[Closed] Talk to me about Omega Seamasters.

I used to have an Automatic 2008 model, i loved it but i recently traded it in for an Oris Automatic Titan Divers which i felt was a bit more unique.
Omega's are fantastic watches and as long as you take care of it then it will last for decades and still look good.

i too have a 2008 auto, it is a keeper, if you want to know about Omegas drop i at tz-uk watch forum, lots of info on there but be careful it gets expensive 😉 after the Seamaster i got me a Rolex Sub and now fancy a panerai mariner 😳

Oh and hope you keep in good health, you deserve a treat or two.

As anokdale says, check out tz-uk. A few months spent lurking there and popping into shops to try things on eventually led me to buying my Seamaster Aqua Terra, which is top notch. Enjoy!

I love my Omega Seamaster. I wear it every day.

I've had it since 2005 and it still looks like its in excellent condition and the glass is perfect cos its so hard. I have knocked it against walls a few times by accident but it has remained undamaged.

I only paid £400 for it s/h from a bloke who never wore it cos it was so special....!!! ???? he was scared of damaging it.

Since I've had it, I've needed to change the battery once. I think it cost £80.

Treat yourself mate and I hope everything gets sorted.

nicko74 nice choice

Because of the other thread I have decided to dig my old Omega out, it is nice, but I would rather wear the Oris everyday purely as hardly anyone knows it's expensive & what it is, thus preventing silly conversations & presumptions about to many things to mention.

Having said that I would always advocate having a nice watch, my mate has a 25k rolex that looks almost identical to the base model, not many people know its white gold & diamonds, but he does, suits him, & I would love to be able to afford one.

+1 Aqua Terra auto. Thought long & hard before replacing a 15 year old Ebel. No regrets. Love it.

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My kind of nice.

I've got an America cup Ltd seamaster and I love it...had it 7 years and it still looks great! I never take it off...I got it serviced last year and it was 300 quid...costs 50 to insure every year. Was offered 500 more than I paid from a dealer last year....

If it's a seamaster you're after have a look at a Planet Ocean, my favourite seamaster. I'd agree that the 42mm aqua terra is a lovely sporty/elegant design.

Vintage omegas for me. As others say tz is a good start. A railmaster would be my vote.
J.

Omega Planet ocean chronometer here. Alligator orange strap. I'll never have another because I love this one so much!

I have a Seamaster quartz that I bought 11 years ago and still looks like new even after wearing it every day and it's only had two batteries fitted, it's fantastic. I have recently bought a Seamaster Professional Automatic and was going to sell the quartz but I can't bring myself to do it yet!! Buy one, you won't regeret it.

go vintage. I had one of these:

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Omega Flightmaster.

If I could afford it I'd buy another one without question as I think they're great, not only a lovely watch but a good investment at the moment. Mine was older than I am! I bought it from auction for £300 odd, wore it daily for 5 years and then had to raise cash when we moved house so sold it for 3 times what I paid for it. It'd now be worth another £300 on top of the price I got a couple of years ago...

I got a Seamaster in 2002 as an engagement present. Apart from a couple of scuffs on the bracelet it look new and I wear it every day.

If you buy the automatic don't expect it to be the World's best time keeper. Mine drops about 6 seconds a day... but if I want accuarate I'll wear my G-Shock.

I wouldn't play squash, golf or ride a bike whilst wearing it either.

When I'm dead in 50 years my son can have it. I expect it to still be working.

Good luck on beating the cancer. Buy a Seamaster and leave it to somebody when you are 95.

I can't decide between this:

http://www.omegawatches.com/gents/seamaster/planet-ocean

or this:

http://www.omegawatches.com/gents/seamaster/planet-ocean-chrono/22105000

Tough call. They're both good looking bits of kit.

If it was my money I'd go for the first one as I wouldn't use all the stop watches and alarms.

I think your right Harry. Face looks to cluttered in the other one. I'll need to see them in the flesh I think.

I really like the Planet Ocean. I settled on a Rolex Sea Dweller (before they got too heavy duty) and I smile every time I look at it.

I have a Seamaster Diver 300 automatic had it as a 40th birthday present and I love it. I wear it every day and its built like a brick poo house, so don't tend to worry about damaging it.

I also have a older speedmaster automatic with a leather strap which I love but it is much more fragile and I always worried about damaging it.

Go for it I say, its a really nice wear everyday watch that still feels special.

