Omega's "black technology" is here again. Not long ago, OMEGA launched the new Seamaster Planet Ocean 600m "Deep Sea Gray" using a "silicon ceramic" case and a "titanium movement". Through the "silicon ceramic" case and "titanium movement", the weight of the Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean 600 meters with a size of 45.5 mm has been reduced to just 107 grams. This is unique in diver's watches, and indeed in all sports watches (i.e., the use of ceramic cases). The pressure is once again on the side of the water ghost.
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OMEGA's new Seahorse Planet Ocean Grey uses "silicon ceramic" and "titanium movements".
What is the concept of Omega "Deep Sea Ash" 107 grams? Let's weigh it first and compare it.
We brought 3 watches, a steel watch, a regular "zirconia" ceramic watch, and a carbon fiber watch.
They are: Rolex Yacht I, steel case, Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean 600M Deep Black black zirconia ceramic case, Girard-Perregaux Laureate 8Tech chronograph with carbon fibre case. 3 are weighed on the table and weighed.
Steel case, Rolex Yachts I, weight 143.1 grams.
"Zirconia" ceramic case, Omega Ocean Planet "Deep Black", weight 139.1 grams.
Carbon fibre case, Girard-Perregaux Laureate 8Tech, weight 106.4 grams.
Although there are 3 watches and different sizes, the weighing results are consistent with our previous cognition. Of the three types of watch case materials, stainless steel is definitely the heaviest, "zirconia" ceramic is slightly lighter than stainless steel, and carbon fiber is the lightest. And now, Omega's new Seamaster Ocean Planet "Deep Sea Gray", with the blessing of "silicon ceramic" and "titanium movement", directly reduces the weight of a ceramic watch to 107 grams, which is a level of "carbon fiber", which is simply a "masterpiece".
The new Seahorse Planet Ocean "Deep Ash" using "silicon ceramic" and "titanium movement" weighs 107 grams.
Why is Omega "Deep Sea Ash" so "light" at 107 grams?
First of all, there is the "silicon ceramic" case. Seahorse Ocean Planet "Deep Sea Gray" uses the latest "silicon nitride ceramic" case developed by OMEGA, while the ceramics used in previous famous watches are "zirconia" ceramic. "Zirconia" ceramic, which is relatively heavy.
The new Seahorse Ocean Planet "Deep Sea Gray" uses a "silicon nitride ceramic" case.
Omega "silicon nitride" ceramics weigh only half as much as regular "zirconia" ceramics. The case and bezel of Seahorse Ocean Planet "Deep Sea Ash" are all "silicon nitride" ceramic, plus the dial, crown, helium exhaust valve, and bezel base are all titanium (the Ti titanium logo on the dial can be seen), which greatly reduces the weight of the watch. OMEGA "Silicon Ceramic" is a huge step forward in luxury watch ceramics.
Titanium dial is used.
And then there's the "titanium movement". The 8906 automatic movement used by Seahorse Ocean Planet "Deep Sea Gray" has a titanium bridge. This is not the first time that Omega has used a "titanium movement", having previously used a "titanium movement" on the Seamaster Aqua Terra 150 Ultra Light. SIMILARLY, LIKE RICHARD MILLE, THE WEIGHT OF THE WATCH IS REDUCED BY USING A TITANIUM MOVEMENT.
Seahorse Ocean Planet "Deep Grey" uses the 8906 automatic movement, and the movement plate is titanium.
As you can see, the 8906 calibre of titanium, with its grainy bridges, is decorated by laser processing, because titanium is very hard, and there is no way to use traditional polishing and decoration. The skeleton rotor is also markedly different from previous OMEGA movements. But the same thing is that the 8906 "Titanium Movement" is still Master Chronometer certified, anti-magnetic 15,000 gauss, with an error of 0/+5 seconds per day.
The "titanium movement" is decorated differently from other OMEGA "Arabian-style" Geneva stripes.
Omega "Deep Sea Ash", 107 grams so light, is it necessary?
It is very necessary. Because, the most direct and effective way to improve the wearing comfort of a large-size sports watch is to reduce the weight.
In recent years, sports watches have become popular. I also wore it all the way from Omega Planet Ocean, Hublot Big Bang, Panerai Lumino, IWC, and Breitling Avenger, and I deeply felt that once the weight of the watch went up, because the watch fell down, the crown and buckle were in some positions, and it was very uncomfortable. Therefore, all famous watches are reducing the weight of sports watches, either using titanium shells or carbon fibers, and if the weight is light, it will not fall into the hand. However, the titanium shell and carbon fiber have a shortcoming, that is, the color of black and gray is too single.
Seahorse Ocean Universe "Ash of the Deep"
The ceramic case, which can be made of color and scratch-resistant, is irreplaceable in famous watches, but in terms of weight, the weight of the previous "zirconia" ceramics cannot be reduced too much. But Omega's latest "silicon ceramic", which for the first time reduces the weight of ceramic shells, makes a lot of sense and is very practical.
Seahorse Ocean Universe "Ash of the Deep", disc detail.
Of course, the only thing that you need to bear at the moment is the relatively high price of the "perfect" silicon ceramic seahorse Ocean Universe "Deep Sea Ash". As the first "silicon ceramic" seahorse, the public price is 180200. The public price of 180,000 yuan is twice that of the conventional "zirconia" ceramic seahorse "Deep Sea Black". It is expected that Omega will further popularize "silicon ceramics" in the future, thereby reducing the public price of subsequent models.
The clasp of Seahorse Ocean Planet "Ash of the Deep".
Omega continues to consolidate its "supremacy".
In the past 10 years, Omega's status has been greatly improved, and Omega, Rolex, and Cartier have completely monopolized the world's top three in terms of watch sales (Morgan Stanley statistics). The great improvement of Omega comes from the application of leading technologies such as coaxial escapement, silicon technology, and 15,000 Gauss anti-magnetism, which have gradually strengthened the confidence of world watch fans in Omega.
Seahorse Ocean Universe "Ash of the Deep", glow-in-the-dark effect.
Once "silicon ceramics" are popularized in Omega, Omega will form an absolute advantage in the field of ceramics and form a "dimensionality reduction blow" to other famous watch brands. The application of a new technology may not be anything, but two, three, when a large number of leading technologies are concentrated in Omega, Omega is unshakable.