What we Know About the New Omega Seamaster Launching at Baselworld 2014

As it is every year, the watch press is being overwhelmed with previews of new watches set to be presented during Baselworld 2014. Some brands have already shown their products in all their glory, with no secrets left to unveil, while others have revealed only bits and pieces of their upcoming releases. Last year, Omega leaked information regarding its replica Tag Heuer Carrera Speedmaster Professional “Tintin” a day before Baselworld started. This year, the brand presented some teasers on its official Facebook page with bits and pieces of a new Omega Seamaster watch. Among the 500,000-plus fans of that page, there were some Photoshop magicians that were able to unravel the mystery without much hassle. Although we will not be sure until Thursday, March 27, when Baselworld officially starts, it appears that the new watch will harken back to the very first Omega Seamaster 300 watch, Reference CK2913. Introduced in 1957, the same year as the Omega Speedmaster (CK2915) and Omega Railmaster (CK2914), it shared the same case design as these other two. They all featured a straight-lug case and had the same combination of polished and satin-brushed parts. All three watches had a specific function, the Railmaster being the anti-magnetic watch, the Speedmaster a chronograph and the Seamaster 300 a divers’ watch. Other parts that the Seamaster shared with the Railmaster and Speedmaster models included the bracelet and “broad arrow” hands. Omega used automatic Caliber 501 as the movement in the Seamaster 300. This beautiful, copper-colored, in-house-developed movement was also used in several other Omega watches. One might guess that the ’300′ in the watch’s name stood for 300 meters of water-resistance, but it did not. The Seamaster 300 was rated at 200 meters, but since the watch’s performance was so much better than omega seamaster Replica was able to test with its equipment (which only measured to a depth of 200 meters), Omega made the decision to dub it “Seamaster 300.” This Seamaster 300 Reference CK2913 was used until 1960, when it was replaced with the Seamaster 300 Reference CK14.755. The later reference did not have the “broad arrow” hands and also used a different movement (Caliber 552). What we’ve learned from the teasers that Omega showed us, is that the new Seamaster has a straight-lug case and “broad arrow” hands like the original. The dial does not read “Seamaster 300″ but “Master Co-Axial Chronometer,” probably because “Seamaster 300″ is more or less being (re)used already for the Seamaster 300M or “James Bond” watch. Some questions still unanswered are the type of movement that will be used for this watch and which bracelet will be used — as well as the price, of course! We also have seen in Omega’s teasers for the watch that at least one version has a Ceragold bezel. That would probably mean there will be a gold model as well, rather than a model in a gold/stainless steel combination. As far as the Co-Axial movement inside, our guess is that Omega will use either the Caliber 8500 movement or the new, anti-magnetic Caliber 8505 movement, which made its debut in the Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra 15,000 Gauss model. The team at Fratellowatches.com is privileged to have the first meeting with Omega De Ville Replica on March 27th, as soon as the doors officially open at Baselworld 2014. Instead of following the crowds running to the Rolex booth, we will be looking at this new Seamaster Co-Axial Master Chronometer ‘Seamaster 300,’ among other new products yet to be announced. Keep an eye on Fratellowatches that morning, as we will be quickly posting photos of these watches.