Hi there,

Does anyone have an extract of an advert of a silver dialled 176.010?

Wondering if the silver dial sometimes found on 176.010s are original to that watch.

Sorry if this is an old question but couldn't find anything in the search...

Thank you,

Hugo

For ref, i'm talking about this one:

 

Have a look here
https://omegaforums.net/threads/an-encyclopedia-of-omega-cal-1040-and-1041-dials-guide-review.36789/

 

As far as I know the silver dial was not used in the yachting 176.010

 

That information is a bit outdated, use this instead: https://www.calibre1040.com/cal-1040-collectors-guide-dials/

I do have a steel Yachting with a silver dial, unfortunately no extract -- although extracts for 1040s don't always indicate a dial color. And I've seen no period adverts either, nor have I seen that dial on ANY period adverts, catalogs, or marketing materials - on a 176.010 or any other watch. But we know it exists, and my serial number research tells me it tends to exist within specific clusters or batches.

So it is hard to come to a firm conclusion, but my personal opinion is that it was a legit dial for the 176.005, 176.007 and 176.010. Not many 1040 dials were legit across multiple references, but this one seems to be.

 

For me, the most convincing evidence is that the dial configuration is actually different among those references that came with silver dials. The minute 5min markers (in silver) have numerals on them while the others don't. Doesn't this suggest that that dial is customer made for the 176.010?

That being said, i also still find it strange that no adverts were produced for the silver 176.010. Does that seem weird to you?

Thank you for all the answers!

 

I have to say sorry. I didn't see the numerals on the Indizes. Of course that's a fact that this dial belongs to a 176.010.

 

Ok thank you; that's helpful. Strange that there are no period adverts for it though!

 

Not really strange to me. Omega made many dials for the 1040 and 1041 watches. If you exclude the prototype dials that are shown in ads or other official documents but not found on watches (Mark III and Speedmaster 125), the later service dials (Mark IV), and the ultra-rarities that may not even exist in the wild (176.001 image from the service guide, Speedmaster Mark III Big Blue diver), there are 27 dials that you could reasonably expect to find. Only about two thirds of those dials exist in adverts that I have come across.

In fact the only dial of this type I've seen in ads is the purplish-blue one that the steel yachting is most commonly associated with. The silver, gold, and brown versions of this dial certainly exist but none are shown in ads from the era, at least not any ads I've seen.

 

Interesting; thanks Andy; that makes sense