SOTC # 3 of 16: OMEGA SEAMASTER 300 233.30.41.21.01.001
/OMEGA SEAMASTER 300 233.30.41.21.01.001 on an OMEGA SPECTRE BOND NATO
I admit, I only used to collect Omega watches so here’s a third one - the Omega Seamaster 300. When this watch was first announced in Basel 2014, I thought it was atrocious. The bezel was too shiny, the faux patina on the dial and hands and the polished center links on the bracelet. Just no.
I finally got to see it in the metal, at the Omega Boutique in early 2015 and absolutely fell in love with it. Everything that I had disliked, I loved! Well minus the polished center links, but eventually those too grew on me a bit. I placed an order for one and it was on my wrist a couple of days later. And the Bond 007 connection is pretty cool. Although mine isn’t the Spectre Limited Edition, it is on the Omega Spectre Bond NATO. I really think that it’s one of Omega’s more understated and under appreciated watches in its catalog.
These days, I don’t wear it as much as I should. It’s my vacation watch, and I had great memories with it on our Hawaii trip a few years ago. I hope to go back soon and guess what will be on my wrist? That’s right, the Seamaster 300.
/ TOMMY