Hi Guys, just wanted to show you this beauty that was left behind by the postman yesterday.
It is a first owner 145.022 69 with a nice DON and a not so often seen Chrono second hand with a shorter tip, because the
lume filled triangle is situated nearer the end of the hand.
Everything seems to be original, even the crystal has the early Omega Logo.
It has a nice dark chocolate dial which is pretty hard to capture in picture maybe spacefruit can help me out how to do it.
Interestingly it has a Ref 1098 Bracelet which is identical to the Ref 1116 which was mentioned in THE book.












Here it is together with my 145.022 71




I hope you like it and any kind of comment is welcome

Cheers

Rene

 

Thanks Dsio, i thought they mixed up all parts between 68 and 69 anyway.
I got a 145.022 68 which has a straight ended Chrono Hand too

 

Looks fantastic! Totally jealous. Great pick-up!

 

Nice

Sunlight is the key

Whats the serial first four digits?

(2911????) ?

 

thanks, i will try it next time i see the sun

The serial starts with 2960...

 

I believe the spade bottom second hand started transitioning to the flat bottom in the middle of the production of 145.012-67 so I don't believe that it is original to that watch. Still a great looking watch and nice pair you now have

 

well, i dont think that it was some kind of immediate changeover... they put together what was left.
That's why it also has a DON bezel.
As it is a first owner watch i really doubt that the hands have been changed, if that would have happened you would have found the newer chronograph hand with the flat tail,
furtheron all hands have the same Patina, so there is no reason to believe your point of view.
Nevertheless .... anything is possible.

 

I've heard before that the 2911 serials often turned chocolate. My '69 has a 2911 serial but the dial is still a deep black, not even faded to dark grey like my '66.

Does anyone know how this happened? Was there a batch of faulty dials which appeared on only some 2911's and all these dials turned chocolate, or did a large number of 2911's have faulty dials but whether or not they turned chocolate was dependant upon thr environment they were in?

 

Lovely watch btw. I really like these '69s.

A 60's speedy, with pre moon case back stepped dial and DoN, but considerably cheaper than a 321 or even a proper transitional. Plus, they aren't all that rare so it's possible to get great examples at a decent price. Congrats!

 

No sunlight required.

 

It really is a beauty. The blue hue on the almost flawless bezel is most appealing.

 

oooo. That kinda chocolate always great

 

pitpro, that really is a beauty, yours surely needs no sunlight

 

Hi Rene

Great looking watch!.
Interestingly I have a 69 Speedy as well
My family has had it since new
It comes with a 1098 bracelet to.
I read the 1116 was the correct bracelet
The 1116 and 1098 seem identical?
Can you shed any light on this

Thanks

Con

 

My 145.022 is also a first owner watch, so good to know that there is another one with the same bracelet. 1098 and 1116 are identical, but i absolutely have no idea why there are two different refs

 

Thanks for your reply
Mine has a 30 before the 1098.
Any idea what this means

Thanks

Con

 

On modern bracelets a number next to the reference number of the bracelet divided by a slash is the ref number of the endlinks.

 

Thank you again for your reply
The vintage 1098 or 1116 bracelets are very hard to find these days


Regards

Con