Would live a Tag Monaco as well 🙂 , but would not wear it every day for the reasons above.

Edit to add

I have this one

http://www.omegawatches.com/gents/seamaster/300-m-chrono-diver/22258000

It does not look as blue in real life. Well worth going to see them in the flesh and putting them on as you may change your mind. Also remember shops will deffo do a deal on price, you should not have to pay list for it.

Johnyboy - remember you can only get the chrono in 45mm so if you are looking at the 42mm you'll only be able to get the non chrono. If it were me I'd go for a 45mm non chrono with black bezel on a bracelet. Plus if you are looking at the chrono you are nearly in submariner territory.

I have the full size in black,12 years old and got the battery replaced AND pressure tested for £40,haard as nails and a stunning watch.You deserve it John!ps Goldsmiths do interest free....

Nice watches... the SMPs in particular sits really comfortably on the wrist. I've had an auto Seamaster Professional for a few years and it's been absolutely faultless - 2531.80.00 model if memory serves, picked it up secondhand for about £700 in pretty much mint condition.

One thing though, watches are rarely a particularly sound investment. They do depreciate heavily and there's a very active secondhand market for them if you want to try and pick up a bargain. Autos hold their value a little better than quartzes - I don't recall ever seeing a manual SMP though.

If it's depreciation you're concerned about
buy a rolex sports model. They hold their value better than anything else. My old GMT II which I had for 5 years, I bought it for £2350 in 2003 and sold it for £2600 in 2008. If I were buying a new watch I'd only buy a steel rolex sports, anything else I'd pick up used. I saw a planet ocean over on tz uk yesterday for £1500 but you can pick them up for around £1350.

I have a bog-standard 76 Seamaster with a leather strap, and I love it. It's simple, but has character and looks good with a suit.

Sod watches though. How are you feeling?

Had one, automatic movement.
Got it about 5 yrs ago. Friend of family is 2nd stunt director on Bond films and gave me mine FOC having got job lot for the film.

Kept v.poor time, needed a service, service costs were OTT, sold it on.

lovely looking watch though. Went for smaller face, larger size is moo-hoo-sive.

After about 3yrs. if I didn't wear the watch for say 24hrs it stopped, until you had a hand shandy to re-charge it again.

Go try them on Johnny!! And believe me the larger face all though its only a tiny amount looks far better imo! Also look at the black rubber with orange stitching! I chose the chronometer Orange bezel and Orange alligator because it just set it away from the norm!! Happy shopping!!!!

Thanks for all your advice guys. I'm heading into Glasgow tomorrow to investigate these further. I never really liked the idea of a second hand watch, but it sounds like there are huge saving to be had going that route. Head says used, heart demands new! Lol.

Bullheart: I'm doing great, I've been a very lucky guy if truth be told. I found cyst and doc sent me for a ultra sound as a precaution, it flagged up a tumour deep within my testicle which would never have been detected until it was huge otherwise. The most horrible word I know now is orchidectomy (testicle removed) lol. It's a small price to pay for my life I suppose. I've been cancer free for 3 months now, I've never been ill, no radiotherapy or chemo needed and mentally (the bit I was worried about) I'm doing great too.

So Im feeling kind of good right now, god knows there's at lot of people not as fortunate.

Thanks for the comments and check those balls!!

Cheers

John

2000 quartz seamaster here too. Keeps excellent time and is worn every day. Nice understated mid-size model without all the stupid chrono bits. Not as happy with it durability-wise as my old Tag but if I'm honest, more classy though 😆

Mr Bond wore a Rolex Sub in the books - in the films he even wore a Casio...

If you get a mechanical be prepared for several hundred on servicing every five years.

If you get a leather strap be prepared to replace it every few years - the Omega alligator strap is > £240. If you wash the strap with saddle-soap regularly it will last longer.

Make sure you also try a Speedmaster on - when I was looking for a watch I noticed people getting hooked on watch collecting and talking of their next watch being a OWN (one watch nirvana), like it was the ultimate fix and would break them out of their need to keep upgrading. Some OWNs were the Luminor, a Rolex Sub, and the Speedmaster seemed the cheapest OWN.

I am happy with my moonphase and feel no desire to ever change, although I probably wouldn't go for an expensive watch if I was starting again.

Turner quick highjack here but can you use the saddle soap on the Orange strap?? In all honesty that strap really is a fashion thing as its a watch that'll be good to 600m but you can't even wear in the shower due to the leather. Hence my investment in the Orange rubber strap as well!!

