but I just can’t rock that extra crown.


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Old 22 March 2018, 03:05 PM   #34
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I like everything about the watch including the dated 90's style bracelet and HEV but why did they have to make the watch 1mm bigger and 1mm thicker. The watch was great at its current size.
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Old 22 March 2018, 03:10 PM   #35
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It's cool. Face it.
If you want to buy it for me, I won't turn it down, but there's no way I'm paying my own money for it.
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Old 22 March 2018, 03:17 PM   #36
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Total snooze fest for me. Sorry!

Omega had some great releases last year. Every year can't be a great one so no big deal.
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Old 22 March 2018, 04:31 PM   #37
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I'm really not feeling the new wave dial. I feel like Omega makes steps forwards and then proceeds to make steps back again.

Yes, they innovate more than Rolex but that does not mean it leads to great results. History proves some things just work.
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Old 22 March 2018, 05:08 PM   #38
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The new upgraded facelifted 2018 SMP 300M Diver MC has
✓ Better bracelet quality with micro adjustable clasp
✓ Date dial at 6
✓ Superluminova indices on the bezel diving scale
✓ 3D waves on dial are pretty awesome like the original
✓ The skeleton hour and minute hands are much better proportioned
✓Master Chronometer status.The watch is actually tested to 425 m

https://youtu.be/0nBvhwU_krk
Bracelet....ok yeah it's better, but I've never had a problem with older bracelets. Guess it's nice to have improvements.

Date dial @ 6.......I'm not pleased with this.

Lumed bezel insert, I like that.

Waves look nothing like original and lacks dimension because they just cut patterns into the ceramic dial with a laser. It's not subtle either the way they cut it....not a fan.

Better proportioned skeletal hands....I guess heh.

Updated movement is nice, but @ the expense of expanding the case size and thickness....once again not a fan.

I think they got their heart in the right place on a lot of these releases but missed the ball with the execution....IMO. Certainly nice watches for new buyers though....that's what the target is after all I guess.
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Old 22 March 2018, 05:45 PM   #39
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The new upgraded facelifted 2018 SMP 300M Diver MC has
✓ Better bracelet quality with micro adjustable clasp
✓ Date dial at 6
✓ Superluminova indices on the bezel diving scale
✓ 3D waves on dial are pretty awesome like the original
✓ The skeleton hour and minute hands are much better proportioned
✓Master Chronometer status.The watch is actually tested to 425 m

https://youtu.be/0nBvhwU_krk
I had the current 300M in blue and the sword hand electric blue, but sold them both. After watching that video, I might have to get this one.
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Old 22 March 2018, 06:55 PM   #40
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I'm a fan. The add additions of the yellow and rose gold iterations are intriguing
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Old 22 March 2018, 08:23 PM   #41
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I like the running shoes
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Old 22 March 2018, 11:20 PM   #42
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I like the running shoes
Goes to show how this Basel turned you on.
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Old 23 March 2018, 12:44 AM   #43
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I was at the local Omega Boutique last night picking up my dad's retirement watch from a spa treatment. I asked about the CK2998 as I would like to have a panda dial Speedy. Apparently I was the first to ask, no ordering information yet but price will be $5650. I have been very pleased with their services so far so hope to buy this one from them.
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Old 23 March 2018, 01:42 AM   #44
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I was at the local Omega Boutique last night picking up my dad's retirement watch from a spa treatment. I asked about the CK2998 as I would like to have a panda dial Speedy. Apparently I was the first to ask, no ordering information yet but price will be $5650. I have been very pleased with their services so far so hope to buy this one from them.
Wasn’t the blue ck 6500?
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Old 23 March 2018, 01:43 AM   #45
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I like the running shoes
Probably my favorite thing this year from Omega

Not really liking anything. I think they did great last year, but not every year can be a winner.
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Old 23 March 2018, 02:02 AM   #46
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Wasn’t the blue ck 6500?
Yes it was. Not sure why this is less but I saw it in their Basel "catalogue" they had there. I'm not complaining.
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Old 23 March 2018, 02:33 AM   #47
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Yes it was. Not sure why this is less but I saw it in their Basel "catalogue" they had there. I'm not complaining.
Agree
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Old 23 March 2018, 02:35 AM   #48
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Total snooze fest for me. Sorry!

Omega had some great releases last year. Every year can't be a great one so no big deal.
Agree 100%. This Basel World batch is a total fail for me.
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Old 23 March 2018, 02:41 AM   #49
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Yes it was. Not sure why this is less but I saw it in their Basel "catalogue" they had there. I'm not complaining.
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Agree
No complaints here, either. I'm all over this CK. I love everything about it. I dig the fact that it has a pulsometer bezel, just a little detail that makes it different.
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Old 24 March 2018, 02:19 AM   #50
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Agree 100%. This Basel World batch is a total fail for me.
Actually, I take my comment back. The new Speedmaster Apollo 8 is a pretty sweet watch. Omega added a lot of very nice details. My favorite thing about it is the manual movement. It makes the watch so much thinner. If Omega offered a manual movement on the rest of the ceramic Speedmasters, I think that would be a massive success. I know I’d buy one.
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Old 24 March 2018, 02:20 AM   #51
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I am a fan of the new grey dial seamaster.
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Old 24 March 2018, 03:21 AM   #52
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Black & Sedna 300 on black Omega NATO...hot
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Old 24 March 2018, 04:11 AM   #53
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I like the 1948 Seamaster LEs:

https://www.omegawatches.com/en-us/w...ited-editions/

The central seconds one with the blue strap most of all:

Why can't watchmakers make pieces that beautiful today?

I guess I must be stuck in the past.

I'd like to see the '48 in yellow gold.
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Old 24 March 2018, 04:59 AM   #54
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Actually, I take my comment back. The new Speedmaster Apollo 8 is a pretty sweet watch. Omega added a lot of very nice details. My favorite thing about it is the manual movement. It makes the watch so much thinner. If Omega offered a manual movement on the rest of the ceramic Speedmasters, I think that would be a massive success. I know I’d buy one.
Hey Wes, I kinda feel the same way. I know the watch isn't for me but I like what they did with it. Updated 1861 movement just to decorate it for the skeletal look, laser alated dial to mimic the surface of the moon....I mean this is all really cool stuff and tech that can be used for watches later......top it off with the ceramic case. This isn't another coaxial 44mm Speedmaster in a different shell....Excited for them because it's moving forward.....and that's what I like about the brand vs Rolex....not everyone will want to buy the same watches with small updates over and over.....Just like the new SM300, not for me but I can see it being very successful for new generation of watch buyers looking into the entry diver.
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Old 24 March 2018, 12:17 PM   #55
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This one is interesting. But no word about an adjustable clasp on their website. Anyway I still prefer the original 2531.80.
Back to the future. Thankfully. Wave dial returns. About damn time.
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