zOwie Omega Discussion Forum

: The Bond watch is a louder look - the blue is
: bright, and I think that it comes off as
: looking more sporty than the black model.

Funny, I've heard several people recently commenting on how bright the blue is on the Bond version.

As someone who has worn the blue Bond version almost continiously for 3.5 years, I've always considered it pretty conservatively dark. The dial is near navy blue and the bezel is a dark denim blue. Certainly the online and catalog photos of it are extraordinarily well lit, so greatly emphasize the blueness in ways you won't see in real life.

Omega does a great job with textures--making their watches much more interesting and diverse in contrast and reflection than you will ever see in a static photo. Catalog and jewelry store lighting do not properly show the true character of these creations.

Sure the dark blue versions have a sporty look. But I find the extraordinarily bold markings of the black dial versions to be an equal if not louder declaration of being a sports watch.

Omega has done an interesting thing with positioning two suberb, yet distinctly different looks in the same Seamaster Professional series. The Bond style is truly unique--never seen its like on any other watch (excluding knockoffs and counterfeits). Even the classic bracelet is much more different than on other watches.

Yet the newer black style ones are truly classic designs dating back to Seamasters of the 1960's, but with updated touches like the wave background. The Speedmaster style bracelet is nice too, yet reduces the uniqueness of the Seamaster line. I spoke to Omega product development about the bracelet change and their reasoning was to give a more consolidated look across the sports model lines. While that sounds good, I feel this bracelet change takes more away from the Seamaster line than it adds to the sports lines in total. Apparently I was not alone, not only Omega USA but also Omega South Africa rejected the updated bracelet and offer the classic bracelet on virtually all Seamaster models.

I actually consider myself lucky that I bought mine *before* the other style option was available. It has made it much easier for me to be happy with my decision!