I find these interesting but have not delved into the nuances yet. So how about the experts weigh in on this and maybe us neophyte Mil watch admirer's can learn something> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=111049695258&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1120Purchases made through these links may earn this site a commission from the eBay Partner Network
i'm also a neophile on this topic, but the lume looks dodgy (hand painted), the circle around the T and hte omega text looks wonky, and the arrow on top of the 6 looks unstraight to me also.
That is a typical omega RAF '53 watch with the Fat Arrow Dial. This is Zaf Basha's overview of these watches - good introduction. I personally love this watch design - I think massively undervalued and it is not only vintage omega but military, antimagnetic and the precursor of the legendary 2914 railmaster. http://www.classicwatch.com/asp/articles/Omega53.asp
Pretty nice example - missing the spacer ring but otherwise the parts look correct to me. Personally I would fork over the extra dough for this thin arrow. Crown isn't original and dial and hands have been relumed but it is a much more uncommon example. I think Zaf may have been a bit too optimistic in his article when he said 400-500 survive with original dials. I would say maybe half that number would be more accurate and of that maybe 10-20% are in this condition - the vast majority of these watches with the original TA dials have considerable blemish in the dial. I also like the ones with the NOS TA dials.
Here you go, a recent market pick up right here in Queensland, an unmolested TA 53, the only irritant being the slight loss of lume from the 3