The case is also unusually brushed rather than polished, likely to reduce glare and maximise legibility of the dial under difficult conditions while diving. Image by scalloped uni-directional bezel is slightly different from most Seamaster models in that it has a concentric brushed finish rather than polished, and has red minute markers up to 14 minutes, matching the dial. This is because APNEA divers are not scuba divers, they don't breathe mixed gases, they don't use diving bells, and they don't need a helium escape valve as a result. Image by very rare feature of fully depth safe operational pushers is key to the APNEA, as divers will be actively using this feature potentially all the way down to 100 meters and beyond, a rare case where a highly complex feature is genuinely useful for the intended market.Īnother thing you may notice on the Seamaster APNEA is the lack of a helium escape valve. Omega in the early 1990s designed pushers that were not only water resistant to 300 meters, but were fully functional and could be safely pressed all the way down to 300 meters. This is because the O-ring seals on pushers are deformed and moved when the pushers are depressed, which can potentially allow water to enter the watch. The vast majority of chronographs, and almost all of those produced 20 years ago were designed to meet their water resistance goals only when the pushers are not being operated. The first is the pusher design which is more complex than most people realise. The Seamaster APNEA case has a number of subtle differences to other Omegas of its era and incorporates a number of key features that enable it to perform the task it was designed for. Seamaster APNEA worn by Jean-Jacques Mayol, son of Jacques & founder of Team Mayol Case & Bracelet Omega continued to support Mayol right up to his passing, with the Seamaster APNEA representing the most purposeful and final tribute to this astonishing individual. An earlier Seamaster 120M Jacques Mayol Limited Edition with dolphin dial The static apnea record now stands at 11 minutes, 54 seconds, more than double his record only a few decades earlier and nearly 2 minutes beyond his estimate.
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The no-limit free dive record now stands at 253 meters, 53 meters beyond his prediction and not far from the limits of dolphins. In the years that followed his death, his astonishing predictions for human free-divers were not only met, but greatly exceeded. Jacques Mayol passed away in 2001 at the age of 74. While at his peak he reached 105 meters and could hold his breath for over 5 minutes, Jacques believed that humans could greatly exceed those limits and predicted that within a few generations humans would be able to exceed 200 meters depth and hold their breath for over 10 minutes. Mayol's final deep dive reached a new record of 105 meters in 1983, at the impressive age of 56. Omega Seamaster 120M Plongeur De Luxe Reference 396.0900 Omega became involved with Jacques Mayol in 1981 when on a record-breaking free dive to 101 meters, he wore an Omega Seamaster 120M Plongeur De Luxe Reference 396.0900. Over his career, Mayol strove to push the limits of human endurance, engineering and scientific understanding with great success.
In diving with them he saw and felt their similarity with humans and wondered if humans may have evolved out of an ocean dwelling species over millennia. Jacques was deeply fascinated by dolphins, their intelligence, their power and grace as swimmers and particularly their ability as mammals to hold their breath when diving to great depths. Mayol was born in China in 1927, and at the age of 7, while diving with his older brother in the sea off Kyushu, Japan, he had an encounter with a dolphin that would go on to shape his entire career and imbue him with a life-long love of the ocean.
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Jacques Mayol was a legendary French skin diver, author and philosopher, famous for breaking numerous records in his lifetime including being the first man to descend to 100 meters. The Seamaster APNEA is one of those rare cases where the watch truly deserves the title. Many timepieces claim to be a tool watch, a genuine, purpose-built instrument for a specific profession or activity.
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