Omega Seamaster Diver 300M 2531.80
A blue dial with waves, skeleton hands and a scalloped bezel. The version that became known from the Bond films.
We buy Omega Seamaster
Sell your Omega Seamaster
You can sell your Omega Seamaster to Reuven Watches in Utrecht. We buy every version, from a Diver 300M to a Planet Ocean or an Aqua Terra. Send a few photos and you will hear what we offer within 24 hours.
- Within 24 hoursan offer, any day of the week
- Every Seamasterfrom 150 to 1200 metres, quartz or automatic
- Shipped insuredat our expense, from outside the Netherlands too
You are not committed to anything. Your details stay confidential.
What is my Omega Seamaster worth?
What an Omega Seamaster is worth depends first on which Seamaster you have, because the name appears on very different watches. A Diver 300M from 1995 is a different watch from a Planet Ocean, an Aqua Terra or a flat Seamaster from the sixties. Then the state of the bezel, the dial and the bracelet count. We assess your watch on its own and you receive an offer without obligation within 24 hours, weekends included.
At Omega, Seamaster is not a single model but a name that has appeared on dozens of different watches since 1948. Among them are divers water resistant to twelve hundred metres and flat watches on leather that have never been near water. That makes the first question in a valuation an unusual one: not how old, but which.
How we place a Seamaster
What is on the dial under the name, and which figure in metres or feet? Is there a small round valve in the case edge at ten o'clock? And does the bezel turn or is it fixed? With those three answers we almost always know which line you are in, even without a reference number.
Box and papers not required
We buy every Seamaster, quartz included, with or without box and papers and even when the watch has stopped. There is no minimum value. What you do not know you do not have to work out; we ask for whatever we need.
Versions
The Seamaster lines and how to recognise them
Several lines run side by side under the Seamaster name, each with its own audience and its own market. These are the six we are offered most, with the number alongside so you can find it on your own papers.
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Omega Seamaster Diver 300M Ceramic Bezel
The only generation without waves: a plain lacquered dial and the first ceramic bezel. Still just over forty-one millimetres.
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Omega Seamaster Diver 300M Master Chronometer
Forty-two millimetres, waves lasered into the ceramic dial and a conical valve. The biggest step since 1993.
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Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean 600M
Water resistant to six hundred metres, a larger case and often orange on the bezel or the dial. The heaviest diver in the line.
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Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra 150M
A fixed bezel and a dial with stripes that nod to a ship's deck. A hundred and fifty metres, and wearable under a cuff.
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Omega Seamaster 300 Master Co-Axial
Redrawn after the 1957 diver, with a matt bezel lacking a minute track on the first quarter. A line of its own, separate from the Diver 300M.
Names like Bond and Ploprof are not official Omega designations but they are the terms people search and trade on. If your version is not listed, we buy it just the same.
Reference numbers
Seamaster references we buy often
At Omega the number is not on the outside of the case but on the warranty document, and on the newer generations on the inside of the caseback as well. If you cannot find it, we manage with photos: the dial, the bezel and the valve usually give away the line.
| Reference | Version | Period | Feature |
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| CK2913 | Seamaster 300, first diver | circa 1957 to 1962 | rotating bezel, broad arrow hands |
| 166.077 | Seamaster Ploprof 600 | circa 1970 to 1979 | monobloc case, orange pusher by the bezel |
| 2531.80 | Seamaster Diver 300M, automatic | circa 1993 to 2006 | blue wave dial, skeleton hands |
| 2541.80 | Seamaster Diver 300M, quartz | circa 1993 to 2001 | the same version, a battery instead of a rotor |
| 2220.80 | Seamaster Diver 300M | circa 2006 to 2012 | wave dial, aluminium bezel |
| 212.30.41.20.01.003 | Seamaster Diver 300M | circa 2012 to 2018 | ceramic bezel, plain lacquer without waves |
| 210.30.42.20.01.001 | Seamaster Diver 300M | from 2018 | 42 mm, waves in ceramic, Master Chronometer |
| 2200.50 | Seamaster Planet Ocean | circa 2005 to 2011 | first generation, 600 metres, orange bezel |
| 231.10.42.21.01.001 | Seamaster Aqua Terra | circa 2011 to 2017 | vertical teak stripes, fixed bezel |
| 233.30.41.21.01.001 | Seamaster 300, heritage | from 2014 | matt bezel, the shape of the 1957 diver |
Your reference not listed? Hundreds of versions have appeared under the Seamaster name, and we buy them all, including the flat models from the fifties and sixties.
