Advice Needed On An Omega Admiralty (166.038)

JimInOz · Dec 29, 2014

watchyouwant
there is a seller in Thailand, who sells many of these.....for what it is worth. a few sellers believe, they stumbled on a gold mine with these rather small watches. price wise in the speedmaster territory....strange.... kind regards. achim

Even stranger.....is the horrible redials these have.

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Compare the anchor on the Thai ones to a genuine one for sale in Adelaide (ouch, my eyes are still watering at the price 😲)

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JimInOz · Dec 29, 2014

watchyouwant
.......... price wise in the speedmaster territory....strange.... kind regards. achim

And with just as many traps too!

Event horizon · Dec 29, 2014

I saw a lot of these in eBay about ten years ago from Thailand, I wonder how many people bought them in good faith and think they are original.

watchyouwant · Dec 29, 2014

Event horizon
I saw a lot of these in eBay about ten years ago from Thailand, I wonder how many people bought them in good faith and think they are original.

most of them are not. followed these for a while now..... kind regards. achim

Norfolk · Dec 29, 2014

never seen one before...is the one in Moldova on Ebay a genuine original one? I really like the retro look.

Norfolk · Dec 29, 2014

gastropode
An another model Amirauté with his box :

This is just stunning. WOW!

Joe K. · Dec 29, 2014

It should be noted that there appear to be at least two versions of the anchor that are legitimate.
First, the "slanted" anchor version (your link):

JimInOz
Compare the anchor on the Thai ones to a genuine one for sale in Adelaide (ouch, my eyes are still watering at the price 😲)

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Second, a straight anchor version as seen on these watches (I think this picture is from AJTT, page 458 I believe).

Another misconception I have heard is that these were made in limited edition for a government agency. AFAIK, these were a regular catalog item. Here is an image taken from Steve Waddington's site, showing a page from an Italian market catalog from 1968.

Advice Needed On An Omega Admiralty (166.038)

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