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A very good article on Speedmaster bezels
... has been published on Timezone-Italy. It is in italian, but it is based on observatons by a few of the best Speedmaster people around, Gino Balbi and others
forum.timezoneitalia.com
In teh same site tehre is also a nice one on the push-buttons of Sppedmasters.
Regarding the crowns, what I know is that the second one you mention is the one used in all 2998s, and has a diameter of 6.7mm.
The third one I had never seen before, the first one is of later production.
Best wishes
Franco
Questions about speedmaster's bezels and crowns
HI, I have 2 questions about Omega speedmaster : The first question is about the bezel : I can't define chronology. I read on "chronomania" (a French watch's forum) that the accent on the word "tachymètre" seems to have disappeared in 1969 to re-appear in...
re bezel
hi there pierre, for what its worth i have two 69 speedies and both have the high dot 90 bezel . i can only assume that many earlier speedmasters have had replacement bezels fitted and that the original bezels are no longer available. hopefully someone wi...
A very good article on Speedmaster bezels
... has been published on Timezone-Italy. It is in italian, but it is based on observatons by a few of the best Speedmaster people around, Gino Balbi and others forum.timezoneitalia.com In teh same site tehre is also a nice one on the push-buttons of Sppe...
here's my 105.003. dot at top of 90 and french tachymetre
it is however a 100% original bezel. i was considering putting a new one on, but am a bit worried that it might be different. hope this helps in your quest for the truth. Graham...
bezels : OK ; crowns ???
ok for bezels (Franco's link is very interesting), thank. But about crowns ? anybody have some infos ?