Specifications
The Seamaster in specifications
Within this family the figures vary more than on any other model. Below, each point sets out which values occur and where the difference lies, so you can place your own watch.
- Three kinds of dial follow one another: pressed waves until about 2012, plain lacquer without waves until 2018, and after that waves lasered into ceramic. Tilt the watch under a lamp and you see which you have.
- The valve at ten o'clock is only on the divers. If you see a smooth case edge there, you almost certainly have an Aqua Terra or a flatter model from the family.
- Water resistance
- 150, 300, 600 or 1,200 metres Aqua Terra 150, Diver 300M, Planet Ocean 600, Ploprof 1200
- Case size
- 38 to 45 mm The Diver 300M went from 41 to 42 millimetres in 2018
- Bezel
- Rotating or fixed The Aqua Terra fixed and smooth, the divers rotating in aluminium or ceramic
- Valve
- At ten o'clock on the divers Conical on the newest generation, before that flat and screw-down
- Movement
- Quartz or automatic The early 300M came in both; cal. 1120, 2500, 8800 and 8900 followed
- Dial
- Waves, teak stripes or plain Waves pressed until about 2012, then plain, from 2018 lasered into ceramic
- Bracelet
- Steel, rubber or leather The steel clasp on the divers has an extension to go over a wetsuit
- Lug width
- 18 to 22 mm Differs by line, so a strap does not simply swap across
These figures are here to help you place your own watch. We do not use them as the basis for an offer; for that we assess the individual watch.
Check it yourself
Four places you can check yourself
You do not have to be a valuer to work out which Seamaster you have and what state it is in. Go through these four points with the watch in hand and in daylight.
The case edge at ten o'clock
Turn the watch so you can see the side at the ten o'clock end. A small round head in the edge there means you have a diver with a valve that releases helium. On the newest generation that head tapers conically; on the older ones it is flat and sometimes has a screw collar. That difference dates the watch at once.
The waves on the dial, or their absence
Tilt the watch slowly under a lamp. There are three possibilities and they date your Diver 300M at once. If you see waves pressed into the lacquer that do not change in depth, it dates from before about 2012. If you see a plain lacquered dial with no pattern at all, it comes from the years with the first ceramic bezel, between about 2012 and 2018. If the waves are there but seem to change in depth as you tilt, they are lasered into ceramic and you have the generation from 2018 onwards.
The bezel and the minute track
See whether the surrounding ring turns and what it is made of. Aluminium is matt, can discolour and holds dents; ceramic is deeply glossy and has the figures in enamel or in the lacquer. Look at the triangle at zero too: is the luminous material there still intact, or has something dropped out.
The clasp and the extension
Open the steel clasp. On the divers there is a folding section or a slide that lengthens the bracelet by a few centimetres, meant to go over a suit. Check that this part still closes firmly and does not spring open by itself. Loose links you still have lying about count, so look them out.
If you cannot work it out, that is no problem. Just send photos of what you can manage; we will ask for whatever else we need.
Have your Seamaster assessedValuation
What sets the value of a Seamaster?
Because the name appears on so many different watches, the valuation begins with establishing the line. These are the six points that weigh heaviest after that, in the order we look at them.
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Which line it is
Diver 300M, Planet Ocean, Aqua Terra, Seamaster 300 or a flat model from the sixties. This is the first question and immediately the weightiest, because each line has its own market.
Impact on the value: Large
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Quartz or automatic
The early Diver 300M was made in both versions and they look alike from above. For the market they are two different watches, so this always belongs in the request.
Impact on the value: Large
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The condition of the bezel
On aluminium we look for dents, discolouration and the triangle at zero; on ceramic, for chipped edges. On a diver the bezel is the part that has taken the most punishment.
Impact on the value: Large
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Dial and lume
Missing or lifted luminous material on the hour markers shows, and on the older generations it happens. If the colour of the dots has kept pace with that on the hands, they belong together.
