I love that the Planet Ocean line has to deal with none of this and can proudly present itself as a genuinely modern dive watch offering. Demille wore just before the Roaring Twenties). What I mean by “baggage” can mean a lot of things: unwillingness to innovate because of a romanticized view of a piece’s history watches focused on anniversaries or years commemorating landmarks ad nauseam mention of iconic “effortlessly cool” celebrities who wore a watch 50 years ago (seriously, imagine it’s 1970 and watch enthusiasts are losing their minds over what Charlie Chaplin or Cecil B. Too often, I find myself frustrated with the historical baggage so many watches I love are saddled with. After the SMP 300 came the dressier Seamaster Aqua Terra in 2002, with the PO arriving in 2005 as the line’s higher-end sibling and rounding out the collection.

Indeed, the Seamaster Professional (SMP) adorned the wrist of Pierce Brosnan’s take on James Bond 007 in 1995’s Goldeneye (the Planet Ocean got this honor over a decade later in 2006’s Casino Royale). The Seamaster Professional arrived in 1993 and was the watch first used in their second-greatest marketing feat (after the Speedmaster being the “Moon Watch,” of course). Of course, in modern Omega history, the Planet Ocean came fairly late.

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