2016 Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra Complete Original Box & Papers

Within the Aqua Terra line, this reference lands on the versatile 38.5mm case — the size most collectors point to as the sweet spot between dress and sport. The white lacquered dial carries Omega's signature "teak" pattern of vertical grooves, drawn from the planked decks of luxury sailing yachts, and the bright ground throws those ridges and the polished applied indices into sharper relief than the silver, grey, or black variants. The result reads cleaner and dressier on the wrist than its darker siblings while keeping the same horizontal date window at 3 o'clock and the same legible, lumed handset. It's the configuration that best shows off what the Aqua Terra is doing aesthetically.


Key details — mechanical

• Movement: Omega Calibre 8500, in-house self-winding (automatic)
• Escapement: Co-Axial escapement — reduced sliding friction for greater long-term stability and longer service intervals
• Balance: Free-sprung balance; Si14 silicon balance spring on examples produced from 2011 onward, improving anti-magnetic resistance and rate stability
• Barrels: Two mainspring barrels mounted in series
• Power reserve: 60 hours
• Winding: Bidirectional rotor for faster winding
• Frequency: 25,200 vph (3.5 Hz)
• Jewels: 39
• Certification: COSC chronometer-certified
• Finishing: Rhodium-plated bridges and oscillating mass with Geneva waves in arabesque, visible through the sapphire display caseback
• Functions: Hours, minutes, central seconds, date; quick-change time-zone (hour hand adjusts independently without hacking)
• Case: 38.5mm stainless steel, screw-in crown, anti-reflective sapphire crystal (both sides), water resistant to 150m