Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean Watch With "Liquidmetal" Ceramic Bezel
Why on Earth Omega would call a ceramic bezel "Liquidmetal" is a mystery to me (see update below). It not only is ceramic not liquid, but it isn't a metal. Well, it is liquid-like when being formed, but you get the idea. Ceramic as used on watches is actually made from glass as I understand it. It used to be that most bezels on dive watches were made from aluminum. Not sure why that is, but it is still very common. One approach to "luxurize" the bezel was the Blancpain approach of doing a bezel with a sapphire crystal over it. This prevented the scratching that people hate. This is really the problem with aluminum. Sure you can replace the bezels. but it is a pain, and not something you want to do when paying a lot for a diver's watch.(UPDATE): Turns out liquid metal is something else, not the ceramic part of the watch. Liquidmetal seems to be a special titanium alloy that has the manufacturing process of plastic. Thus it is very malleable. Omega uses Liquid metal at least in parts of

44Ti price
What's a good ballpark price to target for a new Ti44? Grey market is fine. Thanks.

New gold jumbo
The story of why I decided to buy a Royal Oak is covered in the thread on my 15400 purchase a couple months ago.Since then, I've been second guessing my decision not to get it in all gold. I have other PM pieces, but they're all in white gold. Then I tried the 15400 in all gold and even though I prefer that size in steel or two tone, I realized I really wanted 39mm if I was going full gold. TRF to the rescue with the 15202OR recommendation a few days ago. Made a good deal with Thanh (he's always the man), and today my new gold jumbo arrived!Pics...

Omega po chrono or po non chrono...?
Looking to buy 1st omega watch, usually rolex. I'm drawn to the planet ocean as the watch looks great both chrono and non chrono. Couple of questions:1.Have read that problems have been reported with both chrono and non chrono, in particular the chrono version? Have these problems been addressed over time or do they still occur...?2.I know the updated version of both these watches are due in the uk around September I'm told? Are the new versions worth wait for those that saw them at Basel 2011...?

Diamonds on a GMT
Doesn't adding a diamond bezel take away the functionality of the watch? I keep seeing Rolex GMT II watches with the ruby and diamond bezels and find it confusing. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk