Omega’s New Seamaster Looks Like James Bond’s Vacation Watch

The Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra 150M fills an interesting role in the brand’s lineup as simply a great, wearable, everyday watch. Unlike the Seamaster 300M or the Speedmaster, which are made for underwater adventures or space travel, respectively, the Aqua Terra wants you to kill it while you grab a coffee and head to that meeting. The watch also looks great on a red carpet. Omega turns the Aqua Terra out in all manner of bright colors, and the brand is adding another compelling shade to the roster today.

The new Aqua Terra takes the watch’s diving heritage and turns the piece out in a sleek color combination. The turquoise and black ceramic is a handsome mix. There are two new pieces, a 38 mm and 41 mm variant, available in this color combo today. The Aqua Terra is Omega’s equivalent to Rolex’s Datejust: a watch that can be worn day in, day out and for a price that’s relatively friendly compared to the other wares you’d find at your local high-end boutique. Seen from that perspective, the turquoise colorway, which first appeared late last year, albeit without this version’s ceramic black bezel, is an especially exciting addition. I mean, imagine the type of person rocking this reference on the daily.

The net effect of the blue-black combination is an aesthetic that lies somewhere between the tactical and the tropical—a sort of vacation watch for when MI6 lets James Bond take a week off but might call at any moment.

The turquoise accents are all over this new Aqua Terra. Within the black inner ring of the bezel is a turquoise-colored, polished lacquer dial that fades from a darker to a lighter shade toward its center. Finished with applied, black PVD-coated dart hour markers, a framed date window at 6 o’clock, and a luminous arrow-tipped handset (also in black), it boasts a bright turquoise minute track that connects visually to the top stitching on its integrated black rubber strap with a neat embossed pattern.