Omega Seamaster Professional 300M Chronograph 2599.80.00 Luxury Watch Review

Watchuwant is now WatchBox! Subscribe for the best luxury watch content. Back in the mid-90's, there was no hotter ticket in the Omega lineup than the "James Bond" Seamaster Professional Diver 300M. With its "blue wave" bezel, matching blue metallic bezel, skeleton hands, and 007 connection, it was the living end of a mechanical watch market roaring back to life after two dormant decades. And that spirit lives in the Seamaster Professional 300M Chronograph - 2599.80.00. It's got the Bond factor, but it packs refinements that even Q-branch would envy; 007 never reported for duty with a chronograph. And the chronograph is the difference-maker. The king of complications, enthusiasts never cease to marvel at the simple pleasure of commanding mechanical stopwatch. With a mechanical chronograph in hand, even 5-minute breaks between business meetings secretly become countdowns to the GoldenEye detonation. Naturally, you won't admit a word of this to your colleagues, but rest assured that the guy with the Rolex Daytona in the corner is too preoccupied measuring his inter-office "lap times" to pass judgment on you... All of the standard-issue Omega Bond watch toys are present in force: helium escape valve; clasp diving suit extension; and COSC chronometer certification. Add applied indexes and Omega dial marquee (Bond's were printed), and result is a luxury dive watch that could make Pierce Brosnan second-guess retiring his license to kill. See this 007-inspired Omega classic i