Fratello Friday’s Top 5 Omega Replica Watches

Following up on the recent release of the latest James Bond watch — like many previous ones, an Omega Seamaster Replica Watches— we revisit this “Fratello Friday” article in which I offer my personal all-time “Top 5” list of Omega Seamaster watches.
Omega introduced the Seamaster collection in 1948. In 1957, Omega introduced the first real divers’-watch Seamaster, the CK2913. This first Seamaster 300 was in the same sporty vein as the Omega Replica and Railmaster. The dressier Seamaster models were re-branded as Seamaster DeVille, and eventually the DeVille would became an Omega watch family of its own.
In addition to the various versions of the Seamaster 300, another iconic Seamaster watch from the past is the Omega Replica Watches PloProf 600m — a watch built for professional diving and which also has a little COMEX history behind it. The original PloProf was developed with help of COMEX and Jacques Cousteau — before both chose to work with Rolex, of course.
1. Omega Seamaster XVI, ca. 1956
Although way too small for me to wear, this beautiful rose-gold Seamaster XVI was manufactured to commemorate the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne. There is also a rarer version, with a Chinese lacquered logo on the dial, but I like this one a bit more. It has self-winding movement with a copper-gold finish.


2. Omega Seamaster PloProf, ca.1971
Something completely different than Number 1 on this list, perhaps even its opposite. This monster was – as already mentioned in the introduction – designed with some help from the French diving company COMEX and introduced in 1971. The wearer turns the rotating divers’ bezel by pressing the red button. The case has a monobloc construction, so the movement would need to be removed on the front side, via the crystal. It has a copper-colored Cheap Omega Replica Caliber 1000, a self-winding movement.


3. Omega Seamaster 300 CK2913, ca. 1957
The mother of all Omega divers’ watches, the Seamaster 300 is a watch with an appearance very similar to that era’s famous Speedmaster watch, but with a totally different purpose. The Omega Replica also featured the same “Broad Arrow” shaped hands as the Speedmaster until it was succeeded by a new reference in 1962. Inside, the copped-colored Caliber 501 movement powers the watch.


4. Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean GMT GoodPlanet
With the traditional Seamaster Planet Ocean watches measuring either 42 mm or a whopping 45.5 mm in diameter, I was pleasantly surprised to see this Omega Replica Watches introduced in 43.5-mm case. The GoodPlanet version is a tribute to Yann Arthus-Bertrand’s GoodPlanet foundation. This watch contains Omega’s in-house Co-Axial movement, Caliber 8605.


5. Omega Seamaster Professional 300M Chronograph Diver Titanium
Perhaps the odd one on this list, but it a personal favorite of mine. Even though I am not particularly a fan of titanium cases nor of ETA/Valjoux 7750-based movements, I appreciate this piece for a few reasons.

Omega Replica Speedmaster Racing

Before Omega’s legendary Speedmaster watch was worn by astronauts on the moon — and thus forever linked to space exploration and assigned the nickname “Moonwatch” — it was much more closely associated with the decidedly earthbound activity of automobile racing. In fact, when Omega introduced the first Speedmaster in 1957, it designed the watch’s dial to resemble the dashboard of that era’s Italian sports cars. Motorsports and rally drivers prized the Omega Replica Speedmaster for its chronograph capability and for the fact that it was the first chronograph watch that positioned its tachymeter scale on the bezel rather than the dial.

Omega Replica
Omega Replica

The Omega Speedmaster Replica Watches Racing, on the market since 2012, is a return to the brand’s automotive roots. Its got a 40-mm steel case with a matte black tachymeter ring, made of aluminum, on the bezel. The type on the tachymeter scale is in either gray or gray/yellow or gray/red combos. Omega Replica Watches familiar seahorse emblem is featured on the solid steel caseback.

Omega Replica Watches
Omega Replica Watches

The chronograph subdials, also available in several color schemes, sport a triangular Clous de Paris pattern. The 30-minute counter is at 3 o’clock; the 12-hour counter is at 6 o’clock; and the small seconds display is at 9 o’clock. There is also a date window at the 6 o’clock position; Cheap Omega Replica includes a date corrector tool with each watch. The watch comes on a steel bracelet or a black rubber strap with a distinctive embossed pattern that bring to mind the treads of a race car’s tires — just another way the Swiss brand is putting the “speed” back in its Speedmaster.

Replica Watches
Replica Watches

Movement: Omega Caliber 3330, automatic, column-wheel chronograph; officially certified chronometer; 31 jewels; 28,800 vph; co-axial escapement with 3 levels; silicon “si 14” balance spring on Omega free sprung-balance; Nivachoc shock absorber; 52-hour power reserve
Functions: Central hours and minutes; small seconds at 9 o’clock; date at 6 o’clock; chronograph with central seconds hand, 30-minute subdial at 3 o’clock, 12-hour subdial at 6 o’clock
Case: stainless steel with polished and brushed finishes; diameter = 40 mm; thickness = 15.05 mm; stainless steel bezel with matte black aluminium tachymeter ring with grey/yellow scaling; polished crown and pushers; embossed Omega logo on crown; domed, scratch-resistant sapphire crystal with nonreflective treatment on both sides; screw-down caseback stamped with seahorse medallion; water-resistant to 100 meters; on rubber strap or patented screw-and-pin steel bracelet with foldover clasp
Dial and hands: Vertically brushed main dial in gray; triangular-Clou de Paris-textured subdials in black; yellow touch hour markers; transferred indices with Super-Luminova; blackened, rhodium-plated or varnished white hour, minute and seconds hands; blackened, rhodium-plated, varnished yellow or white chronograph hands

