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Watch Spotting Omegas at Archerfield Golf Course

Omega Archfield Golf

Omega recently invited us for a round of golf at Archerfield golf course outside Edinburgh to discover the brand’s connection to the sport. From partnerships with the game’s star players such as Rory McIlroy to being the title sponsor of one of Europe’s oldest golf competition, the European Masters, the sight of an Omega on a golf course has become a familiar sight. So familiar in fact that when we weren’t swinging a golf club (don’t ask what our handicap is) we were ogling the wrist-candy on display among the staff, collectors and even the British Olympic curling team in attendance. Let’s take a look at what we found while watch spotting at Archerfield.

Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra 150m Beijing 2022

Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra 150m Beijing 2022

As it happens, some of our fellow competitors on the course were the British curling team, who are also official Omega sports ambassadors. As such, there were a handful of Omega’s Olympic watches on display including this Aqua Terra 150m Beijing 2022 – identifiable through its white dial with blue markers punctuated by red at 15, 30, 45 and 60 on the minutes scale. Here it’s paired with a blue and white NATO style strap.

Omega Seamaster Diver 300m

Omega Seamaster Diver 300m

Omega’s Seamaster Diver 300m is one of the archetypal dive watches of modern watchmaking. With its unidirectional bezel, helium escape valve and wave motif dial, it’s instantly recognisable. This edition features a high contrast white dial with black diving bezel. It has oversized lumed hour markers for low light readability beneath the waves (or walking back to the clubhouse in the evening after a round of golf).

Omega Speedmaster Moonphase Meteorite

Omega Speedmaster Moonphase Meteorite

The Omega Speedmaster Moonphase Meteorite was released in January 2025, it was the first Speedmaster Moonphase to feature a dual-hemisphere display. That means it shows the phases of the moon when seen from both the northern and southern hemispheres as indicated by the N and S markers in the centre of the moonphase display. This black edition features a black PVD coating across its meteorite dial, which is why is appears so dark.

Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean 600m Chronograph

Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean 600m Chronograph

The Planet Ocean 600m Chronograph has now been discontinued but it still packs a real punch when you see it in person. The black and orange colourway makes it immediately striking, as does the 45.5mm diameter – evidently big sporty Omegas are a favourite of the golf course. It’s powered by the Omega calibre 9900 with 60-hour power reserve.

Omega Speedmaster Grey Side of the Moon

Omega Speedmaster Grey Side of the Moon

Omega’s Speedmaster Grey Side of the Moon is almost exactly a year old, having been launched in October 2025. It’s a large 44.25mm model in grey ceramic housing the Calibre 3869. Its most identifiable feature is the moon surface texture across the dial which gives way to an openworked window below the chronograph subdials towards 8 o’clock.

Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean 6,000m Ultra Deep 75th Anniversary

Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean 6,000m Ultra Deep 75th Anniversary

In answer to the trend for brands to launch deep divers, Omega introduced the Planet Ocean 6,000m Ultra Deep – which they expanded in 2023 with a textured dial edition to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Seamaster range. The textured dial depicts an oceanographic map of the Challenger Deep, which is where the Ultra Deep prototype was tested in 2019.

Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean 600m Pyeongchang 2018

Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean 600m Pyeongchang 2018

Another Olympic wristwatch spotted is the Planet Ocean 600m Pyeongchang 2018. It’s a bold tool watch measuring 43.5mm x 16.09mm with a 600m water resistance rating (I assume most of the water it encounters on the wrist of a curler is frozen). The dial is predominantly blue paired with vivid red accents on the bezel, dial inscriptions and strap stitching.

Omega Seamaster 300

Omega Seamaster 300

The Seamaster 300 was reintroduced in 2021 as a modern reinterpretation of the original Seamaster 300 from 1957 – an iconic watch that was part of the Professional Trilogy alongside the Speedmaster and Railmaster. This is the blue edition with neo-vintage style beige lume. It measures 40mm and houses the calibre 8912 with 60-hour power reserve.

Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch Professional

Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch Professional

The Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch Professional is a classic for a reason. It’s a no-nonsense chronograph with an extremely legible black and white display designed to minimise any possible errors when reading the watch. It consists of running seconds, a 30-minute counter, a 12-hour counter alongside central chronograph seconds, minutes and hours.

Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean 600m Gen 4

Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean 600m Gen 4

Omega revamped the Planet Ocean with the collection’s fourth generation in 2025, introducing a new facetted case design and removing the crown-like helium escape valve at 10 o’clock. It retains a 600m water resistance rating along with a dive timer bezel. The edition pictured here is the matte black dial version with blue bezel. It’s also easier to wear at 42mm x 13.79mm.

Omega Seamaster Diver 300m Beijing 2022

Omega Seamaster Diver 300m Beijing 2022

A second Seamaster Diver 300m present was the Beijing 2022 edition, again on the wrist of a British curler. It has the same core components as the standard Diver 300m except that the wave motif dial is made from blue ceramic, the bezel is made from metal in relief and there are coloured accents for each of the Olympic rings on the hour markers.

Swatch x Omega MoonSwatch Mission to the Moon

Swatch x Omega MoonSwatch Mission to the Moon

There’s a certain comedy in seeing the Swatch x Omega MoonSwatch Mission to the Moon alongside all the other heavy hitters here. But at the same time, it makes a certain amount of sense because with its quartz movement and lightweight bioceramic construction, it’s a watch you don’t have to be worried about while out on the course. There are no delicate vintage movements here to be destroyed by a vigorous swing.

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Michael Sonsino

As Digital Editor for Oracle Time, Michael needs an eye for detail, which makes it a good thing that his twin joys in life are miniatures and watches. He's a lifelong fan of fine timepieces, especially those of a more historic nature - if it has a twist of Art Deco, all the better. Recent purchase: Seiko Prospex 1959 Alpinist Modern Re-Interpretation. Grail watch: Vacheron Constantin Historiques American 1921.