Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6173 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.

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.

OMEGA SEAMASTER MIDSIZE
NICE WATCH,I BOUGHT THE MIDSIZE,MY WRIST IS 7 1/4 INCHES THE MIDSIZE LOOKS GREAT,THE FULLSIZE LOOKED TO BIG ON WRIST WHEN I TRIED IT ON.IAM READY TO BUY THE BLUE SEAMASTER ALSO.