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that might be impossible to say.......

it was constructed from the military 1953  leftovers, because that contract was a amagnetic construction and there were quite a few spares left.  i´ve seen 2 types of hands; the 1953 mil. hands, coated with a matte´black "frizzly" paint. better to see on matte´silver dials. and the early railmaster hands; big arrow. who knows, what , how many and in what configuration left bienne ? john diethelm could not say a lot from the archive. my case has a slightly different shape to the 1953 mil. case, but inside diameters are the same. the backs are interchangable. why omega produced a slightly different case, might remain a mystery. as will fixed bars ( good for rugged use ) versus springbars. i will send my example to bienne next year ; they are interested as well. here is another pics. from the early railmaster production with a different dial and hands, factory confirmed. i sold that a few years ago; i think, franco has it ? it´s a very interesting watch. i have the white dial example; the military peruvian flightmaster labelled railmaster , the  pakistani airforce issued seamaster labelled railmaster and a very early normal railmaster with big arrow hand in my collection. had a small amag. collection: these and JLC military MK11 ; IWC military MK 11 and patek steel amagnetic and old rolex milgauss with a black dial and the first example IWC ingenieur without date and BP tornek rayville and IWC ocean 2000 BUND amagnetic. a few sold; a few still here. kind regards. achim ..... any more pictures from other members?