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Possible but they had need to be very screwed up with their order to add a wrong dial to the current production model.
145022-74 step down and dial
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So if we look at these examples (including the eBay watch) we can conclude that the step dial goes away in around mid 1975, and around the 35.58X.XXX serial number range.
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killer67
·Very interesting. You need to write to G.Rossier and A.Marquié in order to make them correct their last Moonwatchonly 3rd edition!... because they clearly say that the -71 was the last step dials, and that the -74 has no more step dial, without mentioning any exception...
it’s not the first omission in the book 😗
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Foo2rama
··Nowhere near as grumpy as he used to be...Possible but they had need to be very screwed up with their order to add a wrong dial to the current production model.
its entirely possible that singer sent a step dial instead of domed dial in July of 1975. Or when omega ordered the dial they messed up.
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Pianist
·I have restored a 145022-74 with a step dial last year, and I'm pretty sure the dial was original. The watch was untouched from the first owner.
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·Or when omega ordered the dial they messed up.
Did Omega order one dial at a time back then?
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Foo2rama
··Nowhere near as grumpy as he used to be...So Singer were still producing stepped dials in 1975 and Omega really wanted a domed dial?
Did Omega order one dial at a time back then?
it’s just a theory. Remember these dials have a shelf life due to tritium. I don’t see dials sitting around for 2 years.
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mancio
·Where did I say wrong dial?
its entirely possible that singer sent a step dial instead of domed dial in July of 1975. Or when omega ordered the dial they messed up.
Because an anomaly like that in the middle of production cycle on an handful of watches is probably a mistake, not a choice.
Mistakes makes collectible watches as well, and since this anomaly seems that in a few examples of 74, It is more realistically that than planned.
Is not like when Omega built a batch of speedmaster ( probably pre production) with a completely all new blue dial. That is a choice
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Foo2rama
··Nowhere near as grumpy as he used to be...Because an anomaly like that in the middle of production cycle on an handful of watches is probably a mistake, not a choice.
Mistakes makes collectible watches as well, and since this anomaly seems that in a few examples of 74, It is more realistically that than planned.
Is not like when Omega built a batch of speedmaster ( probably pre production) with a completely all new blue dial. That is a choice
well I don’t agree with everything you just said.
1 it’s completely possible they checked the wrong box when ordering a batch of dials. At best those dials would be over 1.75 years old at that point if they where left overs. Not exactly something Omega would want to put out as they would not have much life left in the lume. 321 service dials are completely random. Long and short indices, normally but not always AML. Normally stepped but not always. Normally you can get an idea of when they where made by the font of Speedmaster but not always. Their are infinite combinations of these. Why? They where small bath ordered as they had a shelf life.
step dial 74’s are not exactly rare either.
As for mistakes making watches more valuable... go ask the 220 error owners about that. The most rare bezel out there and it barely affects the price of at all.
As for the blue dials... they are not exactly preproduction. I firmly believe the other theory about them.
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mancio
·well I don’t agree with everything you just said.
1 it’s completely possible they checked the wrong box when ordering a batch of dials. At best those dials would be over 1.75 years old at that point if they where left overs. Not exactly something Omega would want to put out as they would not have much life left in the lume. 321 service dials are completely random. Long and short indices, normally but not always AML. Normally stepped but not always. Normally you can get an idea of when they where made by the font of Speedmaster but not always. Their are infinite combinations of these. Why? They where small bath ordered as they had a shelf life.
step dial 74’s are not exactly rare either.
As for mistakes making watches more valuable... go ask the 220 error owners about that. The most rare bezel out there and it barely affects the price of at all.
As for the blue dials... they are not exactly preproduction. I firmly believe the other theory about them.
1,Ok i can see that.
2 Well i haven't see that many compare to normal 74 and LOL, i wasn't talking about omega for valuable/ collctable mistakes 😁
3)Only 10/12 known, Could be pretty much everything from a prototype/pre production series to a special order just to F.ck around.
Go figure
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