There are thousands of watches in the support of less than $ 10,000, but if I had to press the trigger on one today, it would be the Omega Seamaster Diver 300m Co-Axial Chromony 42 mm, in particular the black dial on a steel bracelet (REF. 210.30.42.20.01.001).
For what? Because it is the perfect contradiction. Quietly emblematic without being noisy. Technically modern without trying too hard. Beautiful in a way that does not beg. This is the watch that you notice on someone's wrist not because it is bent, but because it's just.
I'm going to be honest. I have never been a same guy. The Helium Valve has always disturbed me, the wave dial was a bit stuck in 2006, and the association with Bond, while legendary, has become a little costume. But in recent years, Omega has made the impossible. They made the Seamaster again. Not in a sort of restarting, heavy heritage. In a functional and prospective way. The result is a daily diver that seems modern, clear and self -confident.
One of the largest improvements in my opinion is the rise of the dial without date. While most of the references of this line always include a date window at six o'clock, the recent movements of Omega, in particular with limited or special editions, show that they know how clean the dial is without it. The deletion of the complication of the date restores symmetry, allows the waves dial breathing and composes the aesthetics of the tool.
If you can find a date without date, especially in black, it seems even clearer. Clean, more refined and dare I say it, more adult.
The 42 mm case strikes an ideal point. He is portable, not oversized, but always has a presence. The black ceramic dial and the telescope give it a subtle stealthy call. No flashy colors. No gadgets. It's like the guy who wears a perfectly cut black suit without a pocket square and always enters a room as he owns.
Inside, you have the Co-axial chronometer in metas-certified movement. This means anti-magnetism, the solid precision of rock and the type of reliability which gives what it is first of all similar to a tool watch and a luxury item. Water resistant at 300 meters and built like a tank, this is not the kind of room that you baby. You wear it in the ocean, for dinner or through time zones without blinking.
And it may be the biggest attraction. It is a serious watch but it does not take itself too seriously. There is just enough Bond DNA to give it an attitude, without having the impression of heading to a cosplay agreement in a tuxedo and a earpiece.
So yes, if I only had $ 10,000 to fall on a watch right now, I would be blackened and I would never look back. No ragrets. No media threshing. Just a fucking watch.
