Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #25156 in Watches
• Brand: Omega
• Model: 2231.50
• Band material: Titanium
• Bezel material: Titanium
• Case material: Titanium
• Clasp type: fold-over-clasp-with-double-push-button-safety
• Dial color: black
• Dial window material: anti-reflective-scratch-resistant-sapphire
• Movement type: swiss-automatic
• Water-resistant to 1000 feet

Features

• Quality Swiss Automatic movement; Functions without a battery; Powers automatically with the movement of your arm
• Domed, anti-reflective scratch-resistant sapphire crystal
• Case diameter: 41 mm
• Titanium case; Black dial; Date function
• Water-resistant to 300 M (1000 feet)

Amazon.com Product Description
Strap on this magnificent timepiece from Omega and experience luxurious style and peerless performance. The Seamaster Titanium Automatic Dive Watch boasts an exceptionally lightweight and durable 20-millimeter-wide titanium band that joins to a 46-millimeter-in-diameter titanium case. The unidirectional titanium bezel features Arabic numeral and geometric markers that make up a handy chronometer. Its scratch-resistant, sapphire-coated window protects an athletic black dial with white, luminescent hour indicators and stick minute markers. A discreet date window at the three o'clock position and luminescent hands make this exquisite watch as easy to read as it is finely crafted. The Swiss-automatic powered Seamaster is water resistant to an impressive 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

Quality Swiss Automatic Watch - for diving or the office
Excellent watch which uses the Automatic Chronometer Caliber: Omega 1120 movement --- a choronometer for accurate timekeeping. This can handle practically any water-activity being rated for 330meters/1000 feet. This handsome dive watch is also A-Okay to wear in the office or for evening affairs. It has a domed scratch-resistant sapphire crystal. It is also lighter than typical, with bracelet and case - 41.5mm width, 12mm thickness -- of titanium. The classic design and quality means that it will be appreciated by the next generation.

Finally! A Titanium Seamaster!
I own many fine watches in SS, SS & Gold, and all Gold, but none made of Titanium. I love the look of the watch and the weight! Very comfortable on the wrist. The Omega 1120 Automatic Movement keeps very good time with a 44 hour reserve. The Luminous hands and markers will light up a room they are so bright!

In short - this is a keeper!

Watchmakers Advice
I am rather opinionated when it comes to luxury watches. This comes from spending 2 years in watchmaking school, studying directly under the guidance of a certified master swiss watchmaker who came here from Europe. Watches, especially mid to high grade swiss watches, are a passion of mine. I am not loyal to a brand or a style or anything else. I judge them for what they are, in terms of quality, function, construction, and style. A watchmakers point of view.

This said I will tell you that this particular watch is what I consider to be a "best kept secret" sort of watch. This is an AUTOMATIC watch (read: Mechanical - NOT Quartz), and of CHRONOMETER grade function. Chronometer as used here is a measure of accurate timekeeping, not quality - a point often misunderstood - and is used mostly from a marketing point of view by companies such as Rolex. HOWEVER. This movement in THIS watch is actually EXCELLENT in terms of quality, time keeping ability, and construction - easily comparable to other Swiss made movements from other famous manufacturers costing several times as much. This watch, properly serviced, will provide a lifetime of use - and probably more. Absolutely the sort of watch you pass down to the next generation.

All in all - and EXCELLENT choice - especially for those seeking their first QUALITY Swiss watch purchase.

Definitely recommended!