Impact on the value: Average
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Bracelet, clasp and accessories
An original steel bracelet with a clasp that closes properly counts, and so do loose links and a second strap. On the newer generations a rubber strap is sometimes included in the box.
Impact on the value: Average
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Water resistance and service history
On a dive watch the sealing is no side issue. A receipt from a service at which the gaskets were replaced is a plus, and if the watch has lain unused for years that is worth mentioning.
Impact on the value: Average
We deliberately name no figures and no guide prices on this page. Every Seamaster is assessed on its own, because the lines within this family differ more from one another than two separate models would.
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On a Seamaster the side of the case says more than the dial. The valve at ten o'clock gives away the generation.
Side by side
Diver 300M, Planet Ocean or Aqua Terra?
These three lines run side by side and are often confused, including by people who own one. Where they differ, and what that means if you want to sell one.
| Diver 300M | Planet Ocean | Aqua Terra | |
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| Water resistance | 300 metres | 600 metres | 150 metres |
| The bezel | Rotating, scalloped | Rotating, often with orange | Fixed and smooth |
| Valve at ten o'clock | Yes | Yes | No |
| The dial | Waves, plain between 2012 and 2018 | Smooth, with accents | Stripes like a ship's deck |
| Case size | 41 to 42 mm | 42 to 45 mm | 38 to 41 mm |
| How often we see it | The most common of the three | Regularly | Regularly, often as a first luxury watch |
Not sure which you have? Read what is on the dial and then look at the case edge. A hundred and fifty metres with a smooth edge points to an Aqua Terra, three hundred metres with a valve to a Diver 300M, six hundred metres to a Planet Ocean.
The market
How does the market for the Seamaster behave?
Four things worth knowing before you decide to sell. No predictions, just what we see come through the door.
The name says less than people think
A flat gold watch from 1962 can just as easily say Seamaster as a six-hundred-metre diver. We regularly get requests in which someone holds an expectation that belongs to a different line. So read first what is under the name on the dial; that stops you from over- or underestimating what you have.
The waves once vanished and came back again
Around 2012 Omega dropped the wave pattern on the Diver 300M and a plain lacquered dial arrived, together with the first ceramic bezel. In 2018 those waves came back, but lasered into ceramic, and the case went to forty-two millimetres. Anyone describing their watch as the Seamaster with waves can easily land in the wrong generation. So look first at what is on your own dial.
Quartz from the nineties is underrated
The early Diver 300M was also made with a battery, and that version is often dismissed as the lesser one. In practice those are watches that have run little and still look good. They sit in a market of their own, so do not write yours off before you have had it looked at.
On a diver the seals count
A Seamaster that has lain in a drawer for ten years almost certainly has dry gaskets. That is no obstacle to our buying it, but it is something we ask about. Do not open or test it yourself; leave the watch as it is and simply say that it has stood still for a long time.
Want to know where your example sits in this picture? Put it to us. You are not tied to the offer and you decide only once you have seen it.
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What customers who sold to us have to say
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All versions
Which Seamaster do you want to sell?
We buy every Omega Seamaster, from a flat model from the sixties to a Planet Ocean from last year. For each line we look at the bezel, the dial, the movement and the state of the bracelet. Read what is under the name on the dial and we know which line it is.
Sell your Omega Seamaster Diver 300M
The Diver 300M is the best-known branch of the family: waves on the dial, a rotating bezel and a valve at ten o'clock. If you want to sell an Omega Seamaster Diver 300M, we look at the dial first, because that dates the watch. Pressed waves until about 2012, then a spell of plain lacquer without waves, and from 2018 waves lasered into ceramic.
Sell your Omega Seamaster 2531.80
The 2531.80 is the blue Diver 300M with the skeleton hands, made from 1993. To sell a Seamaster 2531.80 we look at the state of the scalloped bezel and at the luminous material in the hour markers, because on this generation something there sometimes lifts. We also buy the quartz version, the 2541.80.
Sell your Omega Seamaster Bond
The Diver 300M has appeared in the Bond films since the mid-nineties, which is why the trade often calls it the Bond. There are also separate editions carrying a reference to the films on the caseback or the dial. If you want to sell such a version, do say whether it is an ordinary Diver 300M or one of those editions, because that is a difference.
