Bill Yao has updated us on his Project 300 (based on the iconic Omega Seamaster 300)/ It will be a limited edition project in stainless steel (the titanium option would have been prohibitively expensive).
The plank owner package is not as generous as it was for the Kingston project because of the higher quality of the case that we will be used for this watch.
The project could theoretically be done less expensively but it would mean using untested suppliers. For a customer sponsored project he thought it best to use tried and tested suppliers even though it would mean a higher cost. Fortunately the higher cost will also result in a higher quality case so the trade-off is balanced out by what should be a superior finished product.
He has decided that it will be okay to produce a watch that is very similar to the original, while choosing to make subtle changes to the design to differentiate it from the original.
Specifications are: Case diameter of 42mm x 14mm (all estimates); 200 to 300 meters water resistance. A double domed sapphire crystal with AR coatingon the interior surface only. Movement is the automatic ETA caliber 2836-2 or 2824-2 decorated with Geneva stripes. Other specs subject to change. MSRP starts at $1,095.
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