I’m in love with an excellent dive watch. Do I dive? Nope. Can I swim? Barely. However that’s not the purpose right here! I like dive watches as a result of they give the impression of being nice with all of my informal outfits (aka sweatpants), they’ll face up to just a few bangs on the desk throughout my hardcore video enhancing classes, they usually’ll survive just a few water droplets whereas I’m washing the dishes.
If any of the above actions resonated with you, then perhaps a diver is simply an excessive amount of look ahead to you. I lately realized they’re in all probability an excessive amount of for me, which is why I spent every week with one of many extra common non-diver stainless-steel sport watches available on the market, the Omega Aqua Terra 150m.
Seamaster Aqua Terra 150m Co-Axial Grasp Chronometer 38mm Blue Dial On Bracelet
It gives comparable water resistance (a good 150m) to that of a diver (far more than I’ll ever want), however in a extra versatile package deal that’s informal sufficient for my small cadre of sweatpants and is dressy sufficient for my swimsuit (Sure. Singular).
I wore the 38mm model with a pretty blue “teak” dial motif and a stainless-steel bracelet. In the event you suppose this model is simply too small, Omega additionally has a 41mm model that appears practically similar that sells for the very same value of $5,700. Really, should you don’t like the scale, the dial colour, or the bracelet then Omega has your again. There are a whopping 260 SKUs of the Aqua Terra presently listed on their web site so you need to be capable of discover one that matches your particular tastes.
Throughout my week with it, the Aqua Terra was unsurprisingly very straightforward to put on and felt proper at residence with nearly any model I threw its approach. The issue with a whole lot of dive watches is that they don’t look all that nice with gown garments (James Bond would undoubtedly disagree. I imply, if he had been actual), and that’s the place I feel a watch just like the Aqua Terra actually shines compared.
The polished bezel and heart hyperlinks give the watch a semi-formal look whereas the lyre-lugged case and dial furnishings hold issues caszhe. Even the not-real James Bond would agree – he’s worn it in just a few of his newer motion pictures.
I’ve lots extra to say concerning the Omega Aqua Terra, however you’ll have to take a look at my accompanying video the place I additionally focus on the way it competes with the Rolex Oyster Perpetual and look at an attention-grabbing flaw that I’ve by no means skilled with every other watch earlier than. I additionally shoot some hoops at a basketball court docket by the ocean. Why not? It’s a very versatile watch.
Ball is life.
