The Long-Awaited, Not-So-Secret Omega Seamaster Diver 300M No-Date

The secret is finally out with this one, although it wasn’t the very best-kept secret to begin with. Over the past few months, starting at this year’s Summer Olympics, former James Bond actor and Omega ambassador Daniel Craig was already spotted wearing a black dial No-Date version of the Omega Seamaster Diver 300M, the brand’s iconic diving instrument. Speculation and anticipation rose amongst collectors and enthusiasts, but the long wait is finally over! Four references are introduced, with a mix of materials, yet all moving away from ceramics. Here’s our first look at the new Omega Seamaster Diver 300M No-Date collection, that’s now made available to us all!

Now, I’m pretty sure you are well acquainted with the Seamaster Diver 300M so I won’t go into full detail regarding its background and evolutions. We’ll get to that with a proper in-depth hands-on story soon, as we always do. The Seamaster Diver 300M has been in the collection since 1993 (although initially known as the Seamaster Professional 300, or SMP300 in short) and it has been one of the most important collections for Omega. Since its inception, it has come and gone in many iterations and in various colours, materials and complications. It even appeared on the Big Screen in multiple James Bond movies, lastly portrayed by Daniel Craig, the man who played an important role in the build-up of this release. Craig, a known Omega brand ambassador, was first seen wearing a steel and black No-Date version of the Seamaster Diver 300M during the Summer Olympics, which has now materialised in this.

So what’s new with this one? From the outset, Omega has used the Seamaster Diver 300M 007 Edition (worn in No Time To Die) as a reference and has done in with ceramics. And it’s lacking a date, obviously. For the rest, we’re dealing with the 42mm wide and 13.8mm tall stainless steel case in the familiar shape and design. As ever, it has the crown at 3′ and the helium escape valve nipple at 10′. The hallmark notched bezel comes in steel with a black aluminium insert with a white scale, or in grade 5 titanium with a grained insert with the diving scale in positive relief.

Moving to the dial, removing the date keeps things nice and simple. The full steel model has a black aluminium dial with a laser-engraved wave-like pattern. This is reminiscent of the small waves of the early Seamaster Diver 300M models, so I’m positive fans will love it! The steel and titanium model, however, gets a vertically brushed steel PVD-coated dial. Both feature the familiar architecture with applied hour markets, openworked hour and minute hands and a lollipop central seconds hand, all finished with Super-LumiNova.

Under the sapphire crystal caseback, you can get an unobstructed glimpse of the Calibre 8806, known for the special edition for the 37th Americas Cup and various other iterations. This ticks at a frequency of 25,200vph and is regulated by the brand’s signature co-axial escapement. It provides up to 55 hours of autonomy in a single barrel and is, as ever, a METAS Master Certified Chronometer. The rotor is finished with Arabesque Côtes de Genève and red varnished lettering, as you would expect coming from Omega.

Omega puts the new Seamaster Diver 300M No-Date on a case-matching mesh bracelet with a folding clasp, or a black or grey rubber strap (depending on the reference). The mesh bracelet is similar to the one we know from the titanium 007 ‘No Time To Die’ Edition and the 60 Years Of James Bond edition and is actually very comfortable on the wrist. The rubber straps are also quite common in the collection, and do their job perfectly!

The all-new Seamaster Diver 300M No-Date retails for CHF 5,200 / USD 5.900 / EUR 6,600 on the black or grey rubber strap or CHF 5,700 / USD 6,500 / EUR 7,200 on the mesh steel bracelet, regardless of the bezel material. That’s an increase of roughly EUR 500 over the standard Seamaster Diver 300M with a date. All versions are added to the permanent collection and are available as of now.

For more information, please visit Omega.com.