The Omega Seamaster 300 Today

It’s now been 25 years since the blue-bezelled iteration we all know best was launched – the one that Lindy Hemming matched so perfectly to Brosnan’s perfect nineties Bond. Since 1993, the Seamaster Professional Diver 300M has become so much of an embedded, modern classic that one particular example is to be seen permanently peeping from the wrist of a certain Duke of Cambridge now and again. Wills even wore it to his brother’s wedding – which is arguably a bit of a sartorial no-no, but who are we to argue with His Royal Highness? Let’s not forget his own naval experience, after all.

Loved for its colourful design and oceangoing technology, the original 300M Professional signalled Omega’s triumphant return to the world of diving watches after a dry-docked eighties and singlehandedly ignited the ongoing partnership with Her Majesty’s Secret Service. Of course, there have been many variations on the Seamaster over the years, with the Aqua Terra and Planet Ocean ranges being particular highlights – the latter of which turns things up 300 more notches, to 600 metres’ water resistance – but the Professional remains the flagship.

The Newest Seamaster 300M Professional

For 2018 Omega celebrates 25 years since its modern reboot, introducing a bold new Professional Diver 300M collection with a total facelift numbering 14 different models, including six in stainless steel and eight in a blend of stainless steel and gold (the bi-metal watch trend is back, if you hadn’t noticed, eighties fans).

Now sized up from 41mm to a slightly more contemporary 42 mm, keeping the skeletonised hands and wavy dial pattern so popular in the 1993 original, the real Bond-worthy gadgetry is whirring away inside. And it’s all down to innovation that’ll protect the delicate mechanics from the sort of ultra-magnetism knocking about your average Bond villain’s lair.