The Omega professional-oriented dive watch, the Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean 600, was available in a vast range of materials, going from stainless steel to titanium or red gold. Omega even introduced a bit of ceramic in the collection, with most of the editions showing a ceramic bezel, with some having the Liquidmetal technology (indexes and scales directly and seamlessly integrated in the ceramic). However, the case are always and only made with metals, for obvious resistance reasons. Indeed, even if Omega already showed that it was possible to create a watch almost entirely made in ceramic (case, caseback, pushers, crown, and even the dial), with the Speedmaster (the Dark Side or the Grey Side). But these watches are chronographs; water resistant to only 50 meters. Creating a dive watch entirely in ceramic is not an easy challenge, as the pressure at 600 meters is much different - replica Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean.
In fact, ceramics have completely different properties than metals. Of course, their resistance to corrosion is perfect (quite important for a dive watch, you’ll admit) and they are virtually scratch resistant. That doesn’t mean that they can resist to every kind of aggression or environment. In fact ceramics are so solid and rigid that that can break rather easily, while metals are less critical here. The solution, without changing a bite of the shape of the watch, was to craft the case from a solid block of black ceramic. This Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean Deep Black (let’s nickname it the PODB…) is in fact the first real dive watch fully in ceramic, with 600 m / 60 bar / 2000 ft water resistance. Not only the case is made in ceramic, but this also goes for the crown, the helium escape valve at 10 and the bezel (both the bezel itself and the insert). The dial, with its pitch black glossy finish is also made out of ceramic (as the Zr02 engraving just below the hands will let you know).
The caseback is also in ceramic. However, this was a major issue for the developers. Indeed, it is impossible to create a screw thread in ceramic, like it is made on a classical steel or titanium watch. Thus, Omega created an oriented caseback, the new and patented ceramic Naiad Lock – Naiad as a reference to the crowns used in vintage Seamaster watches. No need to created a long thread anymore – which would require several turns to be locked. Here, a 60° rotation is enough to lock the caseback and ensure the 600m water resistance.
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In fact, ceramics have completely different properties than metals. Of course, their resistance to corrosion is perfect (quite important for a dive watch, you’ll admit) and they are virtually scratch resistant. That doesn’t mean that they can resist to every kind of aggression or environment. In fact ceramics are so solid and rigid that that can break rather easily, while metals are less critical here. The solution, without changing a bite of the shape of the watch, was to craft the case from a solid block of black ceramic. This Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean Deep Black (let’s nickname it the PODB…) is in fact the first real dive watch fully in ceramic, with 600 m / 60 bar / 2000 ft water resistance. Not only the case is made in ceramic, but this also goes for the crown, the helium escape valve at 10 and the bezel (both the bezel itself and the insert). The dial, with its pitch black glossy finish is also made out of ceramic (as the Zr02 engraving just below the hands will let you know).
The caseback is also in ceramic. However, this was a major issue for the developers. Indeed, it is impossible to create a screw thread in ceramic, like it is made on a classical steel or titanium watch. Thus, Omega created an oriented caseback, the new and patented ceramic Naiad Lock – Naiad as a reference to the crowns used in vintage Seamaster watches. No need to created a long thread anymore – which would require several turns to be locked. Here, a 60° rotation is enough to lock the caseback and ensure the 600m water resistance.
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