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1989 Omega Seamaster 200m 2850.50

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Hi guys, recently I picked up a 1989 Omega Seamaster 200m 396.1052

What is strange is that it has a very unique bezel insert. Unlike all of my other pre-bond (I own five others) this one has a triangular lume pip at twelve rather than the usual dot.

It is an earlier version of the 200m, so was it common to have a lume pip that was this shape? Also the bezel is quite glossy with very silver almost chrome lettering. Is this a bad after market insert?
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That isn’t an earlier version. The earliest had the 1042 case number, Merc hands, no caseback sea horse and in the case of the quartz the thermocompensated movement. Oh and a double catch bracelet. Those were around 1987. Yours is later, as you say circa 1989-1990 at a guess. That is likely an aftermarket insert. They are out there.
 
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There were 3 versions. 1042, 52, 62. Yours is a 52. The earliest was the 42. I was pretty explicit on what that was I thought. I said 1987 not 88 😗
 
WaffleDial
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::facepalm1:: Read my first post again - I said mine was an 'earlier version', I never said 'earliest'.
 
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::facepalm1:: Read my first post again - I said mine was an 'earlier version', I never said 'earliest'.
I read your post again. Yours is still the middle version and very different to the earliest. I still don’t know where 1988 came in.

You asked for an opinion on the insert, I gave it. You used the reasoning that your watch was early enough to be somehow different, I suggested wasn’t the case, it isn’t that early. Is that clearer?
 
WaffleDial
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Do you have nothing better to do? I checked your other posts today and you are going from thread to thread doing the same thing.
Again, once and for all, I never said my watch was the earliest version you utter so and so. Now get lost.
 
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WaffleDial WaffleDial
Do you have nothing better to do? I checked your other posts today and you are going from thread to thread doing the same thing.
Again, once and for all, I never said my watch was the earliest version you utter so and so. Now get lost.

Wow, that's quite some attitude when asking for free advise.
 
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Wow, that's quite some attitude when asking for free advise.
Dont you mean advice? Oh wait, now I sound like Padders.
 
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That isn’t an earlier version. The earliest had the 1042 case number, Merc hands, no caseback sea horse and in the case of the quartz the thermocompensated movement. Oh and a double catch bracelet. Those were around 1987. Yours is later, as you say circa 1989-1990 at a guess. That is likely an aftermarket insert. They are out there.
I thought the earliest was a 1041?
 
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I thought the earliest was a 1041?
Both. 1041/1042 are different sizes (full/mid). The case numbers have the form 3XX.104X, then went to 3XX.105X etc
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Hi @padders I hope you dont mind me reaching out and chiming in on this old thread - i am looking at a similar pre-bond diver as discussed in this post... mind is a 396.1052 .... it has the mercedes hands. At first i thought they were a replacement / franken handset ... but the merc hands seem to appear on these watches (rarely).....Do you have any information or comments on this?
 
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Hi @padders I hope you dont mind me reaching out and chiming in on this old thread - i am looking at a similar pre-bond diver as discussed in this post... mind is a 396.1052 .... it has the mercedes hands. At first i thought they were a replacement / franken handset ... but the merc hands seem to appear on these watches (rarely).....Do you have any information or comments on this?

I am wary of commenting here since it went downhill last time (eventually the OP was banned for other outbursts) but I think you are right in that both hand and crown types can be seen on the middle version. Does it have a plain or Seamonster caseback? I would be surprised to see the thermo compensated movement on a 52 but not necessarily Merc hands or the earlier clover crown. There is another recent thread that may be of interest to you discussing Italian made cases seen on these. There is no answer there at present.
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