Style Debate: Seamaster Planet Ocean 600M “SKYFALL” Limited Edition – ???
Ignore whatever the cost will be. It’ll be insane. Let’s limit this to the aesthetics.
Here’s the non-Bond Seamaster Planet Ocean 600. Now the details on this new one created for the film:
- 42 mm in diameter
- 600 meter water resistance
- 007 logo appears at 7 o’clock
- Divers’ Clasp on bracelet engraved with 007
- SKYFALL 007 is black-varnish engraved on the rotor, visible through a sapphire crystal caseback.
- Matte “structured” / brick textured black dial
- Powered by Omega’s new Co-Axial calibre 8507 movement
- Production run limited to 5,007 (hey-o) pieces
The differences (other than the movement) appear to be the 007 logo at 7 o’clock, the texture to the dial, and the engraved 007 logos on the clasp and rotor. Now the question:
Do the 007 logos help or hurt this thing? Plenty of you guys hate logos in general, but does adding a movie character’s branding make it less wearable, y’know, just in case you happen to have five, six, or 00-seven grand lying around? Adding the 007 logo to a special edition watch for the movie is nothing new, but still. Vote in the poll and leave your take in the comments…
Loading ...And one last question: Does Bond wear this 007 logo’d up version in the film? If so, is that like a band wearing their own t-shirt on stage?
Definitely tacky
I actually own an earlier version of the Seamaster and I won’t wear it around most of my friends because it’s too easy for them to get a few laughs over. Omega should be ashamed. I’d shoot myself in the foot before I’d wear that… Yet I do think it’s a great looking watch
Although not a fan of the 007 watch branding, I can’t say the same for the “Salute to the Army/Navy” Rolex watches http://drromanelli.com/blog/art/drx-bamford-army-vs-navy-release found here. All three host iconic charectors…maybe because the Rolex designs are letting you in on the whimsy, while the 007 Omega just looks….well, yes tacky seems to be the right word. Remember those superhero Halloween costumes from the 70’s, where you would have a plastic mask of, say Spiderman, and then your tunic would say “The Amazing Spiderman”? That sort of thing.
Overall it’s pretty tacky, but I do like that dial better than the shiny black on the regular Seamaster.
The 007 logo in the 7 o’clock position is an automatic deal-breaker.
I’d rather spring for actual movie memorabilia, not an expensive tie-in.
Definitely too tacky. Plus, who knows if Skyfall will be good? You could get the Goldfinger watch, which would at least be cool in thirty years, or you could be the schmuck who spent seven grand on a watch for Never Say Never Again.
While I don’t find it tacky I would rather own a Tag Heuer Monaco for the type of cash Omeaga will ask for this watch.
Seems awfully similar to buying a replica wand from Harry Potter out of the back of SkyMall magazine.
I love the Seamaster from Casino Royale, and I’d buy it if 3 grand on a watch were sensible for me. But the actual branded 007 watches are horrendous.
I like the dial texture a lot – it is supposedly based on the grill texture of an Aston Martin. The 007 is stupid, though at least they had the humor to put it at the 7 marker instead of right in the middle of the dial.
Is it tacky? Yes. Is it any tackier than Rolex stamping their name a dozen times around the chapter ring of their watches? That’s probably a matter of opinion.
As far as special and limited editions go, I don’t mind them, even if I wouldn’t buy them myself. I just wish they would show a little restraint and keep the branding and logos to the caseback. I feel like there’s a pretty limited market of people who like James Bond so much that they will spend thousands of dollars on a watch with “007” emblazoned right on the dial.
Why mess with a good thing? The watch looked good before the branding. Classy and understated…just like Bond is supposed to be.
I have to say, though, that the blue dial Aqua Terra is going to be a seriously sexy beast, with or without Bond branding. I’ve been really enjoying my (used, previous generation, quartz) Aqua Terra with blue sunburst dial. I think the blue teak will be even better-looking.
I like the texture on the dial a lot… the 007 is subtle at first glance, but I think a deal breaker
I think it’s a good looking watch, but I agree the 007 branding is a deal breaker. While we might all aspire to dress like a fictional MI6 agent, there’s no need to make it that obvious to everyone else.
Nice watch, but I’m not interested in 007 branding on my wrist.
I like the Structured face, but the 007 logo reminds me of a watch I had as a kid that lit up like the one in the GoldenEye videogame when you hit the glow button on the side
You want to wear Bond’s watch? His doesn’t have 007 on it. Yours shouldn’t either.
at least they only made 5,007
It’s Bond o’clock. Do you know where your children are?
Bond would never wear a watch that’s labeled 007 all over it. It would be hilarious if he wore this watch in the movies though. “It’s Bond alright, look at his watch.” Ian Fleming’s Bond wore a Rolex Explorer.
Few laughs over what? A great looking watch?
Nix the 007 logos and I love it. The textured dial is nice, just dont like the branding.
Without Popeye, that Navy Rolex is amazing.
