Omega - Welcome and may I say ...

Welcome and may I say ...

you've got great taste in watches. Very similar to my own, with a strong preferance for late 60's early 70's chronos and divers. My first vintage Omega was a ref. 176.016 Speedmaster day date which I wore on a mesh bracelet. I always coveted the speedy Mark III and planed to get one instead I wound up flipping the Speedy Day Date for a cal. 911 flightmaster.

Your cal. 910 flightmaster looks amazing and I like very much that you have kept the dial original. It has lovely patina. I have since added a ref. 166.0091 SM200 which is quite similar (yet diferent of course) to you SM120.

I'd still love to own a Mark III some day and continue to acquire more of the "pilot line" of Omega watches but that will have to wait. I hope to see more photos of your beauties soon.

Regards,

Zac
This message has been edited by flightmaster71 on 2011-10-26 07:18:08

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