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With Omega Extract of Records confirming that the present Seamaster 300 Military diver watch was delivered to the Royal Navy on 15 August 1967, bearing a special military engraving "0552 04/67" on the outside case back, the case with fixed bars.
This Military Seamaster 300 is one of the exceedingly rare examples of the legendary model to appear in public to date and particularly noteworthy for its very good, original condition considering its initial purpose: the use under extreme conditions by a Royal Navy diver.
Its case has evidently never been exposed to careless handling or polishing and impresses with its full body and well defined fluted lugs. The engraved military markings to the outside of the screw back are clearly legible. Both crown and bezel are the correct versions, the latter featuring minute markings used for the calculation of the decompression time. The untouched dial impresses with the highly attractive discoloration of the luminous material to numerals and hands. Often cracked the bakelite bezel is with the exception of a small fissure between 22 and 23 intact and shows bright colours.
During a short period between the mid-1960s and early 1970s, only a small number of the military version of the Seamaster 300 was supplied to the British Ministry of Defence, adapted following the specifications requested by the MoD. The watches had to be fitted with fixed bar lugs and an easily readable dial. The outside of the case backs were marked with the military broad arrow sign, Ministry of Defence issue numbers. The models furthermore had a bezel with sixty minute calibration used for the calculation of the decompression time.
The outside of the case back of the present watch is engraved with the following markings:
0552 for British Ministry of Defence, 923-7697 for the NATO code, the Broad Arrow characterizing all watches owned by the British Army, issue number 04 and issue year 67.
For a comparable ref. 165.024 and history of the model see British Military Timepieces by Konrad Knirim, pp. 594 & 595.
Seamaster 300
The celebrated Omega Seamaster was launched in 1948 to coincide with the brand's 100th anniversary. Its design loosely based on the waterproof wristwatches made for the British military at the end of World War II, the Seamaster was first intended as a robust yet elegant watch for active individuals who wanted a watch for "town, sea and country". The first models were equipped with self-winding movements in both standard and chronometer versions, the latter being universally appreciated for their robustness, accuracy and reliability.
In 1957, the "Professional" range of Seamaster watches was introduced with the launch of the Seamaster 300, watch of choice of many of the world's most famous explorers and divers over the years. Jacques-Yves Cousteau's team used the Seamaster 300 during its "Precontinent II" experiments in the Red Sea in the summer of 1963 to prove that divers could live in a submerged saturated gas environment for long periods without adverse effects.
The Seamaster 300 also became the watch of choice of military divers around the world, notably the British Royal Navy.
This Military Seamaster 300 is one of the exceedingly rare examples of the legendary model to appear in public to date and particularly noteworthy for its very good, original condition considering its initial purpose: the use under extreme conditions by a Royal Navy diver.
Its case has evidently never been exposed to careless handling or polishing and impresses with its full body and well defined fluted lugs. The engraved military markings to the outside of the screw back are clearly legible. Both crown and bezel are the correct versions, the latter featuring minute markings used for the calculation of the decompression time. The untouched dial impresses with the highly attractive discoloration of the luminous material to numerals and hands. Often cracked the bakelite bezel is with the exception of a small fissure between 22 and 23 intact and shows bright colours.
During a short period between the mid-1960s and early 1970s, only a small number of the military version of the Seamaster 300 was supplied to the British Ministry of Defence, adapted following the specifications requested by the MoD. The watches had to be fitted with fixed bar lugs and an easily readable dial. The outside of the case backs were marked with the military broad arrow sign, Ministry of Defence issue numbers. The models furthermore had a bezel with sixty minute calibration used for the calculation of the decompression time.
The outside of the case back of the present watch is engraved with the following markings:
0552 for British Ministry of Defence, 923-7697 for the NATO code, the Broad Arrow characterizing all watches owned by the British Army, issue number 04 and issue year 67.
For a comparable ref. 165.024 and history of the model see British Military Timepieces by Konrad Knirim, pp. 594 & 595.
Seamaster 300
The celebrated Omega Seamaster was launched in 1948 to coincide with the brand's 100th anniversary. Its design loosely based on the waterproof wristwatches made for the British military at the end of World War II, the Seamaster was first intended as a robust yet elegant watch for active individuals who wanted a watch for "town, sea and country". The first models were equipped with self-winding movements in both standard and chronometer versions, the latter being universally appreciated for their robustness, accuracy and reliability.
In 1957, the "Professional" range of Seamaster watches was introduced with the launch of the Seamaster 300, watch of choice of many of the world's most famous explorers and divers over the years. Jacques-Yves Cousteau's team used the Seamaster 300 during its "Precontinent II" experiments in the Red Sea in the summer of 1963 to prove that divers could live in a submerged saturated gas environment for long periods without adverse effects.
The Seamaster 300 also became the watch of choice of military divers around the world, notably the British Royal Navy.