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OMEGA 131.30.41.21.04.001 vs OMEGA 434.10.40.20.10.001

11 published specifications differ between these two, and 2 are identical. Every figure below is what the manufacturer states for that reference; nothing is inferred from the other watch.

What differs

Specification
CaseSteel, 41 mmSteel, 40 mm
Diameter41 mm40 mm
Thickness13.5 mm9.93 mm
Lug to lug44 mm46.26 mm
Water resistance5 bar (50 metres / 165 feet)3 bar (30 metres / 100 feet)
CrystalDomed scratch-resistant sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment on both sidesDomed, scratch-resistant sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment inside
DialWhiteGreen
ClaspFoldover butterfly clasp with comfort settingButterfly clasp
CalibreOmega 8900Omega 8800
Power reserve60 hours55 hours
Movement notesListed by OMEGA as a Master Chronometer certified watch. Total product weight approximately 171 g. No distance between the lugs is published on this product page.Listed by OMEGA as a Master Chronometer certified watch. Total product weight approximately 114 g.

What is identical

Worth knowing as much as the differences: these are the specifications you cannot use to tell the two apart.

Bracelet
Steel
Movement
Self winding

Stated for one, not the other

These rows cannot be compared, because one maker publishes the figure and the other does not. An empty cell is a gap in the manufacturer's documentation, not a gap in the watch — and not a licence to fill it in from the other column.

Lug widthnot stated19 mm

What the differences cost you

Each note below follows from the published figures in the tables above — what they mean for intake, for a listing, and for the handover. Nothing here estimates a price or a margin.

One of these is the harder fit

Lug to lug is 46.3 mm on the 434.10.40.20.10.001 against 44 mm on the 131.30.41.21.04.001 — a 2.3 mm difference across the wrist. Diameter is what buyers ask about; lug to lug is what decides whether a case sits flat or overhangs. Ask for a wrist measurement before shipping the 434.10.40.20.10.001, and put the figure in the listing rather than the diameter alone.

A visible difference in how they wear

3.6 mm of thickness separates these, with the 131.30.41.21.04.001 the taller at 13.5 mm. That is the difference between a watch that goes under a cuff and one that catches on it — worth a photograph from the side rather than a number in a table.

Do not describe these the same way

The 434.10.40.20.10.001 is rated to 30 metres and the 131.30.41.21.04.001 to 50. A rating is a factory figure for a new watch with fresh gaskets, not a promise about a used one — but the gap still matters in writing. Describe the 434.10.40.20.10.001 in words a buyer can act on, and do not let a template carry the 131.30.41.21.04.001's language onto it.

Different movements to verify and to service

The 131.30.41.21.04.001 runs the Omega 8900 and the 434.10.40.20.10.001 the Omega 8800. Two consequences at intake: the service history that is normal for one calibre is not evidence about the other, and the calibre is the check that catches a movement swapped into the wrong case. Confirm the movement matches the reference rather than assuming it from the dial.

What to check on each

131.30.41.21.04.001

  • Lead with the 44 mm lug to lug. On a 41 mm case that is an overhang of three millimetres in total, which makes this wear far smaller than its diameter implies.
  • Measure the lug width yourself if a buyer asks. OMEGA publishes no between-lugs figure for this reference, and the integrated case makes it a question worth answering precisely.
  • Check the white dial under several light sources before describing its colour, since white photographs warm or cool depending entirely on the lighting.

434.10.40.20.10.001

  • Tell the buyer the rating is 3 bar. Thirty metres is the lowest figure of any OMEGA documented here and it covers rain and hand washing only.
  • Note that the calibre 8800 here is the same movement OMEGA fits to a 300-metre dive watch, which is a good illustration that the depth rating is a property of the case.
  • Inspect the crystal's inner coating by looking through the glass at a shallow angle. OMEGA treats this one inside only, so haze behind the sapphire means a replacement.

Sources

Not affiliated with OMEGA. Specifications are read from each manufacturer's own published documentation on the dates shown and may change; the manufacturer's current documentation governs.