Not all images were able to load for printing. Please close the print window and try again. The Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra with new Glossy Black Dials
The Aqua Terra in a sleek, classic attire available in all 3 sizes.
The Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra has carved out a unique spot in the Seamaster family as a stylish, versatile, and durable everyday watch, perfect for both land and sea. While not classified as a professional dive watch, it offers a comfortable 150m water resistance (aqua), classic aesthetics, and a precise movement that seamlessly transitions from the office to any adventure (terra). This Seamaster is designed by Omega to be an all-rounder, suitable for everyday wear, in any setting, and for virtually any occasion. The model is available in an array of colours and materials with 3 main sizes: 41mm, 38mm and 34mm. Over 100 different references are listed on the brand’s website, including the recent Mondo Duplantis edition. But as more options are surely not a bad thing, we are getting a new, stark black dial bringing a modern edge to the classic design, enhancing its elegance and versatility.
The Seamaster Aqua Terra is now rounded out with a new black dial available in all three sizes; 41mm, 38mm and 34mm. These new dials do not feature the signature Aqua Terra “teak” grooved horizontal pattern inspired by the wooden decks of luxury sailboats and instead come with a glossy lacquered finish. The deep black hue provides great contrast with the luminous hands and markers, ensuring optimal readability in any condition. The 41mm and 38mm versions feature their traditional trapezoidal framed date window, triangular indexes and broad arrow hands. The smaller 34mm Aqua Terra has a rounded date window, sailboat-shaped indexes and no minute track.
Other than the dial updates, these new Aqua Terra are the same as the models in the collection. The fully polished, symmetrical steel case (like the recent Shade collection) stands out with the collection’s characteristic twisted lyre lugs and conical crown. The sapphire crystal features a double-sided anti-reflective coating, as well as a sapphire caseback. Courtesy of the screw-in crown and caseback, the water resistance is rated at 150m.
The movements are respectively the automatic Omega 8900 for the Aqua Terra 41mm and the automatic Omega 8800 for the 38mm and 34mm versions. Both calibres are Master Chronometer certified movements, resistant to magnetic fields reaching 15,000 Gauss. Their free-sprung balance is fitted with a silicon hairspring. The power reserve is rated at 60-hour (double-barrel) for calibre 8900 and 55-hour (single barrel) for the Calibre 8800. Visible via the exhibition caseback, these movements are rhodium plated and decorated with arabesque Geneva stripes and red varnished engraving.
These new Seamaster Aqua Terra Black Dial are worn on a 3-link, brushed and polished bracelet with redesigned links – smaller and more rounded – closed by a butterfly clasp. These are covered with a 5-year international warranty. The price is set at EUR 7,300 or CHF 6,300 for all versions.
For more information, please visit www.omegawatches.com.
8 responses
It’s still a very good GADA watch, but i can’t get used to see an AT at 7.3k€, it’s mad….
Very nice however the AT Shades retail for $6600 in the US, so to get a black dial they are charging another +$1200 more price increase? That’s nuts and frankly offensive.
According to the website, it looks like this bracelet has a comfort adjustment on the butterfly clasp. This would be a game changer for people who had this reservation about the AT.
Please help me, I’m confused. What is the difference between a “new release”, a “reissue/re-issue”, and an update? I have difficulties identifying the “new” in these watches in contrast to “another” or “similar”. I see high-quality watches, of course, solid and shiny, but nothing on these watches is new, except the composition of old ideas. We’ve seen glossy dials in reference 2503.50.00 and those calibers are in this world for quite a while, aren’t they? What I can see, however, is something that is obvious at least since the 75th Seamaster anniversary was celebrated with a new colour: all we get is “the same in a new colour” or (with the new Speedmasters in mind) “the same in new materials” but nothing is new, let alone “revolutionary”. BTW, where are all the new watches with this Spirate™ System? Go for a Seiko. You’ll get better watches for less.
Perhaps, you can at least help me understanding another problem? How does it come the new De Ville with a permanent calendar complication never got mentioned by one of the major magazines? At least these two watches can be considered “new”.
So one of the new things about this is the claps with micro adjustment and you say nothing about that… How can this be so hard, not even a photo of the clasp…
Is the text and photos only a copy paste from omega or what?
I love your articles. They’re usually the most documented. So I’m studied how you could have not explained how the new bracelet confort system worked out (on the fly adjustment)
Nice in 38mm. But how can Omega justify offering 34/38mm 8800 and 41mm 8900 powered versions for the same price? Nothing wrong with the 8800, but the 8900 is substantially more advanced. Not many car makers would try charging the same for a 4 cylinder compact and a V6 saloon, even if they were the same colour.
I am also disappointed that the comfort adjustment isn’t even mentioned because this is a huge update for me and most fellow watch lovers