L'Aqua Terra

This was a watch that you truly could wear anywhere anytime with its new durability and performance upgrades. 

The dommed sapphire crystal provides high resistance to scratches which are inevitable when wearing the watch. However, it was still only offered on an all brushed three link bracelet with a butterfly clasp. 

Whilst this was great for casual and more dressy wear, the butterfly clasp system meant that there was no micro adjustment. For a watch like the Aqua Terra, built for sportive use, it lacked the sporty bracelet to accompany it. 

Thankfully, here at ZEALANDE we can help you with this problem. With the highly capable Omega Aqua Terra combined with our high quality durable straps to reflect the quality of Omega, you can now truly wear your watch in any situation. 

With the lack of adjustment from the Omega bracelet, the ZEALANDE rubber strap offers not only a perfect fit for both the Aqua Terra’ case and your wrist, it gives you the ability to wear it everywhere. From rock climbing to skiing or diving, the ZEALANDE strap will help you out!

All of these new combinations made the Aqua Terra a very popular model within not just the Seamaster line but the whole of the Omega Catalogue. This was demonstrated by the famous English Spy, James Bond choosing to wear the ‘Skyfall’ Aqua Terra for the film Skyfall. This was a 41mm blue dial with the three link link bracelet, perfect for holding up against all the strenuous activities Mr Bond finds himself doing and also looking at home when he’s in his suit at a classy bar drinking his cocktails!

This version of the Aqua Terra (calibre 8505) is ideal if you fancy a change of straps since here at ZEALANDE we can offer you multiple colours for our straps so you can choose to match or compliment the strap colour with your dial colour.

Omega once again updated the Seamaster Aqua Terra line again in 2017. This time round most of the differences were visual changes with only a few internal changes. The most noticeable update they did to the Aqua Terra was with the dial. The date window was no longer at the 3 o’clock position, but was now moved down to the 6 o’clock position to keep a perfect symmetry on the dial. 

They changed from vertical grooves on the dial to horizontal grooves, resembling the deck of a yacht and sharing a similar style to the Patek Philippe Nautilus range as well. The new horizontal groves just worked so well and you could now get it in a sunburst blue, royal blue, white, black and smoky blue colour. You now could spend hours looking at all the different models. 

There were that many choices compared to before where you only had a few options. You could now choose between a 38mmm or 41mm case size with new lugs with high polished finishing. The old three link full brushed bracelet was now replaced with a much more sturdy three link bracelet with the centre polished links. 

The new Aqua Terra could now be dressed up even more thanks to its polished centre links. You could also opt to purchase one of Omega’ rubber straps they offer with the watch which includes an end link to make a perfect transition from case to rubber strap. On the inside, very little was changed. Omega performed another minor update to the calibre 8005 which they now updated to the calibre 8800 which boasted a power reserve of 70 hours of power reserve. The sapphire crystal now had an anti-reflective (AR) coating on it which gave the watch better legibility, without the AR coating, the dial would act like a mirror and reflect the light back at you.

Given that this is a sports watch, being able to quickly glance down at your wrist to tell the time is important so the AR coating was a huge upgrade. It also means you can always admire the details of the dial regardless of whether your sitting in the shade or walking in bright daylight. However, one thing to note, the AR coating is not scratch resistant so it is possible for scratches to appear which may look like the crystal is scratched but its just the AR coating. There isn’t a quick-and-easy fix to this but you can always send it back to Omega for a crystal replacement if you like.

2021 was a huge year within the watch community as there were many new and updated watches across all the brands from Rolex to Patek Philippe, and Omega was no exception. They released yet another new model, but they did not discontinue the previous one.

The new one no longer had a large seconds hand like on most watches, it now had a vintage inspired small seconds hand with its own sub dial incorporating the date window as well at the 6 o’clock position. 

The new movement, the 8900 remained largely the same as the previous one, the 8800. The only difference being the power reserve agin which now boasts 80 hours. The hands and hour markers are still filled with superluminova which has a long lasting glow making it still a practical and durable wrist watch.

With all the updates the Omega Aqua Terra has gone through, you can now find the perfect model to accompany you no matter where or what the dress code.  

Unlike previous models where they would normally discontinue the older model as soon as the new one comes out, they have not done this this time…yet! For those who maybe need a bit more time to get used to the new Aqua Terra you can still get the previous generation with the calibre 8800.

This is a fantastic choice on behalf of Omega because it also means their Aqua Terra has a huge amount of options for both men and Women. 

You can choose between a 38mm or 41mm case size or a choice of more than 6 dial colours. 

You do not even have to live near a boutique or have a relationship with your local AD because you can buy online or instore from Omega. Omega is a watch brand that has huge amounts of heritage and history within the world of watches and they continue to make exceptional timepieces and the Aqua Terra is just that, exceptional.