Omega Seamaster PloProf 1200M Watch Review | SwissWatchExpo

Fresh from the Showcase here at 
SwissWatchExpo. What is the biggest  
baddest watch we got in the whole store? Well, 
it might be this one, so let’s check it out.
Another very busy holiday season here 
at SwissWatchExpo has just wrapped up,  
but that has not stopped us from getting a 
really remarkable and interesting pieces in  
one of these is perhaps the biggest, baddest dive 
watch. I’ve ever laid eyes on. I’ll let you argue  
if got a more rugged one in the comments. However, 
I think you’re gonna have a hard time beating this  
beautiful looking Omega Seamaster PloProf 
edition. Now some of you Omega fans and dive watch  
aficionados at large should be 
pretty familiar with this. This is  
Omega’s professional diving watch the most rugged, 
the most capable and the most rigorously tested in  
the entire line. And Omega probably has a wider 
variety of dive watches between the Seamaster  
and the Planet Ocean line and all the heritage 
models and what not. I would venture to say,  
Omega might make more different kinds 
of dive watches than any other brand.
And none of them can do the things 
that this watch right here can do.  
You’ll notice is the whole shape. This is not 
really meant to be a fashion forward watch,  
although you could definitely make a statement 
by wearing this. I don’t speak to very many  
professional divers, but that is definitely who 
this watch was originally designed for. The word  
PloProf is actually a French colloquial

term,
which means professional diver or scuba diver.
I think so they’re basically coming right out
here in saying if this is if you’re diving is
a life or death situation and also how you make
your, you know, money and what your career is,
then this is a watch that you need to
consider. Or if you’re just someone who
appreciates dive watches that can do anything
you might possibly conceive of making it do.
This is one as well. The first thing you’ll notice
is the case design. It’s very unusual, not round.
I would definitely classify this as an abstract
shaped, but it’s not meant to be artistic in any
way. This is meant to be a practical tool watch
here, particularly you’ll notice this watch is not
very easy to wind and set. In fact, it is sealed.
All dive watches are sealed. This one is sealed
on top of sealed on top of sealed. No water is
getting in this thing. If you operate it correctly
you’ll notice there that the crown does
have a very, very sort of squared off shape
crown protector here. And this is something
that’s gonna look a lot tougher and denser
than a crown protector on any other type of
watch sort of reminiscent of like Luminor,
but you could tell the whole shape here is just
way, way off from what they would be doing.
So you actually do unscrew the crown which
does have to be unscrewed for quite a while,
but that makes sense when you consider this thing
is rated to go way, way, way under the surface
12,000 meters. So I’m no watchmaker by trade,
but I can only imagine that you really, really
have to screw this down really, really, really
tight to make sure that this thing is actually
water resistant to that depth. And as such, you
will be turning this thing for quite a while,
before you get it to the winding and setting
position. I found that out the hard way earlier.
Another thing about the functionality of this
watch is the bezel while is a by rotating be,
which might make lead you to think, well, wouldn’t
that be dangerous for a professional diver?
Not necessarily because it comes with
this little blocking mechanism over here
on the right side of the case at 10 o’clock
you’ll notice this thing is absolutely rigid.
Does not move a millimeter in any
direction, but if you press this down,
which is something a diver could do with one you
know, if they had one of their hands available,
they can turn this bezel both ways, which
again, this is for a professional diver,
presumably going to the types of deaths
where it is quite literally life or death
situation. So you can leave absolutely nothing
to chance. And as such, this is definitely the
most secure bezel on any dive watch I’ve ever
seen. And for good reason, now, cosmetically,
as you can imagine, most watch electors are
not actual professional divers, although
high to any exceptions who might be watching out
there. But this is again, if you like really big,
really rugged sport watches, this is such a
unique statement that you can make, even if
you are not going to be taking this all the way
to 12,000 or sorry, 1,200 meters under the ocean.
It does have a very bright white motif, which I
think would be pretty practical for looking at it
under the water. But it also is great if you’re
looking for a real attention grabbing watch,
and let’s be honest, if you’re wearing a dive
watch, that is 55 by 48 millimeters in diameter,
you’re looking to make a statement and this is one
that can do it. This is a completely unborn watch
with its full strap here. This is a beautiful
looking white unborn Omega brand factory strap,
very durable, the mesh bracelets they claim
as being shark proof. I do not believe they
offer the same guarantees for the for the
rubber strap, but no matter what you should
not test this theory, just avoid sharks at all
opportunities. But it has a very rugged looking
brushed steel clasp here, which again, looks
just as rugged as the rest of the watch.
And you do have plenty of room to
play with here because of course,
what is the point of this watch if it’s not going
to be fit to fit over a wetsuit as you should
be doing, if you’re going that far beneath
the ocean this is again fully sealed. No no
no exhibition case back really I’m sure the
movement is beautiful, but let’s be honest. You
don’t want to leave anything to chance. This thing
is going all the way to the bottom of the ocean.
And even if you don’t, it’s gonna go anywhere.
You might take it because let’s be honest. This
is a big watch. And if you’re gonna wear this,
you’re probably gonna make the rules wherever it
is that you’re going. This is not gonna be for
everybody. But of course, it’s just one of the
I popping pieces that we’ve gotten since the
holiday season just wrapped up. So if you’ve got
a bit of money left over to spend on something
fashionable, I wouldn’t know anything about that
after my holiday shopping, but if you do, then you
need to give us a call right now and let us get
this. Or one of the other fascinating watches we
have on your wrist right now at SwissWatchExpo.com