The Planet Ocean Appears In A New Avatar: Omega’s Most Striking Update In 20 Years

OMEGA returns to one of its most recognisable dive watch families with the launch of the fourth generation of the Seamaster Planet Ocean collection. It marks a complete redesign from the inside out, introducing seven new references built around three watch heads, each paired with updated bracelet and strap options. Two decades after the debut of the first Planet Ocean, the collection steps confidently into a new era with a sharper, more contemporary identity.

Dive watches have been central to the brand’s heritage since 1932, but the Planet Ocean has always stood apart from the Aqua Terra and Diver 300M lines. It carried a sportier, more purpose-driven personality, gradually drifting away from the 1960s and 1970s Seamaster aesthetic that once inspired it. This latest generation takes the boldest leap yet, redefining the collection with new design architecture, slimmer dimensions, and technical updates aimed at elevating performance.

The case is the most immediate change. Now more angular and compact, it measures 42 mm in diameter and 13.79 mm in height a notable reduction compared to the previous 16.1 mm generation, largely thanks to a flat sapphire crystal and a titanium caseback. The lug-to-lug distance sits at 47.5 mm, and the case drops sharply where it meets the bracelet or rubber strap, giving the watches a cleaner, more sculpted profile. Omega uses a two-piece stainless steel case construction with a titanium inner ring, paired with matte black dials featuring white, orange varnished, or rhodium-plated Arabic numerals. These numerals have been redesigned, now bolder and more open. Colour executions follow a familiar logic: orange numerals match an orange ceramic bezel, white numerals pair with blue ceramic, and rhodium-plated numerals sit on black ceramic.

Rhodium-plated hands and indices complement an applied Omega name and logo. All dial printing is in white, and lume performance is handled by Super-LumiNova X1. The hour markers and hour hand glow blue, while the minute hand and dive bezel glow green—an intuitive colour split for readability underwater. As expected, water resistance remains at 600 metres, a defining Planet Ocean specification.

Powering the new lineup is the Co-Axial Master Chronometer Calibre 8912, featuring bi-directional automatic winding, a Silicon Si14 balance spring, Omega’s signature Co-Axial escapement, and twin barrels in series offering a 60-hour power reserve. This calibre has proven itself in the Ultra Deep, O-Megasteel, PloProf, and Seamaster 300 Master Chronometer models, and now becomes the foundation of the refreshed Planet Ocean family.

A major aesthetic shift comes from the sharper case lines, more pronounced crown guard, and the removal of the manual helium-release crown a detail long associated with the Planet Ocean but now omitted for a cleaner profile. The bracelet has also been redesigned with slimmer flat links that meet the 21 mm lug width in an almost fully integrated manner. Tapering to 16.5 mm, it includes six points of micro-adjustment as well as Omega’s diver extension.

The closed titanium caseback helps deliver the thinner profile and improved water resistance. Its wave-edged design carries engraved branding and the iconic hippocampus seahorse emblem. Despite the extensive redesign, the Planet Ocean’s identity remains firmly intact: robust, adventurous, and rooted in Omega’s longstanding ocean-bound spirit. Seven new Master Chronometer models now open this next chapter, including references in the signature orange that has defined the Planet Ocean since its earliest days.

Price: Rs 8,22,300 (Steel on rubber strap)

Rs 8,83,600 (Steel on steel)