The new edition of the Seamaster 300 is an integral part of the collection
The new edition of the Seamaster 300 is an integral part of the collection The next generation of the Seamaster 300 replica watches came onto the market in 1960. Like its predecessors, its dial had Arabic numerals at the 3, 6, 9 and 12, but now offered modified luminous indexes and, most importantly, modified hands: a diamond-shaped hour hand and a bar-shaped minute hand with a slim tip. Caliber 28 RA SC-501 was followed by Caliber 552. Two years later, the Seamaster 300 was also available with a bar-shaped hour hand with a slender tip, rectangular indexes and a large luminous triangle instead of the numeral 12. The rotating bezel with larger numerals and a clearer luminous triangle was introduced in 1964. This model had already been part of a team one year prior to its official launch, when the famous ocean explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau began operating two underwater stations off the coast of Sudan at depths of 11 and 25 meters. At times, these stations housed several div...