2024 was the year of the Paris Olympics, but it was also the year when Daniel Craig became a Loewe muse, adopted the lock and everything. Goodbye short hair and skimpy suits, the new Daniel Craig dares to wear mid-length mane and loose pants. And he starred in one of the most anticipated films of the year: Queer by Luca Guadagnino, alongside Drew Starkey. But despite the commotion, we discerned one constant: an Omega watch still firmly attached to his wrist. During the Governors Awards ceremony which took place last week, he roamed Los Angeles with a new piece.
Daniel Craig donned the 007 costume for the last time in Dying can wait in 2021. But in his double-breasted Loewe tuxedo and with a one-of-a-kind watch, the actor had everything to recall the James Bond he once played. According to our observations, he was wearing a singular gold Seamaster Diver 300 featuring an incredible burgundy bezel, a black dial and a very elegant Milanese bracelet. This choice is not insignificant: the Seamaster Diver 300 was the model chosen for the collaboration between Omega and 007 in 2021.
The new Omega Seamaster Diver 300m, black dial.© Omega
The Seamaster Diver 300 was released in 1993 and, at the same time as it marked the return of diving watches, it began the house's official partnership with James Bond. Waterproof to 300 meters and equipped with a diving bezel and a helium escape valve (to release the helium pressure built up underwater), the watch is robust enough to participate in n any type of secret mission while making sparks associated with a tuxedo (to the great misfortune of some watch enthusiasts).
In November last year, Daniel Craig showed up at the Planet Omega exhibition in New York with a then-unreleased white dial Speedmaster Professional. While in Paris for this year's Olympics, he displayed a silver Seamaster Diver 300, further fueling the flames of watchmaking hype. And his last unknown watch in the battalion, which completes a hat-trick of new Omegas, confirms the solidity of the links which unite the actor and the house.