If it is leather I should think so - I kept my alligator going for quite a while before I needed to replace it.

You only need to wash the inside.

I'd always get a bracelet. You can get aftermarket straps which are easily the equal of oem straps for a far cheaper price. (Hirsch, Toshi etc).

My FIL has a couple of old watches: an Omega and a Rolex. Each were left to him, and so are a good 50 years old.

He inadvertently washed the Omega in a pair of trousers, finding it in pieces in the pocket.

After several months away being repaired, it's now back with him. Lucky, lucky man.

[b]Johnboy373[/b] - congrats on being well, and enjoy the shopping. Thankfully, a lack of funds has always kept me away from expensive watches, or the money I would soend would make my fountain pens seem cheap in comparison. Once you find the one that your heart says "yes", buy it fast..!

I love my Planet Ocean. I wear it to work, riding bikes, surfing, diving, running, everything. Never take it off. 🙂

FYI the best omega selection I've seen is still the shop in heathrow airport.... Try had the omega book theyre as well £100!

Oops

Btw, a new planet ocean is around £2300. Should be able to haggle that down to £2000-1900 without too much trouble. Play dealers off against each other. They will really want your business atm.

Just for the record Russell Talerman in London can service mechanical watches for much less than the manufacturers and is excellent.

He also restores vintage ones to a very high standard.

Speedmasters look nicer to me but there is no denying the quality of Omega all round.

Thanks for the tip loddrik

Once you've decided on the one you want, check out the dealers; there are also a couple of online options that should knock a few hundred quid off.

anokdale - Member

nicko74 nice choice

Thanks for the tip loddrik

thanks for the tip joolsburger

🙂

I was going to send mine to Chris Heal and then he said "Don't send it in the original big box as we have loads taking up space in the workroom".

but I don't have another box that is as secure and isn't as big 🙁

Seamaster...got some from late 40's to mid-00's.

I'd say go for the Precista PRS-14 and pocket a chunk of change.

Homage to classic SM300 and believe the correct Omega bracelet would fit straight on. However nice on retro rubber.

I like the majority of my Omega's (got a 60's Constellation which was my late grandpas - understated style), but unless you really want the 'name' you will get better value elsewhere.

Investment - as previous post - get stainless sports Rolex. Sea Dweller, Sub or GMT.

Oops...

http://www.timefactors.com/precista.htm

Benz. New or used Rolex? I think the Submariner and sea dweller are gorgeous. However alot more expensive. Would the extra investment be worth it?

Thanks

I've looked at them for 15yrs. In that time it's gone from £1099 to £2180. But I couldn't justify it. It's my pressie to myself for qualifying as a Paramedic last year. Got mine from Goldsmiths on the interest free deal.
Congrats on your health

Got a 2001 seamaster americas cup, one with white gold bezel, wore it every day for 7 years the time loss started to be a pain so I got a g-shock for everyday, the omega only comes out on special occasions now, needs to go for a service aswell, all I need is a son to leave it to, got 3 daughters so that's not going to happen now 🙂 cool watches though, nice and chunky, always thought rolex felt cheap in the hand compared to omega although they are so very not!
PJ.

I treated myself to an automatic Planet Ocean for my 30th in December and I love it to bits! I don't wear it every day, so I bought an automatic winder for keeping it ready to go, and for a nice place to look at it B)
I recently saw [url= http://www.omegawatches.com/gents/speedmaster/professional/31130423099001 ]Omega link[/url] made to commemorate the Apollo Souyz Test. My father-in-law was good friends with Deke Slayton who is one of the names on the back of the watch, and I would give my left leg for one! Pretty expensive though 🙁

Very nice... but hold on a minute

My father-in-law was good friends with Deke Slayton

You can't just throw in a quote like that at the tail end of a watch thread. It deserves a thread of it's own!

[b]My dad / father in law knew...[/b]

My dad knew James Hunt.

My dads dead....

my dad's dog's dead

(and as investment as above - vintage classic Omega or Rolex, mentioned it earlier but still wish I didn't have to sell my Flightmaster, worth a bunch more now that it was a couple of years ago)

JB,

Had pretty positive experience with Watchfinder.co.uk if you must get the brand name.

Wife got Air King from them at price which was much more competitive than local AD - who cannot discount.

