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Hello dear Bill! This is a wonderful diver´s watch which looks so good on your wrist and in your superb photographs. Forgive my ignorance but will you please...
... explain me which are the features which distinguish the USA version from other versions of this iconic model from Omega? Was this version made specially for the US market?
Thank you so much in advance for your clarification!
Keep enjoying and loving it so much! Abel
Omega Seamaster 600 aka "Ploprof". A little weekend action.
This is the USA version from August 1978. I got this on from the original owner many year ago. Recently serviced and ready for diving. Have a great week. ...
I just saw that
aWtchslvr also chose the name “beast” for this watch. So there must be something to it. 😎
Wow! 1978!?!?!?!
You wear it so well Bill! I need to hit the gym so I can increase the size of my wrist and wear these nice watches Bill can wear. That looks so good on you and the lime has aged perfectly. The lume on the hands are perfectly in sync with the lume on the d...
I think the same
1978? In the middle of the hard times the Swiss watch world was in. The Ploprof survived everything.
Ahh! That's right! Those plexiglass would distort after a few dives!
Good to know! I didn't know that detail, but it makes sense. Flexibility is good in outer space, but not necessarily under the ocean.
Just spent a few weeks in service with my good friend and expert in the matter "t_solo_t". Truly the one guy who really knows how these watches are supposed to be configued.
As an expensive "at the time 3 x a rolex" Tool watch service was done fas as it was on the wrist of a working diver. So often parts and movements were swapped out for expedience over the life of the watch.
Goodness, they were really expensive back in the day...
Justifiably so, since that case was so complex. But definitely so much more secure and everything had to be big and grippy in case a diver was using gloves under water.
Just curious
Did you get omega to service it or did you take it to an independent shop? Asking because I see hands and dial were not swapped, thx!
Absolutely independent. In this last case it was UK based watchmaker.
Have used qualified watchmakers in the US and even they can make errors. ...
Wow Bill it’s in stellar shape!
Enjoy!…heading upriver for Labor Day 😃 🛥️🛥️🛥️… Quite a visitor to our marina today… ...
Hello dear Bill! This is a wonderful diver´s watch which looks so good on your wrist and in your superb photographs. Forgive my ignorance but will you please...
... explain me which are the features which distinguish the USA version from other versions of this iconic model from Omega? Was this version made specially for the US market? Thank you so much in advance for your clarification! Keep enjoying and loving i...
There is two parts to the story as I have heard.
One is the question of jewels. I heard US market was 17 jewels to meet some import restriction. I am not sure dates and details that apply. The other is simply the dial having addition of 600m/2000ft the feet making more marketing sense to the US market. ...
Thank you so much for your explanation Bill. Very interesting to know…
… about this particular variation. Depth rating in meters and feet makes sense considering the US market. Also true that during certain period and due to import taxes in the USA many movements for that market were made with less jewels than those made for...
Got my '70 Flightmaster from the original owner . . .
. . . seven years ago. Stayed in touch with him, but he hasn't responded recently. Gene was an Air Force electronics tech stationed in Thailand during the Vietnam War. I hope he's well and still with us. He's in the front row, third from the left, standin...