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Great historical piece about these very intriguing Olympic editions. Thanks for sharing and informing!
Dials for the Melbourne Olympic Seamaster ref OT 2850
Hello all, I thought to start a separate thread about the SM Olympic dials in order not to clutter the thread about the Cortina Milano SM model. The easiest to find is the dial in Chinese lacquer with applied XVI in solid gold. It has very faint hashes pr...
Thank you so much for this post full of precise and precious information!
A solid understanding is necessary to avoid any mistakes regarding these timepieces. And you have it! Thanks again. Best, Emmanuel
Here are images of the Canadian solid gold SM XVI dial . . .
. . . stored on my hard drive. "ZJ" is clearly visible, not sure about "OR", but I believe the dial's massive gold. Thanks once again for sharing your expertise, Erich! I stopped actively collecting vintage Omega over three years ago so my knowledge has b...
OR is clearly visible
Art, look more closely - "OR" is clearly visible in photos 2 and 3 near the centre hole. regards Erich
I thought so, too, Erich, but wasn't completely sure when writing. The format for the letters 'OR' . . .
. . . seems wider than that of 'ZJ'. Since then, though, I've seen other images of 'OR' on the back of 'ZJ' dials that mimic the wider type format. Best, Art