Somewhere on a train to Montenegro, Vesper Lynd sizes up the man across the table and guesses his watch is from the other famous brand. His correction is a single word — Omega — and with that, ref. 2220.80.00 earned a place in film history that most watches never touch. This is the Seamaster Daniel Craig wore in Casino Royale, his 2006 debut as Bond: 41mm of steel, a blue wave dial, and the first co-axial movement ever to appear on 007's wrist. Omega's own product page still carries "James Bond" in the title.
If you own one, here's exactly what fits it — and four straps that each dress it for a different scene.
The right size for the 2220.80.00
This reference takes a 20mm strap. That's straight from Omega's technical sheet for the watch, which lists 20 mm between the lugs on the 41mm case — and it matches the whole 41mm Seamaster Diver 300M line around it, from the 1990s predecessor through the ceramic generation that followed. Three generations, one width, no surprises.
Our straps for the model come in 20mm and 22mm depending on the colour, so simply select 20mm where the option appears. Worth knowing: the watch left the factory on a steel bracelet with a foldover clasp and diver extension, so if you like that closing feel, there's a folding clasp option in the buckle menu — offered at 20mm, which happens to be exactly this watch's size.
The watch that plays every scene
What makes the 2220.80.00 special isn't a gadget — famously, it has none. It's the range. In Casino Royale the same watch does quiet daywear on a train and a beach, sits under a dinner jacket through the poker duel with Le Chiffre, and sails off in the final scene. No other prop in the film works that many settings, and that's precisely why the reference became so loved: it's the rare dive watch that looks equally correct with swim shorts and black tie.
Under the sapphire, the details reward a closer look. The blue dial carries the collection's signature wave pattern with a date at 3 o'clock, framed by a blue unidirectional bezel with a helium escape valve at 10. The hour and minute hands are skeletonized — a look this generation made famous — and the seconds hand carries a small lumed circle that's oddly satisfying to watch sweep in the dark. Inside sits the calibre 2500, a certified chronometer and a genuine piece of history: the first co-axial escapement Omega ever put into series production, finished with rhodium plating and good for 48 hours of reserve. The generation ran from 2006 into the early 2010s before the ceramic-bezel era took over, which is why this exact look — steel bezel, wave dial, skeleton hands — now reads as its own moment in the model's story.
Two quick notes to avoid confusion. Omega also made a Casino Royale limited edition of this watch, ref. 2226.80.00, in a run of 10,007 pieces — same case, same fit. And there's a quartz sibling, ref. 2221.80.00, sharing the case as well. Everything below applies to all of them.
Collectors like to point out one more thing: Craig's era opens on this Seamaster Diver 300M and closes on another one in No Time To Die. The whole arc starts here.
Why owners put it on rubber
By Omega's own spec sheet, the complete watch weighs roughly 171 grams on its bracelet. A rubber strap removes a meaningful share of that — the watch head stays planted, the wrist stops noticing the rest. And because this reference's identity is versatility, the strap becomes the costume change: the same 41mm case can play a different scene depending on what's holding it.
So rather than ranking colours in the abstract, it makes more sense to match them to the film.
The best straps for the Casino Royale Seamaster
1. Navy blue — the train
The everyday answer, and the closest to how the watch reads in the film's quieter moments. A navy blue rubber strap continues the dial's blue down the wrist, but with a twist that makes it work: the dial is glossy and patterned, the rubber is smooth and matte, so the two blues read as layers instead of a costume. Add the folding clasp from the buckle menu and you keep the bracelet's closing ritual too. If the watch only gets one strap, this is the one.
2. Black — the poker table
The reason this reference is famous is that it survives a tuxedo, and a black rubber strap is how it does that best in 2026. Black under a cuff is quiet, slightly stealthy, and lets the blue dial appear only when you check the time — which, at a card table, is exactly the effect you want. It's also the most wearable strap in the drawer for everything from the office to a dark suit.
3. White — the Bahamas
Casino Royale spends half its runtime in the sun, and this is the strap for that half. A white rubber strap against the blue wave dial is the cleanest nautical pairing there is — sails and sea — and it transforms the watch into a pure summer piece without touching its character. Not a wild idea either: Omega itself has sold rubber for this model line in exactly this colour. If you've never worn a white strap, this dial is the one to try it on.
4. Orange — the diver the film never shows
Here's the fun contradiction of the 2220.80.00: it's a 300-metre professional diver with a helium escape valve, and Bond never once takes it diving. Trains, casinos, sailboats — never the job it was built for. An orange rubber strap puts the tool identity back on display. Orange has been the dive world's high-visibility colour for decades, and against the blue dial it flips the watch from formalwear survivor to unapologetic instrument. The pick for owners who think the quiet options are too quiet.
The short version
20mm, pick the scene, done. Navy for every day, black for after dark, white for the sun, orange for the diver underneath.
Every strap in our Omega Seamaster Diver 300M collection is precision-cut for this case, ships with spring bars included, and carries a lifetime warranty on rubber — plus free worldwide shipping and no import costs, which is a big part of why more than 50,000 customers have put our straps on their watches. Guides to every other Omega we've covered live in the Omega strap guide hub. The 2220.80.00 spent a whole film proving it belongs anywhere — give it the wardrobe to match.
