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Hammerfjord Moderator 
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I'm not specially into GMT watches as I rarely travel out of my time zone... But, this one cought my eye and will certainly lift the interest of many WIS here. The caliber 8500 is originally a little marvel in my opinion and this new GMT model gives an option for those who would need to track time in different timezones with a P.O on them wrist. I liked the look somehow of the blue/orange mix but a black/orange would certainly kick@ss. All pictures "stolen" from Oceanic time: Thanks to TLex for announcing this one! Opinions? http://oceanictime.blogspot.no/2013/04/omega-semaster-planet-ocean-gmt-1stlook.html    |
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Skipdawg 3T WIS 
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Oh YES that is sweet!  |
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elemental 3T WIS
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sweet.. it would be an instant buy for me if it were black/orange....and 45.5. |
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Hammerfjord Moderator
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The watch is also presented on the Omega site. It seems like they only thought about a blue version right now. http://www.omegawatches.com/gents/seamaster/planet-ocean-gmt/23230442203001 Certainly due to it's connection to the Good Planet foundation who's dedicated to work for the environment and under water ecosystem. http://www.omegawatches.com/gents/product-presentations/seamaster-planet-ocean-goodplanet-gmt |
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Tony Duronio 3T WIS 
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Great looking watch but if its priced anywhere near the Aqua Terra GMT   |
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Hammerfjord Moderator
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Tony Duronio wrote:Great looking watch but if its priced anywhere near the Aqua Terra GMT How do you expect that a 150m watch case would cost the same price as a 600m case with helium valve? You should expect higher price than the Aqua-Terra Tony. |
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elemental 3T WIS
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Tony Duronio wrote: Great looking watch but if its priced anywhere near the Aqua Terra GMT yes...painfull indeed, but blue is a nonstarter for me. so i luck out. On the other hand the russia olympic tribute 45.5 is a looker. |
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Tony Duronio 3T WIS
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Hammerfjord wrote:Tony Duronio wrote: My point Will is the AT is around $7500 which I think is outragous, so that one in the mid $8's, I dont think so  But then again, here we go with each persons opinion of value  |
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Khronos 3T WIS 
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I like it a lot although I would prefer it slightly bigger. Also, I think that for this watch, the He valve kinda spoils the looks of it. Maybe because there are no crown guards as such... |
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Hammerfjord Moderator
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Tony Duronio wrote:Hammerfjord wrote: Here in Norway, a site sells the A.T GMT for 5700$ on special offer. I found them at 6000$ in the US (swissluxury.com). But I agree with you that the list price up to 7900$ is way too high for a mass produced watch of this kind... Even with the discount, I would not trigger for it. You have to remember that Omega's goal seems to be at grabbing a part of the "luxury" market from Rolex, who's already trying to push prices as far as they can before the demand fall. This is a vicious game where Rolex has a big throne builded by the most outrageous advertising budget in watch history which has to be paid back by the customer. All in all: More Omega tries to follow Rolex there, less Omega will be affordable. |
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Hammerfjord Moderator
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Khronos wrote:I like it a lot although I would prefer it slightly bigger. Also, I think that for this watch, the He valve kinda spoils the looks of it. Maybe because there are no crown guards as such... You are one of the MANY wis who's deceived by the manual Helium valve and I would not say that's it's my favorite either... The problem there with the new line with the 8500&derivative movements: Is that Omega still hold on the old P.O case design. Making this in-house line looking like the 2500..Eta variants line. A refreshing touch with automatic H valve would have been more than welcome and would certainly have boosted the sells. Omega don't seems to bother... |
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Tony Duronio 3T WIS
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Hammerfjord wrote:Khronos wrote: That's an excellent point Will  |
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Hammerfjord Moderator
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Tony Duronio wrote:Hammerfjord wrote: Thanks Tony. We are many to share it in fact: But who knows if Omega's design team or high-ranked responsibles are looking at forums to learn what them customers prefer...  I will not be the guy who will mail them about it. I already made my pro-bono to G.P and them new Hawk collection with it's overload of plastic&rubber... Seems like there is also a latex fetish going on  |
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murphy j 3T WIS 
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I like it, but agree that It would absolutely kick ass if was black/orange. Also, I agree with you that they're trying to put themselves in the same price market as Rolex. The only saving grace seems to be that Omega doesn't seem to hold as much resale value as Rolex, therefore making ity easier to pick one up on the secondary market. |
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stew77 Admin 
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Definitely a beauty and the co-axial movement is a sweet one! I like it in both the blue and the black...the price point of some of these new ones is a bit hard to swallow though. |
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Hammerfjord Moderator
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Thanks to TLex, a small video is out http://youtu.be/TH1w1jczjQY http://oceanictime.blogspot.no/2013/09/omega-seamaster-planet-ocean-600m-gmt.html |
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