S F
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Wow!
Good to hear that your dad was a recipient of this long service award, cool! The company chose the gift well!
Since there is no quick set…
I have patiently waited till today 😁. During a recent servicing, I only realized the case is opened from the dial side and not from the back… ...
Nice looking De Ville! I have two modern Omegas (De Ville Hour Vision and an Aqua Terra) which don't have quick set dates. Instead they have a jump hour feature, handy for crossing time
zones but tedious for setting the date. I also wonder if jumping frequently or excessively could be bad for the movement. This encourages me to wear something else anytime the date needs to be advanced more than a couple of days.
Yeah I know what you saying…
I have a couple of those jump hour setting, with the heavy clicks, I am afraid the gears may skip or wear out😅. Actually most of the time I dont bother to set the date on my watches😂
A super skilled watchmaker I know who also owns an Hour Vision tells me not to worry about it, saying that it won't cause damage or extra wear because those "clicks" are not
mechanical but magnetic. I've never had reason to doubt him so I believe him yet I can't bring myself to spin that hour hand around endlessly to get to the correct date. There's a time factor and in spite of him explaining that I still don't feel comforta...
Ref 14910, early '60s? . . .
. . . evidently well taken care of as these top-loader models were prone to mishandling by inexperienced watchmakers. Special tools or techniques are required to open the case. While I don't have one, I had a chance to own a Kleer-Back a few years ago but...
These omegas were given to staff completing 25Y of service…
The engraving on the back dates 1970. Got it as a full set. The strap looks to be original too. ...
Fascinating. If it's a late '60s or very early '70s production . . .
. . . it should be a ref 166.020 with quick-set date cal 563 or 565. Since you identified it as an earlier wig-wag (cal 560 or 562) my assumption was that it must've been the prior generation reference. It's entirely possible that a jeweler held onto earl...
I think I understand your point, Scott. I looked over both entries on Omega's website . . .
. . . and apparently ref 166.020 was also produced with cal 562. My assumption still is that a watch dedicated in 1970 is more likely to have a cal 563 or 565 movement, but it's entirely possible S F's Seamaster DeVille is an earlier edition of that refer...
Classic Omega
That is my dad's watch! He wore it every single day (rain, snow, hot, cold, gardening, work) growing up and still does to this day. He received it from his company in Scandinavia in the mid 1970's (only his second watch he ever owned in his life aside fro...
Wow!
Good to hear that your dad was a recipient of this long service award, cool! The company chose the gift well!