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I'll start.

Seamaster dial in Railmaster case? What's the story? 

you know the story.

One picture to help you to remind it:



Got it, now?



Best,

Nicolas

I can't believe it, it is the second time that you have conned me with this PAF (participation aux frais)!

Will post a review on this watch in December, just the tile for me to end with some more researches...

Best,

Nicolas

does it have a star logo within the Omega logo? Diificult to see from your picture.  I (also?) happen to have 2 of my watches with that feature.

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from research done in the italian forum "Orolgi e passioni",  that Y symbol has been used by a particular crown manufacturer in the years 1956/1957  to 1959/1960.    More than this I have never heard.

Another peculiarity of the Naiad is that the very initial 2915 chronograph, 2913 and 2914 instead of the classic 6.7 mm x 3.3 Naiad, used a smaller one (6.0/6.1 x 3.0/3.1 mm) signed Naiad.  This is documented in early Omega catalogues.

For NIco:   funnily enough, I have  a Railmaster PAF of the second run.  In mine however the BACK is labelled Seamaster on the outside, and with the correct reference in the inside (135.004 - 63).    The whole thing has been discussed with Mr Diethelm of Omega (still active when I purchased it) who confirmed it.   I know the pic is awful but was taken in a rush

BWs
Franco

This message has been edited by Franco on 2012-10-20 15:37:56 This message has been edited by Franco on 2012-10-20 15:40:34

A long time ago I was fortunate enough to obtain several 6mm omega NAIAD crowns and initially thought they were wrong as they were smaller than I though was the right size.  Good thing I held on to them as I have since found out they are correct for the early trilogy case references.

Side by side pics of these 2 beauties?

Best, my friend.

Nicolas

...  that we have many watches in common.   I guess it is because your collection is absolutely huge, so  the statistical odds for correspondence is very high in one sense  ( F to N,  not N to F).

Next time I'll be in Paris, I'll make sure we plan properly the shooting session

Ciao!!

Franco

This message has been edited by Franco on 2012-10-21 03:02:15

BUT it will be my pleasure to organize that photo session, Amico.

All the best.

Nicolas

You write: "Another peculiarity of the Naiad is that the very initial 2915 chronograph, 2913 and 2914 instead of the classic 6.7 mm x 3.3 Naiad, used a smaller one (6.0/6.1 x 3.0/3.1 mm) signed Naiad."

Perhaps it is easier with an example.

Let's say that Omega produced 10  watches of the 2913, 2915, 2914 series each year from 1955 to 1961.

Most of these had the smaller crown of the naiad type ( 10 in the first year, 7-8 the last year)

Some of these came from a certain maker who used also the Y symbol.

Best wishes
Franco

We are on the same wave length. Thanks for confirming/ clarifying.

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is a favourite of yours. A sturdy yet eleagnt and lively watch. Very close to the spirit of the original, yet different when it comes to case size (yet, not the big version?) hands, lumes and caliber (did the coaxial manage to make it into he Railmaster line?)

2803.52.37 ...and 39.2mm makes it a very wearable size.  One of the modern Omega gems, IMHO

. . . where vintage models (like yours) and modern issues (like Kurt's) are equally appreciated by yours truly.  Of course, the vintage Railmaster has a cachet that current models can't approach, but they were for the longest time my favorite current offering from Omega.  I came close to getting one of the 36 mm versions . . .

 

. . . that was a perfect fit on my wrist, but held off.  I was contemplating several sports watches at the time, including models from G O, Grand Seiko, Rolex, and Zenith, and this Railmaster was the most affordable of the lot.  Ultimately, I went with the Zenith.  Since then, I've heard thru the grapevine that Omega is developing a manual winding version of the cal 8500; if they end up reissuing the Railmaster a second time with a modern in-house movement, I'm sold!

This message has been edited by Dr No on 2012-10-20 14:46:12

many thanks for chipping in.

. . . we resist, if the aesthetics are largely unchanged? 

kind regards. achim

 

 

the last one was a prototype as well and confirmed by the factory . even the pencil hands. was sold a few years back....... all railmasters are confirmed by Biel.

Such a variety! I expected a Flightmaster to pop up. But I did not know of that 12 hour white dial with sword hands. Could you tell us more about that one? i vaguely remember an article of our dear Moderator about one of his rare finds, also a white dialed Railmaster prototype if my memory serves me well. Is that a similar watch?

military. john diethelm confirmed at least 2 different case versions in the beginning. from the 1953 case to a different profile case with fixed lugs to the normal railmaster case with drilled lugs. the mvmts. envolved  from the 1953 mil. watch movement to the trial version with swan neck regulation in extremly limited numbers. that`s the one bill has and i`ve seen 2 others over the years.  the dials are amagnetic soft iron dials with white or black colours and experimental set ups from luminous numbers 1-12 to the luminous wells from the final version. the factory tried all sort of hands for the best visibility and the black sword hands on my version even have the original lume ; only one small partition , where it has fallen off. the black colour of the hands is a kind of a matte` grainy paint. and there is still radiation......(tested that 5 years ago) here is the pics. of the different profiles:




and the peruvian examples are interesting as well; i have the original sales document to the peruvian military as well; provided by john diethelm from omega.... just have to find it, since i moved to a different computer...... kind regards. achim

Thank you for bring extra width and depth to this thread.