3 Very Rare OMEGA Watches: OMEGA Seamaster Diver 300M, Speedmaster Chrono Chime And Tourbillon 30 I

OMEGA is a name most watch collectors and the general public knows. Its rarest watches, however, can take you somewhere far beyond the familiar. Look closely and you will find limited-edition sports watches made for major events, extraordinarily complicated modern movements and, at the other end of the spectrum, watches that were never really meant to be sold at all. Here is a list of 3 very rare OMEGA watches including OMEGA Seamaster Diver 300M, OMEGA Speedmaster Chrono Chime and OMEGA Tourbillon 30 I.

3 Very Rare OMEGA Watches

From an America's Cup special edition to a 6-figure modern complication and a historic 1947 timepiece, these 3 rare OMEGA watches show that rarity comes in many forms. Check out these OMEGA watches below.  

OMEGA Seamaster Diver 300M America's Cup Watch

The OMEGA Seamaster Diver 300M America's Cup is no't exactly difficult to find. The right Seamaster, however, can be a different story. Priced at ₹7,56,700 at retail, this America’s Cup edition was created to mark OMEGA's role as Official Timekeeper of the 37th America's Cup. The 42mm stainless-steel watch features a blue ceramic bezel with a regatta scale, a white ceramic wave-pattern dial and a trophy-shaped counterweight on the seconds hand. Inside is the OMEGA Co-Axial Master Chronometer Calibre 8806. Its appeal goes beyond the design. The connection to a specific sporting event gives the watch a little more history, and that's often what makes a limited edition worth remembering.

OMEGA Speedmaster Chrono Chime Watch

Things get considerably more serious with the OMEGA Speedmaster Chrono Chime watch. Priced at ₹6,49,14,800, the Speedmaster Chrono Chime is powered by the OMEGA Calibre 1932, which combines a chronograph with a chiming mechanism. The movement took six years to develop and is packed with mechanical complexity, making this less about having another Speedmaster and more about owning a remarkable piece of modern watchmaking. At this price, the dial is almost beside the point. The real spectacle is happening underneath it.

OMEGA Tourbillon 30 I - 1947 Watch

Then there is the watch that was never really meant for a retail shelf. The OMEGA Tourbillon 30 I - 1947 watch had no retail price. OMEGA produced 12 Calibre 30 I Tourbillon movements for Observatory precision trials, with the mechanism rotating once every 7.5 minutes rather than the usual 60 seconds. One stainless-steel prototype eventually appeared at Phillips, selling for CHF 1,428,500, approximately ₹16,80,61,310. That was an auction result, not a retail price. OMEGA describes it as the only known period-completed Tourbillon 30 I wristwatch-cased example in existence. Some watches are rare because few were made. This one is rare because it was never really made for the public at all. 

Three OMEGA Watches, Three Kinds of Rarity

The America’s Cup OMEGA Seamaster is collectible because of its story. The OMEGA Chrono Chime is fascinating because of its engineering. The OMEGA 1947 Tourbillon is something else entirely: a surviving piece of OMEGA's experimental history.