You may also wish to consider Tudor - Rolex second brand. Same cases, but use ETA movements rather than in-house.

http://www.watchfinder.co.uk/Tudor/Classic-Collection-Watches/79190-c12394-watch.aspx

Above a bit pricey in 'though.

TBH if you can get a used Rolex with original sales invoice, boxes, etc then you'll be fine. Worst case Rolex UK do a fantastic re-furb, but they can be handled easily by a lot of others in the UK.

Simply they are a classic design, which in stainless only is timeless (no pun...) and are a sound investment to boot.

Omega?

Reckon you could get a sweet discount off these:

http://www.watchfinder.co.uk/SearchResults.aspx?q=*%3a*&f_brand=Omega&f_parentseries=Planet-Ocean

Or if you want to be noticed:

http://www.watchfinder.co.uk/SearchResults.aspx?f_brand=Omega&q=*%3a*&f_parentseries=Seamaster-Ploprof

Woffle - Flightmaster - love 'em.

Been wearing a seamaster Quartz for the past 25 years.
My father had it for a few years before that.Still looks very modern being so thin.Wear it it at work(gardening) and biking, touch wood never scratched it,saphire glass I suppose.Must get it valued as its part gold, no idea what it's worth.

Hi there, I bought a Seamaster last year for my 40th, love it & wear it every day.

Was a bit beyond my price range so I was looking at pre-owned ones but there are just too many stories of fakes being sold as genuine.

However it's worth considering Goldsmiths - they do a pre-owned service & they're all guaranteed. I registed with them, told them what I was looking for & got calls from several stores when they got models in which I was interested in.

http://www.goldsmiths.co.uk/information/pre-owned

In my experience discounts on new watches are pretty thin from authorised dealers - I managed to get 5% at Stansted airport (on top of duty free price)

In my experience discounts on new watches are pretty thin from authorised dealers

This is not what I have found. Not paid full price for 2 Speedmasters 1 Seamaster and 1 Tag F1

As above, not true in any way. A good discount can be had on most omegas, breitlings et al. If you think you'll get a discount on a sports rolex though, not a chance!!

fair enough, that was based on my own experience buying last summer

I guess it depends on a number of factors (state of the market, model you want, even just speaking to the right person in the shop?). Or maybe I just didn't try hard enough 😕

Discount on Rolex sport models...mmmm....guess depends what you class there.

Definately know just short of 20% lower than AD prices for an Air King obtained.

Agree subs and SD's could be an issue, but always something to be got if you go the right route.

Johnboy

Feel I'm in a good position to comment on this, give we appear to share the same first name, I had testicular cancer 19 years ago (is it really that long ago), I've had a seamaster for the last 12 years and I've just got a Rolex.

First off well done for beating testicular cancer, its nearly the best feeling you will ever get in life, does change you (for the better).

So watches - I loved my seamaster. I would recommend keep it simple. Extra's dials and crowns look great in the shop but you'll never use them and it clutters the face up (IMo). The simpler the better. get a fancy G-shock for the fancy stuff and riding in (I've got a suunto x-lander).

My Rolex (GMT Master II) was a supprise 40th birthday present of my wife and children, and it is leagues above the seamaster, thats not to say the seamaster is rubbish far from it, its just the Rolex is alot lot better. That said it was silly money and I'm not sure I could recommend spending that kind of cash on a watch (then again).

Either way you wont be disapionted and lets be honest after what you've been through, it is only a watch 🙂

Speedmaster Moon Watch?

[url= http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/OMEGA-SPEEDMASTER-1969-MOONWATCH-/280619348926?pt=UK_Jewelery_Watches_Watches_MensWatches_GL&hash=item41563773be ]Ebay Link[/url]

Very nice... but hold on a minute

My father-in-law was good friends with Deke Slayton

You can't just throw in a quote like that at the tail end of a watch thread. It deserves a thread of it's own!

My dad / father in law knew...

Not just that, but he used to race Formula 1 aeroplanes with him and he performed his eulogy!
*name dropping complete*

Gentlemen. Thanks for all your advice and comments. After careful consideration I'm now the proud owner of a Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean(2201.50.00). I also managed to get a very sizable discount:)

I looked at a Rolex Submariner too, but in my own humble opinion I prefered the braclet on the Planet Ocean. Plus the price, £4900!

Horses for courses, We my face lit up when I seen the Omega in the metal.

Chuffed

john

£4900! you could but a bike for that! 😉

PS how much should it of been?

The Rolex was £4900 mate.

Nice one.