Did Daniel Craig Just Tease Omega’s Next Hottest Dive Watch at the Olympics?

Last fall, the watch world went nuts trying to figure out the story behind the hitherto-unseen white Omega Speedmaster seen on Daniel Craig’s wrist at an Omega event in New York.

After months of speculation, Omega finally dropped the hammer by officially unveiling a Moonwatch with a white lacquer dial earlier this year. The watch, which has since become known as “The Craig” in some circles, is currently one of the hottest watches on the planet and is a strong contender for the best new watch of the year.

And with Daniel Craig’s Omega-funded visit to the Paris 2024 Olympics this week, it looks like Omega has done it again, as the former 007 actor was photographed wearing a never-before-seen Seamaster.

A No-Date Seamaster?

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When I first saw the pictures of Craig hanging out at the Olympics, I assumed he was wearing the 60th Anniversary James Bond Seamaster … but then I looked closer.

The watch on Craig’s wrist in Paris shares some similarities with that watch — namely the mesh bracelet, stark white hands and indices, (what appears to be a) steel case and no-date layout.

But there were several details that clued me into the fact that this was a different watch. First, the bezel has a pip at 12 o’clock rather than the number 60. Secondly, the seconds hand is in the same style seen on the standard Seamaster Diver 300M rather than the lollipop style seen on the 60th Anniversary watch.

Other differences are harder to tell from the photos, but to my eye, the watch appears to be black rather than blue, it looks to have a flat rather than domed sapphire crystal, and I think the bezel insert is made of ceramic in place of aluminum.

This all adds up to something Omega fans have been longing for since forever ago: a standard no-date Seamaster to better take on Rolex’s beloved no-date Submariner.

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Generating Buzz

Omega has seemingly been building up to a no-date Seamaster for a while now.

We’ve seen two Bond-related special editions without a date in the previously mentioned 60th Anniversary Seamaster and the titanium “No Time to Die.” Both of those watches, like the new one Craig is wearing, also come on a mesh bracelet instead of the traditional “tank tread” bracelet.

In addition, a few no-date modern Seamasters have popped up in the past year that are not for sale to the public but have stoked desire among enthusiasts nonetheless. One was issued to the Danish Frogman Corps, Frømandskorpset, and rose to fame on the wrist of Denmark’s King Frederik X in several public showings.

Another is exclusive to U.S. Secret Service members and was identified by watch blog Watches of Espionage on the wrist of one of the agents that sprang into action during the attempted assassination of former president Donald Trump last month. A third is known to have been issued to U.S. Navy SEALs, as detailed by WoE in the above Instagram post.

All three watches appear to be identical except for their casebacks and combine black, no-date ceramic dials and bezels with yellowish lume. Both also come on the tank tread bracelet or a black rubber strap rather than the Bond-approved mesh bracelet. It’s a decidedly different watch from the one Craig was spotted wearing at the Olympics.

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Omega confirmed to me in an email that Craig is indeed wearing an unreleased no-date Seamaster, and stated that the watch will be released later this year.

Let the wild speculation begin, but it looks like “The Craig” Speedmaster may soon have some heated competition for the Watch of the Year crown from “The Craig” Seamaster.

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