Omega Planet Ocean

I’ve been looking for my first luxury watch for over a month and I’ve eventually arrived on the Omega Planet Ocean. The first time I saw the watch on Omega’s website I immediately fell for it. It just looks absolutely beautiful. Especially with the orange accent on the rubber strap.

Had it on at work today in London and have already received multiple compliments on how nice it looks, and where I bought it from. They admired the back of the watch with the see though movement. Definitely feel like I've made the right choice. Yes it may be controversial owing to the fact that the slide rule is no longer there, but I think it's one of the best looking watches I've seen, and feel very lucky to wear it on my wrist.

Yesterday I bought a new Omega Planet Ocean 43.5mm in blue from the AD. It's on my wrist right now and I still can't believe it's real. It's kind of funny how it happened - I convinced my wife to go to the AD with me this time to help me solidify my choice. I've always trusted her and I wanted this watch to be something that she had some say in since it's going to be with us for a long, long time.

All of my pieces have been well cared for and appear to be in new/mint condition. All with original boxes and papers. I added a comment with an Imgur pic to my Omega Planet Ocean. Also have two stainless steel Apple watches (series 3 and 4) both space gray and both on Apple Milanese loop bracelets that I also have in rotation.

Omega Planet Ocean GMT (aka “the Oreo”) - of all the watches in my collection, this one gets the least amount of appreciation on this sub but it’s one of my favorites. The color scheme is better than any color scheme Rolex makes, is very legible, has plenty of water resistance and fits my 7.5 inch flat wrist very well. People will mention that the 17 mm height is too much, but, frankly, I’ve never found this to be a problem.

I always liked the Omega brand and valued it for the design, and some unique features that just look too good, like broad arrow. This brand also to me feels a bit more innovative, and has an interesting heritage, even if it's mostly used for marketing purposes... I was hesitating between the 300m, and 600m and I can say that I'm super happy with the Planet Ocean. It's a bulky watch, but not too heavy on the wrist.

I fell in love with the Omega brand after the 2014 Sochi Olympics and seeing the Omega Planet Ocean watch. I also told myself that I would never be able to justify spending that much money on something. Fast forward 6 years and I'm more comfortable investing money in something that I know I've always wanted. But I've also done enough research that tells me that I'm not just throwing my money away.