Omega Seamaster 300M Owner Review : Comfortable, efficient and iconic

This is one of the first watches that struck me when I started to get interested in watches with its extremely changing blue dial with the lighting, its inimitable case style with the lyre lugs, the helium valve and its polished insert typical of the 90s which makes it inimitable. It would have been designed to my knowledge first for the Japanese market, already screaming at the time of vintage-inspired watches. It is therefore the case common to the Bond Seamaster but with a rather unique dial with the wave pattern, in an electric blue enamel finish which has a certain charm. It has the sword hands of the black 2254.80, the watch worn by the navigator Peter Blake at that time and the big triangle indices at 12 o'clock (affectionately called the pizza slice) inspired by the Seamaster supplied to the British army in the 70s. An explosive combo and a thinness of only 11.6 mm that really makes it halfway between the waterproof dress watch of the early Seamaster and the tool diver that this series has subsequently become. A bit like its direct competitor from the 1990s, the Submariner pre ceramic, the 2255.80 is as comfortable under a shirt as over a diving suit. The bracelet shared with the Speedmaster 1861 is much stronger than a Rolex Oyster of the time, but has for me the only flaw of this watch, the lack of micro adjustment to the buckle ... Problem that can be solved by a more recent Seamaster buckle adaptable, but which loses the finesse of that of this first generation. Or the other solution that I chose of the aftermarket bracelet like from Forstner to vary the pleasures. Last point, the movement is ETA 2892 top grade slightly modified for Omega, a standard of the time reliable and repairable without any worries which allows as a bonus the finesse of the case that the current Seamasters have lost.