Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra Worldtimer Master Chronograph Replica Watch
Omega introduced the Seamaster Aqua Terra Worldtimer Master Chronometer Limited Edition at this year’s Baselworld, a totally new Aqua Terra with a 43mm platinum case, in-house METAS-certified Master Chronometer 8939 movement, and a hand-crafted enamel world map on its dial. It serves as a halo piece for the rest of this year’s new Aqua Terra collection, which we broadly covered here. Somewhat surprisingly, the replica Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra Worldtimer Master Chronometer is the first worldtimer watch that Omega has produced and one of only a few watches that Omega has elected to the case in platinum.
Over the years, the Seamaster Aqua Terra range has been imagined several times. Omega’s new-for-2017 Seamaster Aqua Terra collection has been updated with more symmetrical cases, a redesigned conical crown, horizontal as opposed to vertical grain on the dial, a new six o’clock location for the date, and most notably, the inclusion of the METAS-certified Omega Master Chronometer 8800 or 8900 co-axial calibers.
Beginning with the dial, the Omega replica has combined high-end materials like platinum, 18k gold, and of course the elegant hand-enameled world map to produce something striking. The dial’s outermost portion is produced from “sand-blasted platinum-gold” and is printed with 24 world cities. Color choice for the world destinations is coded, with red representing GMT, black to mean these locations are plus one hour in the summer, and blue to demonstrate locales that do not observe daylight savings.
Worldtimer dials can be a cluttered mess, and while the Aqua Terra Master Chronometer has a lot going on, the wealth of information is carefully organized and spread out over enough dial real estate to make the functions actually useful and easy to read. The contrast offered by the gold hands and indices also makes the main time very legible. Upsizing the case to 43mm from the 41mm width of most men’s Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra helped create dial space for all that information but also called for more of that sweet, sweet platinum.
The Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra Worldtimer Master Chronometer’s case is stylistically much the same as its other Aqua Terra relatives with turned lugs, an asymmetrical design, and a conical crown, but the larger size and use of platinum elevate the piece overall in both presence and, of course, cost. This being still an Aqua Terra, which is at its core a water-capable sports watch, the Omega Seamaster The replica watch has a very respectable 150m of water resistance as well. While not a professional dive watch number, this should be more than enough for the occasional spilled gin and tonic which can happen whilst pushing millions of dollars worth of chips across the table at your favorite Macau casino, as one might do wearing this watch
Magnetic resistance is also much enhanced by the platinum case and red gold movement components like the rotor and balance bridge. As a matter of fact, the Caliber 8939 has recorded a magnetic resistance of over 15,000 gausses which Omega claims are the highest in the industry. Along with this piece, most of the new-for-2017 Aqua Terra series also have METAS-certified movements and this is good evidence of the fake Omega’s intended direction with the Aqua Terra collection. The Caliber 8939 also utilizes Omega’s much-loved co-axial escapement as you’d expect, as both the caseback and the rotor indicate.