Sell your Omega Planet Ocean
The Planet Ocean is the heavier diver in the family: six hundred metres, a larger case and often orange on the bezel or the dial. When selling an Omega Planet Ocean we look at the edges of the ceramic bezel and at the shade of the orange, because an aluminium insert from the first generation can fade.
Sell your Omega Aqua Terra
The Aqua Terra has a fixed, smooth bezel and a dial with stripes that nod to a ship's deck. It is water resistant to a hundred and fifty metres and wears flatter than the divers. To sell an Omega Aqua Terra the case size matters, because the line runs from thirty-eight to forty-one millimetres and that affects demand.
Sell your Omega Seamaster 300
Note: two watches carry this name. The diver from 1957 and the redrawn version from 2014, with nearly sixty years between them. If you want to sell an Omega Seamaster 300, send a photo of the dial and the caseback and we see at once which of the two it is. We buy both.
Sell your Omega Ploprof
The Ploprof is the diver with the one-piece case and the orange pusher beside the bezel, originally made for professional divers. It exists in a version from the seventies and in a redrawn one from after 2009. To sell an Omega Ploprof we assess the individual watch, because not many were made.
Sell your vintage Omega Seamaster
We also buy the flat Seamasters from the fifties to the seventies, in steel, in gold and with the de Ville designation. On vintage we look especially at the dial and at whether the case has ever been repolished. If you do not know the reference, send photos of the dial, the caseback and the side.
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Frequently asked questions
Questions about selling a Seamaster
What is my Omega Seamaster worth?
That depends first on which Seamaster you have, because the name appears on very different watches. A Diver 300M, a Planet Ocean, an Aqua Terra and a flat model from the sixties each have their own market.
We give no guide prices on this page, because with this family they would almost always miss reality. Send a few photos and you will hear what we offer within 24 hours.
How do I know which Seamaster I have?
Read what is under the name on the dial and which figure in metres goes with it. Then look at the case edge at ten o'clock: a small round head there means you have a diver.
If that does not settle it, send photos of the dial, the side and the caseback. We will tell you which line it is.
What is that valve at ten o'clock for?
It is a valve that lets helium escape from the case. On dives where long periods are spent under pressure, helium particles creep into the case and have to be able to get out again on ascent.
For you as a seller it is mainly a dating aid: the shape of that head differs by generation, and it tells us at once which years the watch comes from.
Do you also buy a Seamaster with quartz?
Yes. The early Diver 300M was made with a battery as well as with an automatic movement, and we buy both.
Do mention it in your request, because for the market they are two different watches. From above they are all but indistinguishable.
My old Omega says both Seamaster and de Ville. What do I have?
That is a version from the sixties, when Omega sold the flatter Seamasters under the name Seamaster de Ville. Later the de Ville became a line of its own.
We buy those watches, in steel and in gold. Send photos of the dial and the caseback and we will place it.
My Seamaster has stopped after years in a drawer. Will you still buy it?
Yes, we simply buy it. There is no minimum value and we do not rule out a watch that has stopped.
Leave it as it is and do not open it or test it under water yourself. Just say that it has stood still for a long time and we know what to look out for.
Do you buy a Seamaster without box and papers?
Yes. We buy every brand, with or without box and papers, and there is no minimum value.
The warranty document does make the reference and the year traceable, so if you still have it, it is worth looking out. Loose links and a second strap count too.
How soon do I get an offer on my Seamaster?
Within 24 hours of your request, every day of the week. Weekends included.
You are not tied to the offer. You decide only once you have seen it, and if you turn it down you keep your watch.
Assessed by
Beni Reuben
Owner and valuer at Reuven Watches
Because the name Seamaster appears on dozens of different watches, Beni Reuben first establishes which one he is holding. He does that not at the dial but at the side of the case, because the valve at ten o'clock tells him at a glance which line and which generation he is dealing with.
Ten years in the watch trade
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Curious what we would offer for your Seamaster?
Send photos of the dial, of the side with the case edge and of the bezel, and you will hear what we offer within 24 hours. Weekends included.
You are not committed to anything. Your details stay confidential.