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My sixties...
Andrew:
1 piece of evidence
My favourite watch, my father's 60's SS square Cal562 has the signed acrylic. The crystal is original and has has had many, many scratches polished out. I only noticed the symbol a few weeks ago, when inspecting some crazing. It was only visible (and I've looked for it before) under a blazing hot summer sun...
And yes. Hesalite is just a form of Acrylic. My guess is that it's etched. I am not sure you could get such sharp edges on acrylic if it was moulded-in. Alternatively, is might also be pressed into the crystal after moulding (cookie cutter style)
Omega ‘signed’ lenses
Hi All, I know this is occasionally discussed but I wanted to get some more information on the logo in the hesalite lenses of vintage Omega watches. I gather that this feature was introduced in the 1950’s but how long did its use continue? Was it used acr...
My circa 1999 Speedmaster Pro ...
has that as well, I think it's fairly common, maybe only on Hesalite and not Sapphire? I'm not sure.
