WHY 2024 is a BIG year for OMEGA - New Flagship Release!?! 

I’ve recently got into watches and Omega specifically. I went neo-vintage as I love the 300m tool aesthetic of the late 90s / early 2000s. I think a lot of us hope Omega brings back this look in full and midsize versions, albeit following Tudor’s retro styling approach with the BB58 & 54. Great content by the way!

Give me a smaller Seamaster, and I’m all over it

There is so much love for the 2254.50. A modern take on that watch would be very popular.

Informative content, I’m enjoying it. Keep up the good work! 👍🏻👍🏻

I'm also an Omega fan boy 😄 and I do agree with you. I actually like my 2018 blue Seamaster wave dial and open case back though but It would be nice if they did re-release the solid case back and 1993 aluminium bezel.

Totally agree on the sword hands. Much more legible and less dainty.

You just described the short lived original 2264 in quartz -beautiful piece

I actually like the new wave dial better than the old ones. I also like the look of the speedmaster overall. Perhaps they could make it a bit smaller, 40mm and slim it down a bit, do some refining on the bracelet. Maybe increase the power reserve on the movement. My main complaint is with the bezel action. There is a ton of room for refinement there. Many microbrands at a fraction of the price have a much better bezel action than the Omegas.

The UltraDeep and Deepsea Challenge Saga is a non issue to Omega. The WORLD knows Omega touched down at the Deepest Depths of the Mariana Trench, beating Rolex.

If the recent retail discounts are anything to go by Omega will have to seriously revise their pricing.

Another Omega fan here, but just cannot afford any of the newer releases. I do love my 1995 Seamaster 2541.80. quartz watch, and it still looks brand new. I agree that the earlier dials are more appealing… for me, in any case.

Omega should give us a “configure your watch” offer which would allow customers to select their preferred options: case material, calibre, dial colour & pattern, bezel colour, hands, see through or plain back, etc…

Just subscribed to your channel Mark as I enjoy your videos. When do you think you will be releasing your video on what Tudor and Rolex might be doing in 2024 as I look forward to watching it.

I liked the 2006 black coaxial version or black Bond.

I love Omega and was looking forward to buying the Aqua Terra since the Rolex OP is unavailable at the AD. But the pastel colors were very boring so I passed.

I don’t think Omega has too many watches declinations for each of their watches. It simply allows people to more finely select the model they like. I believe that Omega should announce their new watches just a month before these are available at all boutiques and ADs. The huge release delays are extremely bad as by the time the watches are available at retail people have either lost interest or bought something else.

I like the look of the Omega Seamaster from the 1990s & 2000s.

Shouldn’t they release a new Planet Ocean first? This is one needs even more an update.

Another good review, personally I think omega have got lots of things wrong the biggest being the amount of watches on offer as you mentioned BUT their aqua terra offering I think is fantastic and better than the Rolex op

Next year is a Speedmaster year. You’ll see from early next year. No update to Seamaster. Take my word if you want :)

Fully Agreed

In my opinion I don't see them going back to the tighter wave pattern having so recently released the special Bond edition with the tight wave pattern.

I've seen a ton of reviews that complain about Omega having so many models and variants that it tends to dilute it's icons. I'll push back a bit on that. If you look at the top brands other than AP, Rolex, VC and Patek. All the other brands in the top ten have a wide catalogue similar to Omega. Since most of the other companies don't sell at the same price point they have to compete in units. Nobody tells Bmw to stop making so many variants and their many models haven't affected their brand perception. I also think some of the improvements we would like to see on the 300m would come at a price we don't want to pay. Example: slimmer case 12mm or less smaller case but still legible, keep METAS (redesign the bracelet *design is too old*). Do all these things but don't change the price. We've seen the price hike on the remodeled IWC Ingenieur. Which nobody has been pleased with. Conversely we can't expect all these changes at the same time with the same price. Lastly I think they should keep the exposed case back. Look they have Rolex copying them with the Daytona. Gotta take the small wins lol.

How about a flightmaster and Ranchero reissue.

I'd like to see a new Seamaster GMT that's not an inch thick.

Omega have totally lost their way and I agree with all your points wholeheartedly bar one. I don't think the pizza dial with sword hands is coming back. It's become a generic look used on CWC divers and some other military inspired watch brands. The skeleton hands, for better or worse, has become the Diver 300m signature look.

@The Random Watch Dude-hey there, i was thinking about the triangular lume and sword hands; I do not think Omega will allow it take over the current range because that means losing the fancy, shiny, gold plated lume markers and in fact, it looks odd that after all these years, they will cut off the current style. Therefore, we may see it have a another sub category like the shark tooth sandwich dial SMP's. I cannot believe another sub category of the SMP may come into life, quite worrying for the brand. Even Omega will be disturbed by it but I feel it is inevitable just because of the pressure from the enthusiasts. Therefore, we are more likely to see that Bond style SMP you have in your video. If it is going to be it, they better go the entire mile and not half arse it. I will also advise you that if you enjoy collecting and keeping history which your children or who ever inherits your watches will enjoy, then the current green SMP with a green or black rubber strap fits the bill for a military inspired SMP, it has some lineage. I do not think $5000 is too much to ask for, the technology omega has is in their mechanicals is so forward thinking, they have not been able to do anything exciting to the mechanics all this time.

Hi there, everyone has been pressing to bring out the 300m mil Seamster style. However, we are yet to receive one. This may be the year or may be not. Omega has really doubled down on this circular marker style SMP. I am with you on the older SMP with sword hands, have you tried sourcing one. I really thought the recent SMP has some very funny over exaggerated sword hands, a step in the right direction from the plunger style/pencil hour hand on the preceding SMP's. i will tell you what though, the recent green SMP with green rubber strap really gives me a whimsical feel for the military SMP, I think it will be a future classic, in my eyes anyways. Lets wait and see, they may bring out a separate line as they did with the broad arrow models. My best recent SMP is unattainable and that is the blue bond with a classic style wave dial, sword hands and white loli pop second hand.

Who are you kidding? I dont think its gonna be a Big Year for any Watch maker in 2024.Whoalex might even meet demand on everything except the Daytona.

They need to update the seamaster 300 m

I’m an Omega fan too and the last few years have been a total disaster for the brand. It’s like they shut down the R and D department four years ago 🤦🏻‍♂️ they don’t mind putting the prices up though 🤦🏻‍♂️ they desperately need to update half their catalogue and bin the other half. Thick big watches out of date movements unbelievably bad bezel action on all their divers and awful bracelets 🤦🏻‍♂️ I think I could run Omega better myself than the people running it into the ground at the moment. It’s easy people want the SMP to go back to a 41mm and slim down to 12mm thick case and lose the shocking skeleton hands. Sword hands are obviously better as are fine waves on the dial. People expect a bezel action to be snappy and precise which it’s definitely not at the moment. People want a refined bracelet that tappers and they couldn’t give a toss about a wetsuit extension at the cost of a big ugly clasp that 1% of people might ever use. Finally if you want to ramp up prices to match Rolex you need to ramp up quality to match Rolex first.

It needs to be like 40-41mm with a 47-48mm lug to lug. Those were the right dimensions. The won’t release a 2254 because it is too close to the planet ocean DNA now which they destroyed the look of that watch too. Also everything is too shiny in a vain attempt to copy Rolex

Please speak louder or work on your sound. At full volume it was still like a whisper

There is no competition between Rolex and omega . Rolex owns 28% of the market share omega owns 7% where is the competition ??