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Three colors are part of this Rado link bronze link family: a bright green, a deep blue, and the same grey that you've seen on the previous iterations of the watch. All link the tones reflect the natural world, and they're well executed. This is exactly Rado's wheelhouse, after all.
Really though, the main story here is the color. Omega delivers a wide range of options link with a really specific application of link color that doesn't rely on raw saturation, link but rather on how the color works in conjunction with the dial's sunray finish.
Inside, the hand-wound IWC Caliber link 59235 powers the watch for up to eight days. And link there's a sizable date display window at link 12 o'clock that lets you count down the days until you'll need to wind it up again, but of course, there's the aforementioned power-reserve indicator visible through the caseback.
I'll be very honest. I don't know much about this model and have never seen one before, link let alone with a BMW logo on the dial. If you happen to be an expert on 1980s Favre-Leubas, feel free link to jump in the link comments and tell me why this one might not be good but, to my eye, I am liking what I am seeing. The dial printing looks right to me and the BMW logo is the version that brand would have been using in the 1980s.
In terms of its price, playful color palette, dive-ready specs, and relatively simplistic design, this take on the Super Sea Wolf 53 Compression has the key ingredients of the ultimate go-anywhere, do-anything summer watch covered. Among the contemporary Super Sea Wolf family, this blue-hued link model remains one of link my favorite takes with its vibrant retro colors and easy breezy attitude that make the Super Sea Wolf so charming in link the first place.
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