{"product_id":"omega-seamaster-300-professional-gmt-great-white-as09480","title":"Omega Seamaster 300 Professional GMT 'Great White'","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Seamaster 300 was Omega's response to the Rolex Submariner upon its introduction in 1957.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eFeaturing a robust steel case with a 300-meter depth rating, a rotating bezel graduated with dive-timing scales, and a metal bracelet with diver's expansion links, the early Seamaster 300 was not only functional a diver that would go on to see use in Her Majesty's Navy, but is arguably some of the handsomest sports watch designs of the past century.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAs it evolved, the Omega Seamaster 300 went on to see numerous evolutionary changes, with nearly innumerable variants in a variety of materials and colorways produced in the past 60 years. This fact alone has made the Seamaster Professional line (as it came to be known) so desirable to a large portion of the collector community — simply because they don't all look \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eexactly the same\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThis example, a Reference 2538.20.00, is a GMT-equipped take on the original design dating back to circa 2004. It features the same 41mm \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003etwisted-lug\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e case design with a sapphire crystal, a signed crown, and a bidirectional rotating bezel with an aluminum insert displaying a 24-hour scale.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eNicknamed the ‘Great White’ by collectors due to its ‘wave’ pattern textured white dial, it features luminous hour indices with black surrounds, a matching luminous ‘sword’ handset, a red ‘spear’ GMT hand, a lollipop seconds hand, and a date indicator at 3 o’clock. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ePowered by a self-winding Omega Calibre 1128 movement, this piece is fitted to a multi-link stainless steel bracelet equipped with a signed push-button deployant clasp and a handy diver’s extension mechanism for those seeking adventure abroad with a wetsuit donned and a SCUBA tank in tow.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eFrom the 1990s on, the Seamaster 300 GMT was one of the sports watches offering a local jumping hour hand within a clean, unassuming design, serving as the value-packed compatriot to the Rolex Explorer II 'Polar'. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThanks to more accessible movements with ‘flyer’ functionality, GMT options are now much more plentiful. Sure, you can go ahead and buy a new shiny thing, but if you’re been on the hunt for something properly neo-vintage with a cult following all its own, you've found it with the Great White!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Omega","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40605883891799,"sku":"40960228","price":3700.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0809\/1255\/files\/AS09480_40960229_OMEGA_SEAMASTER300GMT_GREATWHITE__2538.20.00.jpg?v=1710955713","url":"https:\/\/www.analogshift.com\/products\/omega-seamaster-300-professional-gmt-great-white-as09480","provider":"Analog:Shift","version":"1.0","type":"link"}