After all this time, I’m still spotting previously unknown (to me) 1040 dials. The other day I spotted a dial
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Another Rare Yachting Dial Spotted
A few years ago I acquired the only example I had ever seen of a brown flag-style (I4) dial on
Continue readingInteresting Gold Plated Seamaster Yachting
The gold-plated Seamaster Yachting chronograph 176.010 MD is pretty uncommon, as I’ve discussed before. So anytime one comes up for
Continue readingSeamaster 176.007 Dials – Steel
In a way, everything I’ve come to learn about the cal. 1040 and 1041 Omegas over the years is a
Continue readingSpeedmaster Mark III Dial Data
When I started tracking cal. 1040 serial number data, I pretty much only tracked the case reference and the serial
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 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
Continue readingRescued: A Truly Rare Gold-Plated Yachting Chronograph
When I first came up with my classification system for cal. 1040 dials, there a few dials seemingly “missing”. Missing
Continue reading1040 “Destro” – More Thoughts
UPDATE – April 2017 I have received credible information that this dial is not authentic nor any type of test
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