234.10.39.20.01.001, SEAMASTER 300 1957 TRILOGY, LIMITED EDITION

$4,750

An Omega Seamaster 300 from the 1957 Trilogy, ref. 234.10.39.20.01.001, one of 3,557 pieces.

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An Omega Seamaster 300 from the 1957 Trilogy, ref. 234.10.39.20.01.001, one of 3,557 pieces. The black dial is a faithful study of the original: broad arrow hands, a triangle at twelve, and luminous material in a warm, vintage tone that looks like it has spent sixty years in the sun. The steel case measures 39mm, matching the dimensions of the 1957 original. The black bezel carries the period count scale, and the whole watch has the lean, tool-like profile that modern dive watches lost along the way. Inside is the Master Chronometer calibre 8806, a time-only automatic certified by METAS and resistant to magnetic fields of 15,000 gauss. It is worn on a steel bracelet.

In 1957, Omega launched three professional watches at once: the Speedmaster for racing, the Railmaster for scientists and engineers working near magnetic fields, and the Seamaster 300, reference CK2913, for divers. Together they defined Omega's tool watch identity for the next half century. The CK2913 was Omega's first purpose-built professional dive watch, a simple, legible design with broad arrow hands. Sixty years later, in 2017, Omega reissued all three as the 1957 Trilogy, each limited to 3,557 pieces. Rather than modernise the designs, Omega went back to the originals, rebuilding the dimensions and the details. The Seamaster 300 is the one that most clearly shows where every Seamaster since came from.

We sourced this watch for the lume. Omega did not just print the markers in a cream colour, it gave them the warm, uneven glow of a watch that has lived a long life, and against the black dial the effect is uncanny. Then the broad arrow hands sweep over the top, the same silhouette divers relied on in 1957. At 39mm on a steel bracelet, it wears the way a real dive watch did before the category grew out of proportion. And under the vintage face sits a Master Chronometer movement, so the history comes without compromise. It is the rare reissue that feels like the original, not a costume of it. Curated with intent.