The Seamaster Planet Ocean 600M Co-Axial Master Chronometer represents Omega?s maritime heritage, but instead of a dive test, we expose this watch to the continuous magnetic force inside an MRI.
Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean 600M under MRI
Dr. Hans-Ulrich Röder inspects the 43.5-mm Omega Planet Ocean with some skepticism. Only then does he reluctantly take off his much more elegant Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra >15,000 Gauss that he?s owned since 2013 and put on the Planet Ocean. Dr. Röder is a radiologist in Heidenheim, Germany, and one of the creators of the Omega Master Chronometer project. He told us he always wanted a watch that wouldn?t be damaged at work, and so we passed his request on to Omega. We designed our extended test to be carried out on and in a magnetic resonance tomograph (MRI) ? just right for Dr. Röder and his work. When Dr. Röder first put the watch on, he didn?t realize that he?d appreciate the dive watch with its orange accents on the gray dial, the ceramic bezel and the rubber strap so quickly. He found the titanium case lighter and the rubber strap more comfortable to wear than he first thought. ?It feels perfect despite its size and thickness,? was his pragmatic first impression. Strong contrasts on the dial mean the time is easy to read and its Super-LumiNova coating creates a beacon of light at night.
?The rotating bezel ratchets nicely,? Dr. Röder continued, but its size makes it a killer with a regular shirt cuff. Oh, well ? we’ll le...