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Passover

·Oct 16, 2020

So -as every Friday- I check if there are new offers from a well-known watch dealer in Germany

Today I found a -74 Speedmaster with step dial.





Interested in knowing if it is an early production which could confirm the step dial I check the serial and it turns out to be 28084627 which is wrong for that reference (too early) and -after taking a look at Ilovemyspeedmaster.com- seems to be no Speedmaster movement at all

So watch out and check what is offered!

Happy hunting

 

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dennisthemenace

·Oct 16, 2020

The serial looks like 2868xxxx to me. Still too low for a 74 though.

 

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Foo2rama

·Oct 16, 2020·Nowhere near as grumpy as he used to be...

Further fuel for my theory that Omega sent out casebacks and earlier watches got -74 because they didn’t sell.

 

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rcs914

·Oct 16, 2020

The movement also seems to be atrociously filthy. I remembered reading a thread from a while back about abnormally low serial numbers in -74's. This is the one I remembered, which has a picture from MWO addressing this issue, and how there are many -74 with steel brakes:

https://omegaforums.net/threads/ebay-145-022-74-with-low-serial-number.101522/

In that case the movement was WAY too low, but in this case there may be a bit more room for fudge factor. But regardless the consensus then was basically that if the dealer wants to sell a -74 that seems to have too low of a serial, they should be offering it with an extract.

 

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Mark020

·Oct 16, 2020·not the sharpest pencil in the ΩF drawer

dennisthemenace

The serial looks like 2868xxxx to me. Still too low for a 74 though.

I'd say 280

 

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kov

·Oct 16, 2020

That caseback might be not original to the watch. 😀

 

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Passover

·Oct 16, 2020

kov

That caseback might be not original to the watch. 😀

Even if just the caseback was wrong - ilovemyspeedmaster says "No moonwatch" (for 28084627)

 

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eugeneandresson

·Oct 16, 2020

Passover

Even if just the caseback was wrong - ilovemyspeedmaster says "No moonwatch" (for 28084627)

Because (from here) ...

Edit : and I quote "The recently serviced watch (300; +0s/d) is in very good running condition, keeping very accurate time." ... yup, that movement looks recently serviced allright...as recently as 1970...

Edited: Oct 16, 2020

 

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mr_yossarian

·Oct 16, 2020

Passover

So -as every Friday- I check if there are new offers from a well-known watch dealer in Germany

Today I found a -74 Speedmaster with step dial.





Interested in knowing if it is an early production which could confirm the step dial I check the serial and it turns out to be 28084627 which is wrong for that reference (too early) and -after taking a look at Ilovemyspeedmaster.com- seems to be no Speedmaster movement at all

So watch out and check what is offered!

Happy hunting

I am quite sure the filthy movement ( serviced the seller claims I assume) , the wrong serial all match up, at least to the to the seller who has been discussed here many times before. Wouldn't touch it.

 

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Tony C.

·Oct 16, 2020·Ωf Jury member

mr_yossarian

Wouldn't touch it.

Might you reconsider if I were to lend you a 10ft pole? 🙄

 

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Marsimaxam

·Oct 16, 2020

Obviously the seller has ... NO Regrets.

Buyer Beware.

 

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joe band

·Oct 16, 2020

but such a pretty face....

 

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marturx

·Oct 16, 2020

What´s going on with the dial? It´s not centered in the case..... Looks weird

 

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queriver

·Oct 16, 2020

Shucks, no oyster would live in that filth.

 

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new_heuer

·Oct 17, 2020

Shucking hell thats bad

 

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Spiegelberg

·Oct 18, 2020

Isn't it a shame though, as the step dial seems to be in very good condition!

Just out of curiosity, is a 69 Seamaster Chrono (if that's what it is) movement of worse quality than a 69 Moonwatch 861?

 

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joe band

·Oct 18, 2020

Spiegelberg

Isn't it a shame though, as the step dial seems to be in very good condition!

Just out of curiosity, is a 69 Seamaster Chrono (if that's what it is) movement of worse quality than a 69 Moonwatch 861?

neither are adjusted... should be same movement