recently something that left me pondering for few weeks now....
The Omega Railmaster Officers dial with a center sweep seconds in Red ! Reference 165.070 with automatic caliber 550/600...something produced between 1964 ~ 68. what is not to love on this - incredibly clean dial & the touch of red !! the predecessor, Ome...
The predecessor was the Ball...
And this watch, the Omega I mean, had to be discontinued because the story says that Ball sued Omega. So, according to what I think, Omega made it for only one year. Good watch to have, my friend. Best, Nicolas ...
rare and collactable
So the 165.070 is a rare Omega railmaster. 1 year production. Ball could not live with it, and see where Omega is today. Interesting to see both of the watches, the similarity.
The clear view
with comes of the RR standards. Manny train accidents happen in the USA a long time ago when machinists and conductors wore watches which where highly decorated, dials with complex roman numbers, and last but least bad movement’s which were not that accur...
this is cool...didn't knew about this Zenith...
what the red sweep seconds did for omega...the red 24h fonts does it here !
the officer's dial is so simple & clean...
it would make a great watch with all good timepieces ! came across this UG... ...
I think the dial had unavoidable similarities...
Also reminds me very much of the Swiss railway official timepiece Mondaine
There was an even earlier predecessor, Mahesh. Our first Omega forum moderator Bill Sohne . . .
. . . owned one of two confirmed examples. He's long since sold his. Anyone searching for the ultimate obscure Omega would do well to find a white ref 2777 Railmaster. You'd have #3. ...
Aaah, this one....
The White Whale, the Loch Ness Monster, as rare as Vlad Dracul in a church. ...
i love the hands...
i do see few black dial but no white dials...probably gonna be a grail quest i suppose ;-) thanks for sharing this Art.
