A Week On The Wrist: The Omega Seamaster Railmaster

The last few years have been particularly interesting ones in the watch world. As watchmakers new and old work to find ways to appeal to a new generation of customers with different wants, needs, and behaviors than the previous generation, they have tried a number of strategies. There are those who think straight vintage re-issues are the way to snag that fledgling collector who might be comparison shopping against a vintage Sub; there are those who think going high-tech will convince someone that mechanical watches can still go toe-to-toe with smartwatches as a solution for the future; and there are those who decide taking the best of both of those approaches to create products that feel both grounded and contemporary.

Omega is, at times, all three of these watchmakers. There are watches like those in the Trilogy collection that are literary part for part recreations of pieces from the archive at one end of the spectrum and watches like the cutting-edge Speedmaster X-33 at the other. But, sitting right in the center, is the new Seamaster Railmaster. No watch better exemplifies this third way of watchmaking, which at once nods to the past while also creating something new that could never have been imagined half a century ago. This watch draws on a collector favorite from the 1950s, but you don't need to know a single thing about Omega's history to get everything out of the Seamaster Railmaster. It is that all important thing – just a really great watch.

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