Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10656 in Watches
• Brand: Omega
• Model: 2254.50
• Band material: stainless-steel
• Bezel material: stainless-steel
• Case material: stainless-steel
• Clasp type: fold-over-push-button
• 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
• Stainless-steel case; Black dial; Date function
• Water-resistant to 300 M (1000 feet)

Amazon.com Product Description
Set sail with confidence and style to points unknown with this classic Omega Seamaster stainless steel men's automatic chronometer watch, a highly accurate timepiece that's as comfortable negotiating deals in the boardroom as it is navigating the breaking seas. It's also a great diving watch, with water resistance to 300 meters (984 feet), screw-down helium release valve at 10 o'clock, and easy-to grasp rotating bezel--even with wet suit gloves. Definitively masculine in design, it features a large, round silver stainless steel watch case that blends brushed and polished surfaces and measures 41mm (1.61 inches) wide and 12mm (0.47 inches) deep. This watch includes an aluminum unidirectional rotating bezel black with silver engraved ten-minute marks (in large Arabic numerals).

The black dial background is accented by a Geneva wave pattern and it includes large, luminous Dauphine hands (with seconds hand) and baton dial markers, as well as a window at 3 o'clock for the automatic date display. Other features include a screw-in caseback, screw-locked crown, 44-hour power reserve, and scratch-resistant and glare-proofed domed sapphire crystal. It's completed by a silver stainless steel link bracelet band that offers polished highlights, which is joined by a secure, push-button clasp. This adjustable band measures 7 inches in length.

Originally created in the 1750s, the first chronometers were clocks that were accurate enough to calculate the longitude of a ship's position. Today, the chronometer label is bestowed upon timepieces that have undergone precision tests and received a certificate from the official COSC (Control Officile Suisse de Chronometers) regulatory organization that rigorously tests and certifies (or fails) watch movements for chronometer status.

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

lemon
Unhappy enough to write my first review. I've owned two seamasters, both automatics. First I purchased online, didn't work. I am a tri-athlete, scuba-diver and mountain climber. I run at least three miles per day with the watch on, but usually exercise more, so movement to charge watch isn't an issue. Anyway, the first one stopped working about three weeks after I bought it. I'd taken it swimming, running and diving. So I returned it and bought one from an authorized Omega dealer. This one was better, it worked for about three months. Up to that point, I'd only taken it running, never even got it wet. Took it in for repair, got it back in SIX WEEKS. Worked for another three months. During that time I took it mountaineering (only 16K ft), running and windsurfing. Stopped again. Took it back, gone another six weeks. Got it back, stopped again after about one month. I left it on my bureau for a while, then took it back a few days ago. Anyway, at this point the warranty is expired, so I am not hopeful. Three possibilities: 1. by some quirk of probability I received the only two bad watches this company makes, 2. this is simply a cheap piece of crap sold at a high price by con artists or 3. it is designed for the SUV owner market, people who want to think about the outdoors but will never actually use it as advertised. I will follow up if Omega makes this right by replacing it or refunding my money.

AWESOME WATCH
I always been in the Omega club due to its reliabilty and ofcourse its looks. You really have to see it up close to see how beautiful it is. It definately gets you the attention from watch lovers. I noticed Tag recently came up with models that looks like this watch and with a much lower price tag. Keep in mind folks, when you compare both watches you will see the differences in its craftsmanship. You will see how far Omega goes on its reputation and its reliability. And for the value, there is no match. If you are debating whether you should buy this or not, go to a jeweler and take a good look at it and feel how heavy it is and so on... This particular model is a AUTOMATIC, which means you will have to wear it on a regular basis to get it wound. Hopefully this helps.

wonderful, beautiful watch
just got it last week after much anticipation.
i have to say, the quality is just perfect.
everything about the omega seamaster is flawless.
it's the nicest watch i've owned. i really recommend it.
however you might consider waiting a few months, maybe end of 2008,
rumor has it that the new models will have the co-axial escapement mechanism that requires less lubrication, which means that you can go 10 years before having your watch serviced. otherwise, with this model, you have to have it adjusted every 4 years or so, which costs a few hundred dollars each time. still, beautiful watch. when/if the coaxial version comes out i might trade it in towards that one.


minor point, maybe.
but the official description on this pages says the watch is "46mm or 1.61 inches" in diameter.and anyway 1.61 inches is not 46mm, it's 41mm.
i don't think omega makes a seamaster that's 46mm.
it's 41mm, the "gent's size".