Birthyear Speedmaster produced in 1984

Hello Omega-Experts,

I'm new here in the forum and I am looking for a Speedmaster from 1984.

I've read a lot here and in other forums about how you can approximately assign the year of production to reference numbers.

Roman Hartmann's list is apparently out of date and the "I love my Speedmaster" website provides better results. I read the thread here about creating the tool. Good work! But how many extracts of the archives of the year 1984 are flowed into the tool? Or ist the given range for 1984 only a product of the interpolation between other extracts? So ist the given range of 46xxxxxx the only possible range for 1984? Or is it still possible that 45xxxxxx are made in 1984? Because very often 452xxxxx and 455xxxxx are dated to 1984 (without Extract - maybe because of otdated lists!?).

I also downloaded the iBook “moonwatch only” including the tool. Here you can also narrow down the year of production based on certain characteristics (Dial, Bezel, Caseback).

For the following clock the tool gives me 1983-1988.

https://www.ebay.de/itm/38553252919...y_8hlewQoy&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Reference is 45249258 (thats what i read in the given image of the detailed description)

So according to (incorrect?) Hartmann's list 1984 - but according to "I Love my Speedmaster" March 1982.

So I'm a bit confused.


Maybe you can help me.



Thanks for advance!

Best regards,
Schnix1925

Hello! First of all thank you for your answers. Of course, you can overdo the research a little and in the end you won't find what you're looking for.

I already have a Tudor 76100 - but this one is from 1987. I definitely wanted to be a little safer this time than back then, but that's not that easy because there doesn't seem to be a "simple" order or logic.

The information was definitely helpful and I'll keep looking!

Since the serial number range was mentioned above by Aludic:

Here is one with serial number 468789xx (i asked the seller last week):

Omega Speedmaster Professional Moonwatch
4.500 €
https://chrono24.app/omega/omega-sp...d-l--id33245760.htm?SETLANG=de_DE&SETCURR=EUR

But is the “aging” of the luminous material correct? It appears as if it has "leaked" due to the round spots around each marker.

The case seems acceptable to me. What do you think?

This birth-year stuff is problematic, personal experience. A watch is produced in a year, with parts produced the previous year, then sold the next year: a mess! I wanted to buy (and finally I did) a birth-year speedy, and I finally was lucky when I received the extract, but it was a real lottery!

I found 3 old offers with with Reference 4525xxxx. Two of them where dated "ca." 1984 by the seller. One (see the Image) was definitly first Sold in 1986.

Anyone knows a 4525xxxx first sold in 1984?

Seems like i am in the same situation as you before you find the right watch... ;-)

Which year ist it? And how do get the information, that it could be made in the right year? Only the referencenumber?

I know that in the end, its a question about what i want to believe.

The extract gives information about delivery date, i think. So that date is the only thing, which is verifiable with an extract or the original receipt. And so its the date for which i can find a range with "I Love my Speedmaster"-Website.
So the delivery date is the "crucial" date for me.

But if someone can tell me that a Speedmaster was finally produced or assembled in 1984, I would take that watch too. ;-)

I was wrong. The Extract gives information about date of production. So, i think, i could believe in both dates:

Date of Production or Date of Delivery. ;-)

Since i am Born in june, i was "produced" in 1983 an delivered in 1984 😁. So delivery 1984 would bei fine.

On the other hand one could think birthday = production date. So both dates gives reason to believe, they are right. 😉

I was produced by error. Hence, I'd have to find a birth year watch with defect 🙁.