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An almost perfect Omega Railmaster CK 2914-4 seen in Paris.
The case is ok, the dial is sublime, the hands should be changed, as I am not convinced by them.
The bracelet should be removed and changed for a correct one, or for a nice strap.
But the case and the dial are pretty impressive.
Best,
Nicolas
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An almost perfect Omega Railmaster CK 2914-4 seen in Paris.
The case is ok, the dial is sublime, the hands should be changed, as I am not convinced by them. The bracelet should be removed and changed for a correct one, or for a nice strap. But the case and the dial are pretty impressive. Best, Nicolas ...
Hour and minute hands seem ok, but the sweep seconds? . . .
. . . ouch! And good luck finding a correct spare . . . best to find an example that's intact, even if there's more wear 'n tear than one would prefer. As for the Speidel flex band: I'm ok with them. The Speidel on my 910 was installed by the original own...
What an amazing view! Today is very difficult to find a 2914 in such nice condition, especially if they had been military issued or they had been used as tool-watches.
The bracelet is correct for the period, although I find this kind of bracelets a bit uncomfortable...a strap would fit it better IMHO.
Nicolas may be right. Triangular lume wells were common . . .
. . . on Omega hour hands from that period, and I thought I'd seen them on Rails before, but after scanning images of other 2914-4s, I can't find another quite like the one he posted. Not to say that's conclusive evidence, but deeper research is called fo...
Ah, I thought I'd seen similar before . . .
. . . but couldn't find an example after searching the internet. Good to have confirmation! Art
What would be the odds that both this one and mine ....
Would have replaced hands AND with the same incorrect hand AND both happens to be 2914-4? ...
I would be more worried about the dial...
At least the "R" looks to have been "improved"...
Blomman says his is identical, so . . .
. . . perhaps there were two types of lume patterns on Rail hour hands.
