Omega has been making dive watches for quite a while. But with their Seamaster Planet Ocean “Big Blue” they seem to have gone out of their way to raise their profile a bit more. The Big Blue was formed from ceramic, and made to be seen.
Perhaps when you’re a dive watch, and you spend all your time submerged in water, you feel like you’re out of the public eye. Maybe you long for recognition. And if you suddenly decided to make yourself a little more eye-catching, you might arrive at the look of Omega’s new Seamaster Planet Ocean “Big Blue.” Dressed all in blue ceramic and high-visibility orange, the Big Blue may be too much for the office, but it’s just right for the deeps.
It’s a strikingly good-looking watch, and you might be tempted to think anything that shiny is all glitter and no substance. But that is not the case with any Omega watch, and certainly not with this one.
Like last year’s Deep Black, the Big Blue is carved from a single block of zirconium dioxide ceramic. (The chemical symbol is printed right below the water resistance rating.) The ceramic is all of a piece, which helps with waterproofness. The watch is rated water resistant down to 600 meters, or 2000 feet.
“The Big Blue was formed from ceramic,
and made to be seen.”
Omega dive watches are a temptation; you don’t necessarily need a dive watch, but the Omega Seamasters are so good looking that you end up finding a way to justify buying one. That’s the thing about the Omega Seamaster Planet Oceans: whether you buy them for the looks or buy them for the functions, all those dive features are there, and they’re at your service whether you use them or not. The Big Blue is rated a Master Chronometer, which means it matches a whole separate set of criteria that Omega set up for themselves. It’s not just water resistant, it’s magnetic resistant, it’s precision-tested, and it retains accuracy even under the most punishing conditions. You may never wear the Big Blue diving, but it can take it, even if you cannot.
The Big Blue is not just blue, it’s big as well. The case size is 45.5mm across and 17.8mm thick. That is large, and you might think it would be heavy as well, but the ceramic keeps it rather light. So wherever you end up wearing it, the Seamaster Planet Ocean Big Blue won’t weigh you down.
