Every watch collector is aware of Omega’s deep connection NASA astronauts and space exploration. The manual-wind Speedmaster Professionals (calibres 321,
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Off Topic: The Chuck Maddox Grail Has Its Own Site
UPDATE, FEB. 2018: It turns out that the site below contains conclusions about bezels that are in dispute. Please read
Continue readingSolid Gold Seamaster BA 176.007s
The calibre 1040 family came in either steel or 20 micron gold-plated steel. For the most part. The gold-plated Yachting
Continue readingAn Extract For Ref. 176.001
Until I received the one I recently ordered for my own, I had never seen an actual Extract of the
Continue readingLooks Like Omega Changed Their Stance On The Speedmaster 125
Back in May, I laid out my case for my belief that Omega made far more than 2,000 Speedmaster 125s
Continue readingWhat Would A Complete 1040 Collection Look Like?
EDIT: When this post was originally published, I wasn’t sure solid gold 176.007s were a real production model. I’ve updated
Continue readingUpdated Production Estimates: July 2017
Earlier this year I tested out a few plugins for data visualization and I was hoping to find a solution
Continue readingR Serial on a 1041 Bridge
There’s a bit of a summer lull going on in the 1040 universe it seems. Relatively few new examples have
Continue readingRare Or Fake? Gold 176.007 On Chrono24
I recently ran into a head-scratcher from a private seller in Austria. The seller claims that the watch is an
Continue reading1040 Blue Dials & How They Age
Something I and others have noticed is that some blue Omega dials from the 1040 era (1970s) are prone to
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