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·AH, I see - I was focused more on the furniture than the color, and can't argue with your data RE colors!
176.007 - Which one looks best?
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·The dial is fine. It is most commonly seen on the Yachting Chronograph, ref. 176.010. https://www.calibre1040.com/cal-1040-collectors-guide-dials/i/
The case and bracelet are a bit too soft and polished for the asking price IMO.
Would you say the dial is original or taken from a 176.010?
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·Impossible to say for certain but my belief is that this dial was a legitimate option so more likely original than not.
Agree.
And worth OP bearing in mind that these particular watches (and Omega in general) were made at a time that many versions were being created, and "version control" was frantic at best - especially within the groovy sports models. So, even finding period marketing materials does not, in my mind, 100% solve for whether a specific version in the marketing materials was actually produced!
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·What about a 176.001 ?
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·Agree.
And worth OP bearing in mind that these particular watches (and Omega in general) were made at a time that many versions were being created, and "version control" was frantic at best - especially within the groovy sports models. So, even finding period marketing materials does not, in my mind, 100% solve for whether a specific version in the marketing materials was actually produced!
Thanks, I didn't know that. Interesting!
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·Does anyone have a book by Alberto Isnardi about Omegas published in 2009? I'm not sure the name of the book, but I'm guessing it might be "Omega Seamaster Vintage" and that the latest in 2019 is a reprint (?):
https://www.europastar.com/time-keeper/1004091579-recommended-reading.html
I only ask because the seller of "option #3" says the watch was "published as an excellent example in an Omega specific book by Alberto Isnardi that was due to come out late in 2009 a few months after I bought the watch".
I wonder if any of you have this book, or another book by Alberto Isnardi from 2009 that has that 176.007 published in it? It would be great to get hold of a copy, but I just wanted to find out which one it is as his books seem to be very expensive.
https://www.europastar.com/time-keeper/1004091579-recommended-reading.html
I only ask because the seller of "option #3" says the watch was "published as an excellent example in an Omega specific book by Alberto Isnardi that was due to come out late in 2009 a few months after I bought the watch".
I wonder if any of you have this book, or another book by Alberto Isnardi from 2009 that has that 176.007 published in it? It would be great to get hold of a copy, but I just wanted to find out which one it is as his books seem to be very expensive.
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·In the end I bought the more honest looking option 3. Thanks for the advice guys, I'm happy with the choice! 😀 It looks pretty solid. Probably it's had a polish at some point as the case front to pusher apertures looks smaller than on a NOS, but other than that I'm pretty happy with it at £1,600.
One thing I noticed though with the dial is that at 45 it has a little gold arrow under the text. I didn't see that on any of the dials on Calibre1040: https://www.calibre1040.com/seamaster-176-007-dials-steel/
Has anyone seen this before or have that arrow on their 176.007?
One thing I noticed though with the dial is that at 45 it has a little gold arrow under the text. I didn't see that on any of the dials on Calibre1040: https://www.calibre1040.com/seamaster-176-007-dials-steel/
Has anyone seen this before or have that arrow on their 176.007?
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·From the photo, that seems maybe more like the lume plot came off and took a bit of paint with it (that happened to peel in a bit of an arrow shape, but doesn’t look perfectly naturally arrow, more arrow-like?)
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·Mine doesn’t have an arrow. Never seen that before.
As far as I can tell the option 3 you posted in your first post doesn’t either. Is this supposed to be that watch?
It's definitely the same watch (side case scratches etc match) but you can only really see the arrow when looking at an angle with the light on it.
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·From the photo, that seems maybe more like the lume plot came off and took a bit of paint with it (that happened to peel in a bit of an arrow shape, but doesn’t look perfectly naturally arrow, more arrow-like?)
Here's another shot. You'll see it also has another little gold arrow-type shape on the right side too.
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·When you get the watch in hand, let’s get some better pics
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·The shape is irregular (both sides) and it looks like dial damage to me. You've lost the adjacent ticks as well by the looks of it. Perhaps someone tried to redo the lume at those places?
Good luck, Chris
Good luck, Chris
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·Agree hard to see from the photos so defer to your direct observation.
but from the photos both appear to be some minor damage to the dial associated with the two lume plots that do not have furniture nearby. Neither alone appear regular enough in shape to be purposeful, and also they aren’t similar to one-another.
I can’t tell whether the one at 45 has a lume dot remaining?
I don’t think that’s a big issue if it is dial dings.
but from the photos both appear to be some minor damage to the dial associated with the two lume plots that do not have furniture nearby. Neither alone appear regular enough in shape to be purposeful, and also they aren’t similar to one-another.
I can’t tell whether the one at 45 has a lume dot remaining?
I don’t think that’s a big issue if it is dial dings.
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·You might want to look into returning this watch. Unless it is the picture, it looks like the paint loss is happening at the 10 marker as well. Additionally, I think you over paid. 176.007's regularly go for under $1900 US with bracelets.
Here’s mine. Paid just under $1700 US with bracelet. One of my most accurate watches.
Here’s mine. Paid just under $1700 US with bracelet. One of my most accurate watches.
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