K Dial – Prototype, 176.001

General Description:

The K dial was featured on a 176.001 in the earliest cal. 1040 technical guide and featured a dial and handset that were never seen on any other watch. The dial isn’t labelled Seamaster or Speedmaster, has no box around the date window, and the 24-hour recorder has a left/right color scheme as opposed to top/bottom. This dial was never released in production, and it is unknown if Omega’s museum even has an example.

Dial K1: “Pre-Production 001”                         

Color/finish: Black

Product Family: None

Subfamily: None

Most commonly seen in ref. 176.001 ST

How common? Non-Production

K1, the prototype dial.
K1, the prototype dial. Image from Chronocentric, user SteveW62

 

Other Dial Features

Text at 12:00: OMEGA AUTOMATIC

Text at 3:00: None

Hour Markers: Painted racing

Logo: Painted

Date Window: None

6:00 Subdial contrasting color/texture: Black Unknown

9:00 Subdial colors (top/bottom): Black(left)/Blue(right)

Minute Numerals: Painted on dial

Swiss Made Text: NONE

The first technical guide to Cal. 1040. Note the handwritten text. Does it refer to the 001 as a reference, or just to the guide itself?
The first technical guide to Cal. 1040. Note the handwritten text. Does it refer to the 001 as a reference, or just to the guide itself? Image from Chronocentric, user SteveW62

 

Notes

Pre-production dial, pictured on the cover of the original cal. 1040 technical guide.

 

Image Credit: Images on this page are all from a post on Chronocentric posted by SteveW62