As someone mentioned it feels like a Harry Potter watch from SkyMall. To me it’s tacky, and I’m a huge Bond fan! Personally I prefer the Speedmaster which seems to stands on it’s own and doesn’t look like all the variants of Submariners that are around … especially when there are so many cheap (very good) knock offs from the likes of Orient and Invicta.
Not exactly related, but I found this little tidbit on their site in the “related content” link:
“Quantum of Solace, produced by Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli
for EON Productions and directed by Marc Forster, was released
internationally in November 2008 and became one of the franchise’s most
successful motion pictures.”
I wonder what Omega considers to be successful? If they made a watch for a million dollars and came away with a million and one dollars, would it be the best-selling watch they ever made?
I charge a premium for ad space on my body. What is your offer Omega?
Wait,
the 007 Omega is tacky, but a Rolex with Popeye isn’t? With all due respect, I
don’t follow. Granted, I too think the Omega is tacky. Everything on the dial
looks awesome, except for the branding. It just feels like a much (much,
much…) more expensive version of this: http://bit.ly/NMFcJ7.
Only if it comes with a 007-branded Aston Martin.
The branding on this watch is more subtle than the past Bond watches (if you didn’t know, this isn’t the first time) but as a whole, the watch is awesome. I wish they release a version of the PO with this dial (without branding of course).
BTW, Omega is my fav watch company…lol
It looks great for a watch collection, but I would never wear it out and about.
All Seamasters are ugly.
I personally wouldn’t buy this watch with the 007 branding on it, even if I could come anywhere close to being able to pay a fraction of the watch’s price. It’s the same for me for the branded Tom Ford sunglasses from QoS,–they looked excellent before the branding, but with it, it’s somewhat unwearable….if you have James Bond gear, you want it to be elegant yet understated. As with what Bond wears in the film, when you see it, you should ask yourself, “Whoa, what (product) is he wearing, that’s SO sweet?”–it shouldn’t be screaming 007 with logos everywhere. The disclaimer with all of this is that because there’s so much publicity surrounding what Bond wears now, everyone seems to know the key brands before the movie comes out. In the film itself, from photos on the set, it appears Bond is wearing the regular Seamaster, which is as it should be.
At least it’s subtle and they did a good job with placement, but still… no thanks.
haha those are terrible
I may very well be off on this Josh, and expect that I am. With the Popeye watch, even though it is a Rolex it is in the spirit of fun. The Bond watch just looks like it is trying to be cool, but fails. With the Rolex, you are in on the joke. With the Omega, you are the joke.
If you have the money to buy something like this, you should be smart enough not to buy it.
I could be wrong about this but the Rolex Explorer was introduced in 1971. There is no reference to Bond’s watch brand in any of the books, however since Fleming loved his Rolex Submariner, the first movies depicted Bond wearing one and that stuck.
The dial is beautiful. They murdered this watch with the 007 branding.
Bond’s watch has been branded since the novels. No issue to me.
*pointing tat to the closest optometrist* lol
Different strokes for different folks
The Rolex Explorer came out in 1953. In the Bond books (which started in the ’50s), Fleming originally had Bond wearing unidentified cheap metal watches that could be used as easily-replaceable emergency “knuckledusters”. In later ’50s books, Fleming changed to an unidentified but suspiciously Explorer-like Rolex after a fan converted him to the brand and he bought himself an Explorer. No models and no other brands exist in the books. In the 1962 movie version of Dr. No, Sean Connery was loaned a producer’s Rolex Submariner on an ill-fitted regimental-stripe cloth strap only because that producer happened to know of Fleming’s Rolex conversion; there was no actual plan or budget for watch consideration. Later Omega offered a deal (Rolex didn’t do that sort of thing), and that was that. There were also a bunch of other watches worn in the movies.
This Omega modle isn’t to “wear what Bond wears”, only to show brand affinity, like a Micky Mouse T-shirt. I’d wear it was if I was materially associated with Bond film production, otherwise not.
The question isn’t about whether this is tacky or whether you’d wear it. The question is whether you’d wear this watch with or without the additional identification. *And then* whether you’d pay whatever extra for a limited-run watch with a few distinctive marks. This is a watch aficionado/collector question, not really something a general audience would appreciate.
To be honest, the differences are subtle if you didn’t know they were there or to look for them. I approve.
That said, I’m not a watch snob nor have budget for something like this, but if I did, I’d not rule it out of my collection just because of a few logos.
The whole Bond Omega Seamaster marketing is awful; I have a real issue with the blue wavy dial version it seems every Guy who thinks he needs a proper watch gets one of these a rite of Passage in to man hood . I had 3 friends at a wedding all wearing the same watch , albeit 2 were quartz HIDEOUS I need new friends . Here is a good read http://www.watchtime.at/archive/wt_2009_01/WT_2009_01_084.pdf I think JB’s first watch was actually a Girard Perregaux in Casino Royale
You can get the unbranded, screen-used model instead. That’s what I would do. The branded version is a collectible.
I don’t think its as bad as people are making out, given the option I’d go for the unbranded version but its still a nice looking watch.
I would love to take it off your hands since your ashamed of it.