The Omega Men’s Seamaster Planet Ocean Rubber Strap Watch is built to join you in the deep blue depths. This self-winding chronograph timepiece features 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 A [Read More...]
Buy Omega Men’s Seamaster Planet Ocean Automatic Chronometer Rubber Strap Watch #2901.51.82 at Amazon
Press here if you would like to learn about woman and cars.
January 9th, 2010 at 5:51 am
The last sport watch you’ll ever need to buy.
This review refers to the Model 2218.50, XL version (45 mm case) with steel bracelet. The opinions of the movement, adjustment and reliability are also applicable to the model with rubber strap and leather / lizard strap.
This is a hefty timepiece, it weighs 9+ ounces (over half a pound), it feels and exudes quality and is bound to illicit a glance and a double take. The domed double anti glare sapphire crystal is super sharp and sometimes hard to determine it is even there.
The exterior is a combination of brushed and polished stainless steel, most notably the trademark Omega horns are this blended finish.
The screw down crown is adorned with the Omega logo and easy to open, the first position enables manual winding for a power boost, the helium escape valve at 10:00 is adorned with the periodic symbol “He”.
Clockwise turns of the crown in second position adjusts the date forward, the date can’t be adjusted backwards. Time adjustment is easy and rapid; no adjustment for seconds is available.
The unidirectional bezel rotates counter clockwise 120 clicks and lines up perfectly with every second marker, the solid feel of the rotation is nothing less than you’d expect from an Omega.
The luminescent material of this watch is a glow magnet, just a few seconds exposure to sunlight or held close to a lamp will turn the face of this watch into a lighthouse! Combined with the chrome and split bezel hands of the subdials and this timepiece can be used as a signal mirror for low flying aircraft.
The Omega 3313 movement is identical to their 3303 movement except the 3313 has the co-axial escapement, this is the same movement inside the Omega DeVille and will be used in future models.
The accuracy of this watch is only surpassed by my Omega SeaMaster Quartz 300 2221.80, my Quartz Omega never loses or gains a second and the PO gains less than 5 seconds a week. The days I don’t wear it, I spend 60 seconds winding it and store it standing vertically for optimum movement.
The bracelet includes the scuba extension of all SeaMasters, but has no convenience pins for rapid adjustment or for bodily weight fluctuation. It releases easily with the double release pins and feels confidently closed when clasped.
I’ve performed testing of the power reserve, it continues to function about 43 hours with a full wind.
The watch can also function with a running chronograph for over 40 hours on a full wind, that is impressive.
Overall, I’d recommend this watch for anyone who wants an exquisite sport timepiece which isn’t out of place at a formal, like all of the Omegas made before it; I expect this watch to endure for my grandchildren and their grandchildren.
January 9th, 2010 at 7:03 am
I bought this watch, to be more precise the model is the Omega Men’s Seamaster Planet Ocean Automatic Chronometer Rubber Strap Watch #2901.51.82 directly from amazon on july 21, 2009. Watch work fine for exactly four months, on november 21th it suddenly stoped working, after a couple of hours after it stopped, i did readjust the time and after screwing the crown the watch started working again, after a couple of minutes it stoped again, i did repeat these 3 or 4 times until giving up. For what is worth the watch was always taken good care of, according to the omega instruccion manual, never expose it to heat or magnetic fields, neither to any kind of extreme conditions, overall the watch looks like new.
Amazon warranty claims for watch repair, replacement or refund is a pain in the neck , and after all the trouble, after registering all the info of the watch and detailing the problem to them, their only answer is that “We’re Unable to Process Your Request”, and the claim was denied.
Bottom line NEVER buy an OMEGA or other luxury watch brand from AMAZON, the saving you’ll get it just not worth it, after all, your just getting a fine watch without any support or valid manufacturer warranty.