J24 Blog

How to get faster starts, or at least look cool while trying.

The 5 circles arching across the top of the face change from blue to red as the minutes of the starting sequence ticks down to the final horn. With this bad boy on your wrist how could you not be in clear air, at maximum speed, with a nice buffer defended to port?

Ok, so it costs about as much as our boat, but still. It even says “racing” right on it. Racing. They even printed it in red.

In case you feel the need for other features beyond those two:

It’s available in Titanium to keep weight down. (See the “how much does your paint weigh?” posting for some context on this issue)

It’s a self winding watch so as long as you are moving you are keeping it charged. For the LONG coma-like hangover after an afternoon-evening-night in the Rum Sponsor’s tent at a regatta, it’s got a 44 hour reserve power – so when you finally arise from the dead, scrape the fuzz off your teeth and prepare to head out for day two of racing you won’t be able to blame your watch for making you late.

Lastly, it looks fantastic and will provide one more (perhaps the only) reason for your fellow one-design racers to pull your ass out of the drink if you forgot to latch your lazarrettes and are watching your J24 win the race to the bottom.

The Omega Seamaster Racing Chronometer. Please buy me one.