Omega Replica De Ville Hour Vision Annual Calendar

The calendar is the most popular Cheap Replica Watches complication by far, that’s why we decided to review a number of watches with various types of calendars. One of them was the Omega De Ville Hour Vision Annual Calendar, which needs resetting just once per year. For our analysis and results, along with original photos by Nik Schölzel, read on.
On most calendar watches, the date display advances to “31” regardless of how many days are in the month. This means that at the ends of months having fewer than 31 days, you must advance the date display manually to have the “1” displayed on the right day. An annual calendar reduces the number of annual adjustments to one. It advances correctly for every month having 30 or 31 days; the only month it can’t master is February, which, of course, has either 28 or 29 days. The annual calendar gets its name from its ability to run for an entire year without correction.

Cheap Replica Watches
Cheap Replica Watches

The Omega Replica Hour Vision Annual Calendar has a very simple calendar display, consisting only of an oblong window. This contributes to the watch’s sporty-elegant character. The Omega is the only calendar watch of those we reviewed that does not have any subdials. Omega wanted to limit the number of displays on the dial, so it decided that in addition to the date it would show only the month, which you need to see in order to set the calendar.
The watch’s movement, the COSC-certified 8601, a double-barreled automatic, is derived from Caliber 8500, Omega Replica Watches first in-house base movement. It is fitted with an improved version of Omega’s proprietary Co-Axial escapement. Unlike the 8500, the 8601 has an innovative silicon hairspring designed to increase precision. Fine regulation is accomplished by means of four screws on the balance. The balance is supported by a bridge that helps protect it from shocks and enables more precise adjustment of the Cheap Omega Replica endshake, which improves the rate performance. The movement’s decoration suits its modern design: black screws, black barrels, a black balance and red highlighted engraving. Some edges of the bridges, screws and chatons are beveled. The sturdy and easy-to-use folding clasp matches the high quality of the finishing, with great attention given to its details. The clasp holds and guides the strap so that very little metal touches the skin.

Omega Replica
Omega Replica

Functions: Hours, minutes, seconds; annual calendar with date and month
Movement: Omega Caliber 8601, automatic; 25,200 vph; fine regulating system with free-sprung balance; power reserve = 55 hours
Case: Stainless steel, nonreflective sapphire crystal, sapphire windows on caseback and sides, water-resistant to 100 meters

Testing the Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra Replica Watches

Cheap Omega Replica internal base, Caliber 8500, debuted at De Ville Hour Vision in early 2007 and served in many Omega watches. Among them were Seamaster Aqua Terra, which was equipped with automatic movement in 2008. OMEGA also improved the look of the wrist watch. The previously smooth dial now runs perpendicular to the parallel ridge, and the date shows that the surrounding frame is raised above the plane of the dial. The facet of the frame is a good match for the unique 3D hourly index, and now they are coated with luminescent material. The two digit interval of five minutes instead of the small light points around the old Aqua Terra dial. The Omega Replica hands are double sided along the longitudinal axis, matching the score on the index, and can replace the simple fold defining the long axis of the long hand.
The shape of the dial has remained the same, and the dial with a diameter of 41.5 millimeters shows a high quality impression. The understanding of visual effects is mainly due to middleware, which has organically curved lugs and very precise alternating polishing and satin surfaces. In our test Omega Replica, only the transition from the disc to the narrow angle lug can be carefully executed. Otherwise, the craft of the case is very good. This case has a sapphire crystal before and after, with non reflective treatment on both sides of the crystal. The crown can be screwed back around its perimeter. These details ensure that this situation can withstand 150 meters of water pressure.

Omega Replica
Omega Replica

Stainless steel bracelets are also of great concern for quality, although the style here is less detailed than the dials and Omega Replica Watches. The bracelet is huge, but not too thick, and its links are firmly screwed. The surface is satin, the side polished. Double discount has its advantages and disadvantages. All components, including two safety buttons, have been milled from a solid steel block, and the lack of a closed bow makes the wristband very elegant on the wrist. But the length of the bracelet can not be adjusted by the spring lever, so the only way is to use a screwdriver to remove half of the link or the entire link until the bracelet matches perfectly. This means that the Cheap Replica Watches wearer can adjust the size of the wristband slightly without using the tool. In addition, the safety button opens only one wing of the double fold fastener, so the wearer has to flip the other side by giving it a small mop.
This Omega Replica is very easy to operate. The crown is constructed so that it is firmly screwed, but has a large, easy to grip surface and artfully snaps into its various positions. After the crown is unscrewed, the watch has almost no resistance, and the mainspring was artificial wounds nearly inaudible, although often does not need manual winding, because this power automatic watch chain accumulated 60 hours of storage. By the end of the week, you’ll have to silence it before you reset it and rewind it.