That Omega is launching a smaller-sized, feminine-oriented Seamaster Aqua Terra is no big surprise. It neatly plugs a gap in the collection, bringing the Aqua Terra’s easy-to-wear, go-anywhere, and do-anything demeanour to a wider variety of wrists. The new collection is the Aqua Terra 30mm, and it has all the hallmarks you would expect—dressy, sporty, with sparse, functionally arranged visual elements, and a bracelet to match. The launch collection consists of 12 references in a variety of dial colours: five in stainless steel (RM30,800), three that are two-tone with gold and steel, and four in full gold, including one execution in Moonshine Gold with a diamond-set bezel and mother-of-pearl dial (RM187,050).
It packs a bit of a surprise technical punch, as well. The collection hosts the new calibres 8750 and 8751, which are near-identical—the latter is just a hair thicker to accommodate the finishing for the solid gold models. They are 20mm in diameter and designed specifically for watches of this size, and boast of all the cutting-edge developments and performance one might expect of an Omega movement—Co-Axial escapement, free-sprung balance with silicon balance spring, extreme magnetic resistance, and are Master Chronometer certified. They are self-winding, with up to 48 hours of power reserve.
It is rare that such a simple collection can boast of sophisticated movements, and rarer still that a manufacture makes this much effort to highlight them. It is, perhaps, an indication of the interests of this particular segment. Not so long ago, a brand may have been content to slap a quartz movement in watches like these and called it a day, but not for today’s Omega—a manufacture that continues to champion some of the most performant movements available on the market.
