One of the things I relish is bringing together closely related watches to be able to compare them, in hand, side by side. I think this particular ‘bringing together’ is the one that has most excited me.



The gold one is 14k, model 14904-62, serial number 19583433, May 1963 according to ilovemyspeedmaster
The stainless steel one is model 105.001-62, serial number 19833401, June 1963 according to that too


They are both mint. I’ve previously posted the photos of the gold one, which I found on eBay about six weeks ago. The stainless steel comes to me from @Sharp , who always seems to have amazing stuff. (Thank you again!)



The difference in pushers is very interesting. Upon close examination, both sets appear original to the watch. Neither watch had any evidence of any previous service, either in the caseback or on the movement, as confirmed by my watchmaker. Both movements were bone dry and looked unused.

The cases are both pretty sharp, but the gold one has seen some polishing. There are subtle differences in the cases.


As always, I welcome and look forward to your feedback and insights.

At some point, I’ll pose these two with my Speedmaster 105.002-62, serial number 19833151, June 1963.

And yes, I need to get extracts. It’s just it’s such a pain in the ass in the SF Bay Area; the only nearby omega boutique is buried somewhere at the airport.

 

They are stunning! Love the Stainless steel one. Sorry I have no technical knowledge. In my naive thinking they look like the Brietling Top Time of the mid 60's. I notice the gold one has longer indices and minute markers (they encroach closer the central dials)

 

Plus my honeymoon was in San Fransisco!

 

Fantastic! Thank you for sharing.

You can also request an Extract by email and save yourself a trip to the boutique/airport. There is a form you print out and enter your serial numbers and credit card info.

 

The email is at the bottom of the form

 

Wow! Very nice twins! All set to exactly the same time and every hands in near-similar positions too!

I'm more surprised about getting an extract result for your 002-62! I've tried two times for 2998-5 and 002 and both times omega said I don't know, so now I'm slightly traumatized(?) to ask them another one.

But yes the email method should work just fine. They refunded my payment promptly.

 

Gorgeous pair!

 

Watches, or push-up bras?

 

Very Nice ! I Like the steel one the most

 

Great Duo and post ! Huge congrats and wear in good health

 

I’d bet most OF members would pick the stainless steel one.

The dial is nicer and the case crisper. Plus, everyone prefers ss these days. Gold watches do not sell for the premium that their gold content should reflect. As we’ve seen, sometimes a ss watch will go for considerably more than its gold version.

I prefer the ss myself. The dial and hands, at a distance are more legible than on the gold. (The below photo is not a good example of this!)

And I paid a little more for the ss, with very good reason.

(Later today photo of the pair: but I did reset the chronos unevenly, so only the running seconds subdials shows their running difference in about 7.5 hours.)

You know what the killer is?

I still want to wear this



Or this



I don’t know that I’ll wear these Seamasters very often, they are so unworn. But they do make a striking couple.

(I can only imagine Dennis’s reaction to my spoiling the thread this way. If you’re reading this: I do apologize. But I couldn’t ... can’t help myself. Hate the illness not the patient.)

 

Very nice!

If I had one of these, I would just pretend like the 19 million serial number was still my birth year 1962 and not order an archive, ha ha