SOTC # 11 of 16: OMEGA SEAMASTER PROFESSIONAL 210.30.42.20.03.001
/OMEGA SEAMASTER PROFESSIONAL 210.30.42.20.03.001 ON AN OMEGA RUBBER STRAP
James Bond, 007. Ian Fleming imagined his version of literary Bond wearing a Rolex Explorer. In the movies, the film character of James Bond mostly wore a Rolex Submariner. Then came Goldeneye in 1995, and with it, ushering in a whole new era of bolder product placement marketing in film and television, namely with the Omega Seamaster. Jean-Claude Biver, an industry legend, then presiding over Omega, placed the Seamaster on the wrist of 007, actively promoted the connection and arguably saved Omega.
My Dad was a big fan of James Bond. He watched every new movie on release day and on TV whenever they were played. As I grew up, I started to watch the Bond movies with him and got hooked too. So when I started thinking of buying my first luxury automatic watch, the Bond SMP was the only choice and the Seamaster Professional 2531.80 ended up on my wrist.
15 years later in 2018, the SMP was sold and Omega announces a new version of the Seamaster, welcoming back the wave dial design, now in ceramic. It’s a beautiful update and I just had to have it. So by the end of that year, the newest Bond SMP is back on my wrist again and not ever leaving again.
/ TOMMY