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Omega Speedmaster Series 1/12

 

Team,

Allow me to start detailing my previous post ("A nice surprise ...") by starting with a mysterious one.

Vintage watches, in special Omega, always brings to us surprises and debate.

The one that I present today follows this rule by having a strange dial.

When our good Dr. No pointed this watch on the post, I confess that I didn't paid too much attention on it.

On a call with Mr. G. about the "racing dial" he told me that Mr. Petros, from the Omega Museum somehow validated this watch, that Mr. G. always imagine to be some form of "franken". It seems that this watch is real and also that there is one on the Omega Museum.

Mr. G. is waiting for the "extract of the archives" in order to have it documented.

Enough talk, let's see this baby:

From start, it just look like a 60's Speedmaster Professional, straight lugs, with a "racing dial".

On a coarse macro, we can see the mystery: "Mark II" on the dial!!!

For the ones on a rush, the Omega Speedmaster Mark II dial don't fit a moon watch case!

Beautiful patina and using a 10x magnification I, and many others, could not see any indication of redial.

One more picture, with high contrast to see the details.

For sure, this speedy was used and used and used. It shows.

Case opened and it shows "ST 105.003-65".

The movement serial is 24 million.

Now the "plot thickens". According to multiple Speedmaster Serial numbers, 24 million, put it in 1967 - www.chronomaddox.com l

Other table shows it in between 1966-1969!

Now, what is doing this "Mark II" on the dial?

Let's discuss?

Cheers,

Nilo