Dr No
[Moderator Omega - Wristscan]
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Meißen dials are ravishing . . .
. . . and thanks for sharing yours with us, teckmeng.
I remembered seeing this particular watch before, and a search of our archives brought up these photos from 2005, courtesy Duncan Wang.
[1965 Singapore in rose gold]
[1965 Singapore in steel]
Both equipped with the exquisite cal 49 manual winding movement . . . cordially, Art
Happy 45th!
Hello teckmeng, Looks great on the porcelain dial, please tell me more about this one. -MW
ok with my limited knowledge
it was made for our 40th birthday. a total of 40 were made in 2005. 2 in platinum, one of it was presented to the president of singapore. 10 in rose gold and 28 ss. it was an old map of singapore with the help of someone from the watch industrial from sin...
Meißen dials are ravishing . . .
. . . and thanks for sharing yours with us, teckmeng. I remembered seeing this particular watch before, and a search of our archives brought up these photos from 2005, courtesy Duncan Wang. [1965 Singapore in rose gold] [1965 Singapore in steel] Both equi...
Very, very nice ...
and even better on your wrist. If I would have a closure relationship to Singapore I would go for one. Just love that Meissen dials. Oliver
Wow, looks nice
Never seen this before. Does it have a transparent caseback? Thanks for sharing and happy b-day to Singapore. Regards, ED-209
Surprised not to see any engraving..
on the swan neck regulator in this cal. 49. Thought they were all engraved as in this one: cheers fernando...
An engraved balance cock was supplied . . .
. . . in only a few models, Fernando. Most were undecorated, as in this limited edition. Zhiming is the expert on this subject . . . let's see if we can get him to weigh in.
As far as I know, Caliber 49 with hand-engraved cock were only
used by GO twice for two limited edition series. The first series is "1845 Last Edition Meissen" and the second series is this "Wempe 100 Anniversary Edition". However, if you look at this "caliber 49" equipped by "Wempe 100 Anniversary" carefully, you ca...
Here's a macro of the Union cal 30 . . .
. . . which clearly shows the single screwed chaton that Zhiming mentioned. This photo was taken by ei8htohms from his review of the Union Bergter small seconds: www.google.com Thank you, Zhiming . . . most cordially, Art...
Yes, I see the differences....
& appreciate the clarification but don't understand why cal. 49 has two different versions,one with 5 screwed chatons & the other with only one. Thank you Art & Zhiming for your enlightenment. cheers Fernando
