The movements in the platinum watches stand out from those used in the steel-cased versions with their incorporation of a Sedna gold rotor and balance bridge.The Seamaster 1948 Central Second in platinum is priced at 39,000 Swiss francs the Small Second version, at 39,500 Swiss francs. The movements, the only ones in watchmaking to meet the exacting standards for both chronometer certification and Omega’s in-house METAS criteria, are self-winding, magnetic-resistant to 15,000 Gauss, high-frequency (25,200 vph), decorated to exacting haute horlogerie standards, and possessed of a hefty 60-hour power reserve. The watches are powered by Omega Master Chronometer calibers.Inside each watch’s case - behind a sapphire pane laser-engraved and hand-lacquered with a 70th Anniversary logo and the images of a Chris-Craft boat and Gloster Meteor plane, visual tributes to the RAF and its historic usage of Omega’s earliest water-resistant watches - we find an Omega Master movement, Caliber 8807 in the Central Seconds and Caliber 8805 in the Small Seconds. The Central Seconds model comes on a brown leather strap, while the Central Seconds is on a hunter green leather strap both fasten to the wrist with a polished-and-brushed 950 platinum buckle emblazoned with the Omega symbol. Looking more closely, one will note that the hands on the Central Second model are Dauphine-style, with a slight dome to both the minute hand and seconds hand, while the hands on the Small Seconds are leaf-shaped, with only the minute hand domed. Obviously, one has a center-mounted hand for the running seconds while the other displays this function on a subdial at 6 o’clock. 511.93.38.20.99.01)The watches - like their steel brethren, offered in a Central Seconds and Small Seconds iteration - differ from each other somewhat subtly in their details. Omega Seamaster 1948 Small Seconds Platinum (Ref. The hands, applied numerals and indices, and vintage-style Omega logo (aka the Greek letter Omega), which were in white gold on the steel versions, are in Omega’s 18k Sedna gold on these platinum editions.
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