7912 Bracelet Help

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Freedom7

·Sat. 7:46am

I’ve been looking for a reasonably priced 1966 dated 7912 bracelet. There’s a seller telling me his 1/66 bracelet is correct, but in looking at bracelet after bracelet, I haven’t seen that clasp. Is that some variation of a 7912 or is it a Franken?

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dsio

·Sat. 8:02am·Ash @ ΩF

Looks like someone combined the clasp cover from a 1035 or 1039 bracelet with the inner clasp pieces off a 7912 bracelet to get it ready for sale to me. The parts are mostly interchangeable and compatible so its pretty easy to franken something together, 7912 clasp covers have the old style Omega logo sort of hanging off the edge as I’m sure you’re thinking of

 

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Freedom7

·Sat. 8:08am

Yes, that’s exactly what I was thinking, but I’m just not there yet in being confident with my conclusions.

 

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dsio

·Sat. 4:37pm·Ash @ ΩF

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Yes, that’s exactly what I was thinking, but I’m just not there yet in being confident with my conclusions.

7912s aren’t as rare as they’re often made out to be, I’ve bought a lot of them over the years attached to lesser watches, it’s just the #6 endlinks that are genuinely uncommon as most come on 18mm #4s

Definitely wait it out to get the right one

 

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Ruffian

·Sat. 8:39pm

I have the same bracelet, on a Seamaster 300 ref 165.014, also stamped 1/66:

 

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dsio

·Sat. 8:45pm·Ash @ ΩF

Ruffian

I have the same bracelet, on a Seamaster 300 ref 165.014, also stamped 1/66:

I wonder if it could be something that was commonly done at service on damaged 7912s, that updated Omega symbol wasn’t in use to my knowledge in 66 so it would be hard to imagine how it could be on a bracelet from that year originally. The 7912 clasp covers are somewhat fragile being a thin stamped part and probably did need replacement even in their early years from time to time

 

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Ruffian

·Sun. 1:01am

I guess that's possible, but the rest of the bracelet's in fairly good condition (as is the watch that's attached to it).

Anyway, I posted it to say the one in the OP isn't the only one out there.

 

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Freedom7

·Sun. 6:00am

dsio

7912s aren’t as rare as they’re often made out to be, I’ve bought a lot of them over the years attached to lesser watches, it’s just the #6 endlinks that are genuinely uncommon as most come on 18mm #4s

Definitely wait it out to get the right one

 

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Freedom7

·Sun. 6:24am

Yeah, I’ll take my time to find the right one. The prices for them on eBay run from high to outrageous and they sit there. To that end (no pun intended), no. 6 end links are indeed stomach-turning expensive. What scares me about splurging for them is that there are cheap repops out there; these seem much easier to fake than say, a DON bezel. Is there a way, currently anyhow, to avoid getting hosed?

 

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Davidt

·Sun. 7:16am

I’ve never seen any good repro 6 Endlinks. Do a quick search on the forum as there are a couple of threads discussing The details.

 

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Freedom7

·Sun. 8:23am

Davidt

I’ve never seen any good repro 6 Endlinks. Do a quick search on the forum as there are a couple of threads discussing The details.

 

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Freedom7

·Sun. 8:23am

Thanks David. Will do.

 

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Freedom7

·Mon. 3:25pm

Here’s a 1/66 dated 7912 (currently with #7 end links). Is the damage to the clasp and link area irreparable?