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Omega
Seamaster 600 ‘Ploprof’, reference 166.077 Montre bracelet en acier avec date | Stainless steel wristwatch with date and bracelet Vers 1970 | Circa 1970
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October 16, 01:41 PM GMT
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5,000 - 8,000 EUR
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Description
Omega
Seamaster 600 ‘Ploprof’, reference 166.077
Montre bracelet en acier avec date |
Stainless steel wristwatch with date and bracelet
Vers 1970 |
Circa 1970
Cadran: noir
Calibre: cal. 1002 automatique, rubis
Boîtier: acier
Fermoir: bracelet Omega en acier et fermoir
Dimensions: 55 x 45 mm
Signé: boîtier, cadran et mouvement
Ecrin: non
Papiers: non
Accessoires: aucun
Dial: black
Calibre: cal. 1002 automatic, jeweled
Case: stainless steel
Closure: stainless steel Omega mesh bracelet and locking clasp
Size: 55 x 45 mm
Signed: case, dial and movement
Box: no
Papers: no
Accessories: none
Poids brut 182.20 g |
Gross weight 182.20 g
With the technical advancements that were made in the scuba diving in industry during the 60s and 70s came the need for better designed equipment. Watches in particular were important tools used by professional divers and were heavily relied upon. This new demand for precision timepieces that could tolerate the stresses of prolonged, deep-water, submersion sparked a period of significant innovation within watch manufacturer.
Omega, who had just recently provided watches to NASA for the astronauts that went to the moon, naturally embraced this new challenge with similar vigour. And so, working in collaboration with COMEX (the Compagnie Maritime d’Expertise), the Omega Seamaster Professional 600 was born.
The Plongeur Professionel nicknamed ‘PloProf’ was marketed as being able to withstand depths of up to 2000ft, comfortably enduring Omega’s "Seabed-to-Everest" torture testing. Tests conducted later by Ocean Systems Inc., a diving research centre operating out of the United States, concluded the watch was ‘more watertight’ than a submarine.