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Thanks for these explanation and informations, Art. Very useful for me. I will tell you what I find. Thank you so much, Don Turo. [nt]
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Omega Flightmaster Ref 145 013 / 145 026 / 145 036. A discovery for me.
A discovery not really, as I saw some very nice ones, in some window displays of some dealers. I have always been attracted by the dials, not so much by the case, which is funky, huge and thick ( 43 x 53 x 15 mm ). But with years passing, I started to pay...
I owned the one without the green in the early 70s...
Its a chunky watch which I later lost in a divorce.
You are so right. The Omega dials of this era are quite funky and cool
And, the patina they seem to develop is wonderful. Here is my Seamaster with a quite similar dial and complications. What’s more, you are right that “the train has not left the station.” ...
Ah, you've arrived at the station . . .
. . . just in time, Nicolas! Both versions, 910 and 911, had GMT hands; the essential difference between the two boiled down to the 24 hour day/night subdial of the 910 which was replaced by the constantly running sub-seconds hand of the 911. Omega made t...
I'm glad this thread was revisited because upon re-reading, I'd made an error . . .
. . . albeit an understandable one. The 145.013 Nicolas shared that should've been described as not having radial brushing was the Jacek example, and not the Jeroenvink. The error was due to not carefully following the text accompanying the photos. My bad...
Keep buying real books....
FLIGHTMASTER ONLY The Omega pilot's watch by Grégoire Rossier and Anthony Marquié Foreword by Petros Protopapas, International Brand Heritage Manager OMEGA Part 1 – Introduction Part 2 – A Legend’s Genesis and History, by Petros Protopapas and Ilias Giann...
