Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2755 in Watches
• Brand: Omega
• Model: 2262.50.00
• Band material: stainless-steel
• Bezel material: stainless-steel
• Case material: stainless-steel
• Clasp type: fold-over-clasp-with-double-push-button-safety
• Dial color: black
• Dial window material: anti-reflective-scratch-resistant-sapphire
• Movement type: swiss-quartz
• Water-resistant to 1000 feet

Features

• Precise Swiss-Quartz movement
• Domed, anti-reflective scratch-resistant sapphire crystal
• Case diameter: 36.25 mm
• Stainless-steel case; Black dial; Date function
• Water-resistant to 300 M (1000 feet)

Amazon.com Product Description
Built to accommodate your active lifestyle, this Omega Men's Seamaster Watch #2262.50.00 features a dramatic black dial face, which is protected by a scratch-resistant-sapphire dial window. Stand-out minute and hour indexes bring an eye-catching contrast, and other innovative details include a handy date calendar, which rests at the three o clock position, and a series of easy-to-read Arabic numerals and indexes that ring the unidirectional, stainless steel bezel. The 37.5-millimeter case is made of stainless steel, and a silver-tone, stainless steel band comes equipped with a rock-steady fold-over-clasp-with-double-push-button-safety closure. Presenting a blend of luxury and performance, this excellent timepiece showcases your refined taste. Powered by analog-quartz movement, this watch is water resistant up to 984 feet.

The Omega Story
The Omega watch story begins in 1848, when founder Louis Brandt began hand assembling key-wound precision pocket watches from parts supplied by local craftsmen in his principality La Chaux-de-Fonds, in the northwest corner of Switzerland. However, the Omega name didn't appear until 1894, after Louis Brandt had passed away and his watchmaking traditions were taken over by his sons, Louis-Paul and Cesar Brandt. Omega watches have long been associated with glamorous screen and sports stars--the Omega Seamaster is famous for being the watch of choice for James Bond--with current ambassadors including Pierce Brosnan, Nicole Kidman, tennis player Anna Kournikova, and swimmers Michael Phelps and Ian Thorpe.

But Omega is more than just a fashionable watch. In 1965, the Omega Speedmaster chronograph was "flight-qualified by NASA for all manned space missions" as the only wristwatch to have withstood all of the U.S. space agency's severe tests, including passing grades for extreme shocks, vibrations, and temperatures ranging from -18 to +93 degrees Celsius. The greatest moment in the Speedmaster's history was undoubtedly 20 July 1969 at 02:56 GMT, when it recorded man's first steps on the Moon's surface as part of the Apollo 11 mission. Omega watches rocketed off to space on many subsequent missions, including visits to Skylab and the historic Apollo-Soyuz link-up of Soviet and American astronauts in 1975.

In more recent years, Omega created the world's first self-winding wristwatch with central tourbillon in 1994 and made history in 1999 with the first mass-produced watch incorporating the co-axial escapement, developed in conjunction with renowned English master watchmaker George Daniels. In simple terms, the escapement is the heart of a mechanical watch, generating the impulses that make the mechanism move. Omega's Co-Axial Escapement drastically reduces the friction among the parts that transmit energy to the other components, producing greater stability and precision and reducing service requirements.

Today, Omega is known for its rigorous testing of new movements, cases, and bands. Each new Omega movement is tested on the wrist in existing Omega models, while various laboratory tests are conducted to determine temperature-resistance, shock-resistance and vibration-resistance.

Customer Reviews

Quartz or Automatic?
Omega produces this model with either quartz or automatic movements in both large (42mm) and medium (36mm) sizes. While many feel that an expensive watch ought to be automatic, I want to point out a few reasons I chose to purchase the quartz version.
First, Don't think that just because it's quartz, it's the same movement found in low priced quartz watches. Omega's quartz watches are extremely accurate and dependable. I've worn mine for a year without resetting and it's still within FIVE seconds of my other watches that are set with the atomic time signal! I believe the Omega quartz standard is +/- 20 seconds/year.
Second, I can pick it up a day or a week after not wearing it and I know the watch will be accurate and the date correct. Please note that with this watch, one changes the date (to account for 30-day months) and hour hand (to account for daylight savings and any time zone changes) without stopping or affecting the time setting of the seconds and minute hands. Unless you wear an AUTOMATIC movement every day, expect to have to reset the time (and date) whenever you put it on.
Third, buying online saves a bunch of money, but means Omega will not repair under warranty. A quartz movement may be less likely to require repair.
When I purchased my Omega I spent a lot of time thinking about the advantages of each movement. I agree the automatic is a fine choice with its own advantages. I just wanted to give the reasons that one might choose a quartz movement and to say I am very happy with mine.

