My newest but oldest speedy
Mine is a year out compared to Grahams, and unfortunately not my year of birth (1960) but lovely non the less. Disconcerting though that it's 44 years old, and younger than me!!!
Hope you like the pics
Hope you enjoy these, I'll try another time to show it with a MK II I have, for a nice comparison
All the best
Tim
Tim, great watch, but are you aware that the centre sec hand is incorrect?
the hand you have comes from the 145.012(the assymetric) from 1966. very common problem it seems. dont know why, but perhaps they get damaged easily. the way to tell it to look at the bottom end of the hand and compare it to mine. yours is fatter and flat mine, is slim with disc for the spindle and pointed at the end.
it doesnt detract from it being a great watch as it takes a lot of research to notice the hand. its in excellent condition so enjoy it when you wear it.
if you pm me i'll give you the phone number of my UK omega repairer who can probably source the correct hand and services very cheaply. its nice to have friends in the trade.
best
Graham
I see
Hi Graham,
I see what you mean. Would be interesting to know why it may have been changed though? The tritium seems to match very well between the dial and hands. I mentioned to you by PM that my second hand had a slightly different location for the lozenge to yours.
All this stuff is so old, it's surprising to me that any of it has made it through the last 40-odd years. I bet when they were first manufactured the best the companies would have hoped for was for them to last a decade or so.
I never expected to be able to get a Speedy this old, this watch just arrived in front of me one day without any planning. So much fun when that happens.
Regards
Tim
Tim, it doesnt detract...
anally particular would notice :)
to a pm than the forum.
Good eye, Graham . . .
. . . is it probable that the entire handset has been replaced at some time? I can't tell much of a difference in age between the various hands . . . curiously, Art
Art, i mentioned this...
didnt want to sound deprecating on open forum. i think that is one of the
problems of an Omega service. if the hands are bad they'll do a complete change
and this set have been the standard since 1966.
correct centre sec hands are available if Tim wants to change it. it wont look
out of place as the others are nicely white.
but with aged hands so a NOS change wasnt possible or it would look
odd.
most important thing.
Congratulations, 41northpole . . .
. . . I recall exchanging e-mails with you a few years ago re a G O, and it's nice to see you here on my other favorite forum ;-) . . . cordially, Art