The thing of it is the link Steve posted some months ago (http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http://www.vintageure.dk/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=326&act=url) is pretty close to definitive about the 2998. I think there are a few small things that can be added to it (like the existence of 2 variants of the Base 1000 bezel) but from what I have observed it is right on the money.
What Omega literature? Please cite your sources.
Surely not AJTT, as it contradicts "must have triangle lume".
OK the internet, I guess they could not say it on the internet unless it was true🙄