A+ Quality
I bought this Seamaster 300M Quartz medium size watch (I believe this model is now discontinued by Omega) directly from amazon (not a third party marketplace), and I couldn't be happier with it. It came with all the boxes, manual and documentation, and the serial number is written on the holograph card, original from Omega. This serial number on the warranty card, hang tag and the engraving on the back of the watch (at the 7 o'clock position where the bracelet is attached) all match up. There is no date of purchase or dealer's identification on the Omega warranty card, because Amazon is not an authorized Omega dealer. You get a 2 year warranty directly from Amazon, but you don't get a seperate amazon warranty card. I was told by amazon to download their warranty page (link is on this web page) and to keep the original receipt. Amazon assured me that it is an original Omega watch, and their watch department makes sure it isn't a fake and is working properly.

When I opened the red (leatherette?) presentation box and first handled the watch, I was really surprised about the top notch quality of this watch. It looks MUCH better than on any of the photos, and it feels perfect (and I'm a German-born perfectionist). The bracelet makes hardly a sound, while you wear the watch, and what subtle sounds it does make, are very pleasant. My brother's Rolex (from 20 years ago), which I wore for a while before purchasing this Omega, actually felt slightly lesser in quality compared to this watch. The Rolex bracelet felt kind of flimsy and clunky, and the Rolex clasp was crafted from embarrassingly cheep, stamped, thin metal (which I was afraid might bend any moment) whereas the Omega closing clasp is rock solid, made from thick, solid stainless steel parts, that open and close effortlessly, yet remain securely closed and locked. Also, when closed, on the inside of the bracelet, which touches your wrist, the clasp is flush with the chains, which to me feels really nice. (Note: Judging from recent photos, Rolex seem to have improved their bracelets since then). I recommend you take the watch to a jeweler to have the bracelet length adjusted. I took it to a prominent jeweler in San Francisco, Shreeve, an Omega authorized retailer. They were very welcoming and did it for free. It took the service person, who has all the right tools and tons of experience, a few minutes to shorten the bracelet. I'm glad I didn't attempt it myself.

It's very easy to read the time on this watch, much easier than the James Bond style with the skeleton hands. At night, you can see the exact time in a second, because of the prominent lit hour markers and fully lit solid hour and minute hands, plus a dot light for the seconds hand, wheras the Bond style watch has mostly dots for everything, and you have to figure out, which dots belong to the hours and which belong to the tips of the hands. The only negative so far is that the bezel is very hard, almost impossible to turn. When the watch is wet, the bezel turns more easily. In spite of this, I highly recommended this watch, if you can afford it. Being an artist, I couldn't afford it, really, but I bought it anyway, and don't regret it. I know it will be my life-long companion.

Update: I've had this watch for over a month now, and I really love it. In those four weeks, it's been only ca. 2 or 3 seconds slow. I've also discovered, it's much easier to turn the bezel if I take off the watch, hold it in my right hand, vertically, with the 3 o'clock/crown pointed toward me. With my left hand I grab the bezel at the 12 and 6 o'clock points and it's really easy to turn the bezel this way. To cover a large distance, I orient myself visually. Toward the end, I count the clicks. It travels 2 clicks per minute.

Great Watch
The Omega Seamaster quartz is a fine timepiece. I say this after owning it for almost 3 years. It has kept time without skipping a beat and no problems at all with the stainless steel bracelet or clasp. I wear it almost constantly - at the office and on weekends. I wear it when I bike, when doing yard work, when I swim. I've worn it snorkeling in the Caribbean, down to a depth of about 15 - 20 feet with no problems. I just rinse it off when it gets sweaty or dirty. The functioning rotating bezel is a simple way to keep track of elapsed time. I like the durability combined with simple good looks.

There are a lot of watches that go for this diver's style with rotating bezel and stainless steel band and body. The ones at much lower price points generally look cheap up close, and I suspect they won't hold up as well to hard use. You can tell that everything about the Omega is high quality the second you take it out of the box. It's a fairly expensive watch, but definitely more affordable than the similarly styled Rolex Submariner.