Omega Seamaster Professional 300M James Bond 40th Anniversary Limited Edition 2537.80.00 Review

Watchuwant is now WatchBox! Subscribe for the best luxury watch content. Limited Edition ! Omega Seamaster Professional 300M James Bond "40th Anniversary" Reference 2537.80.00 Hands On Review http://www.thewatchbox.com/watches/omega Back in the mid-90s to early 2000s, there was no hotter ticket in the Omega lineup than the "James Bond" Seamaster Professional Diver 300M. And that spirit lives in this Omega Seamaster Professional 300M James Bond 40th Anniversary Limited Edition. This limited run of 10,007 pieces was released in conjunction with 2002’s “Die Another Day,” and it features enough 007-exclusive content to impress Q-branch. Unlike the original (quartz!) Omega Seamaster that debuted Pierce Brosnan in 1995’s GoldenEye, this later model is a highly evolved mechanical specimen of the breed. Its iconic dial sports a custom 007-inflected variation on the “blue wave” of the Brosnan models, and the addition of applied indices is an upscale refinement that Her Majesty would have lauded. Likewise, an applied Omega logo and company name at 12 o’clock speak to the parent firm’s march upmarket since the mid-1990s. The skeletonized hands retain the elegance of the initial models and eschew the functional but hulking profile of the alternative “broadsword” hands. The faceted unidirectional rotating dive bezel remains, and the look that re-launched the James Bond franchise survives intact. Omega’s epic Seamaster Professional five-link bracelet remains as stellar today as it