Omega

Omega Men's 2918.50.38 Seamaster Planet Ocean Automatic Chronometer Chronograph Watch

• Quality Swiss Automatic movement; Functions without a battery; Powers automatically with the movement of your arm
• Domed, scratch-resistant sapphire crystal
• Case diameter: 45.5 mm

Product Description

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The Omega Men's Seamaster Planet Ocean Orange Strap Watch is built to join you in the deep blue depths. This self-winding chronograph timepiece features a column wheel mechanism and co-axial escapement movement with rhodium-plated finish movement for greater precision, stability, and durability of the movement, and a stainless steel case and bezel. The watch's black dial is offset by red Arabic numerals, and luminous white hands and markers, and the black bezel features silver engraved second markers and Arabic numerals. The sub-dials with white hands and markers sit at the 3, 6, and 9 o'clock, and a date calendar sits diagonally at the 4 o'clock. The watch also features a bright orange leather band, and a domed, scratch-resistant sapphire crystal coated on the inside with anti-reflective treatment. Designed to join you in some serious skin diving and other water sports, the Seamaster is water resistant to 2000 feet.

The Omega Story

The Omega watch story begins in 1848, when founder Louis Brandt began hand assembling key-wound precision pocket watches from parts supplied by local craftsmen in his principality La Chaux-de-Fonds, in the northwest corner of Switzerland. However, the Omega name didn't appear until 1894, after Louis Brandt had passed away and his watchmaking traditions were taken over by his sons, Louis-Paul and Cesar Brandt. Omega watches have long been associated with glamorous screen and sports stars--the Omega Seamaster is famous for being the watch of choice for James Bond--with current ambassadors including Pierce Brosnan, Nicole Kidman, tennis player Anna Kournikova, and swimmers Michael Phelps and Ian Thorpe.

But Omega is more than just a fashionable watch. In 1965, the Omega Speedmaster chronograph was "flight-qualified by NASA for all manned space missions" as the only wristwatch to have withstood all of the U.S. space agency's severe tests, including passing grades for extreme shocks, vibrations, and temperatures ranging from -18 to +93 degrees Celsius. The greatest moment in the Speedmaster's history was undoubtedly 20 July 1969 at 02:56 GMT, when it recorded man's first steps on the Moon's surface as part of the Apollo 11 mission. Omega watches rocketed off to space on many subsequent missions, including visits to Skylab and the historic Apollo-Soyuz link-up of Soviet and American astronauts in 1975.

In more recent years, Omega created the world's first self-winding wristwatch with central tourbillon in 1994 and made history in 1999 with the first mass-produced watch incorporating the co-axial escapement, developed in conjunction with renowned English master watchmaker George Daniels. In simple terms, the escapement is the heart of a mechanical watch, generating the impulses that make the mechanism move. Omega's Co-Axial Escapement drastically reduces the friction among the parts that transmit energy to the other components, producing greater stability and precision and reducing service requirements.

Today, Omega is known for its rigorous testing of new movements, cases, and bands. Each new Omega movement is tested on the wrist in existing Omega models, while various laboratory tests are conducted to determine temperature-resistance, shock-resistance and vibration-resistance.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000NIFAY0
• Item model number: 2918.50.38
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #73,665 in Watches (See Top 100 in Watches)

Customer Reviews

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Gorgeous Watch, But Didn't Work Properly, December 27, 2009

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Not a Competitor (Minneapolis, MN USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Omega Men's 2918.50.38 Seamaster Planet Ocean Automatic Chronometer Chronograph Watch (Watch)

Gorgeous watch at a great price, but unfortunately stop watch didn't work properly and would lose time. Had to return. Amazon made it easy to return and promptly refunded my purchase price, but I needed to follow up with them again to get my return shipping costs refunded (as they had promised previously).

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Master piece of art, design, and Taste., April 21, 2009

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Michael Rifai "Another computer user" (Miami, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Omega Men's 2918.50.38 Seamaster Planet Ocean Automatic Chronometer Chronograph Watch (Watch)

I Absolutely love this watch, it is up in par with those watches costing 10 times as much. To me, I may never be impressed by another watch ever.