when I found this watch, the gentleman selling it had posted photos of a beat up watch with white lume and unattractive dial on a classifieds website. For the heck of it, I gave him a call and after chatting for a while, he sent me some more photos of what appeared to be a different watch... The crystal was all busted up and pusher caps had fallen (broken?) off but the lume was a beautiful yellow/orange color. Turns out he had hit the "Auto Correct" feature and it turned the lume white in the listing photo. Lucky for me, because it would've been snatched up in a hurry otherwise. It turned out to belong to one owner who wore it til the day he died. A couple scratches and a small ding on the bezel but unpolished. Got it back from service the other day and couldn't be happier. It's been glued to my wrist since. Apologies for the dust on the crystal which is projecting onto the dial, but this macro lens is pretty unforgiving
I dont, but I'm going to order an extract soon... Its on my to-do list. (Which is getting quite long)
Thanks. Funny you say that, I was comparing with one of my modern speedies today and can't help but wonder, why did Omega do away with the stepped dial?
Anyways, such beautiful watches. I am starting to believe maybe the vintage speedmaster slope is the slipperiest of them all
I keep hoping I'll be able to post a story like this, although my posts to date suggest otherwise! Great find and watch!
