This is what it looks like.

 

This is mine.
Yes, I am too lazy to clean that dirt at 7 o'clock

 

Does anyone know if this is the correct second hand?
https://www.watchandclockparts.com/...tre-seconds-hand-orange-omega-066tp0861lg14sc

 

The key to what movement this hand is for is contained in the hand's part number....

066TP0861LG14SC

This is not for the Admiralty models...it's for a Cal. 861 so it's a chronograph seconds recorder hand.

Cheers, Al

 

My blueblueblue one says hello!

 

Like them ! Have one silver one Will post a picture soon.

 

Ok, the non-diver versions have an awkward 17mm lug width (definitely not 18mm), what is the lug width of the Diver version? I'm trying to see if a Diver's 1168 bracelet would work with the 166.038 non-diver.
Please help!

 

For me, personally...I first took notice when the black non-diver reminded me of a certain very expensive vintage Rolex with similar hands and splashes of orange and black...the 1655 Explorer II. If these Admiralties were say 37-40mm they would extremely desirable in my opinion.

 

I may have answered my own question thanks to this wonderfully informative post by @uwsearch (thank for that, uw!):
https://omegaforums.net/threads/fro...ge-seamaster-and-speedmaster-bracelets.45883/

 

Hi DIV
I have also been very into this geneve admiralty, especially the black dialed no bezel one recently. Based what I learned, the best example I can find on Ebay now is this one:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/OMEGA-AUTO...REF-166-038-CAL-565-ACCIAIO-RARO/401676100422Purchases made through these links may earn this site a commission from the eBay Partner Network


But there seems to be something broken above the 12 o'clock marker? As a completely newbie, may I ask what that is and how difficult it is to fix it? Thanks in advance.

 

I believe that is an incorrect tension ring. I think the Omega crystal and ring are still available.

The crown may not be correct either and THAT would be an issue. They are hard to source. I think that example is over priced.

 

Thank you! I searched on Otto Frei and found the crystal and tension ring for this model.

About the price, what would a more appropriate price range for this?

 

Hi Ozawa
Yes, I looked at that one too. It's in Italy. The mark above the 12 is either a reflection or yeah, possible a gap in the tension ring of the crystal indicating that it's possible the wrong size.
As @ahsposo pointed out, the crown is a replacement...these are sometimes hard to find. Although that one might be the closest replacement...it looks like it almost fills in the space between the crown guards.
See page 2 and page 6 of this thread for more info on the crowns.

 

Well, if sometime you find a replacement crown let me know...

 

That does not look a good watch as it has some issues already pointed out and the movement looks poor.

After getting the proper bracelet, I wore mine a lot in 2017 but now I hardly wear it and will probably sell it this year but I'd need to service it first and am very busy. It's a manual, no date and there is a picture here. If it's of interest, let me know and I'll point it out to you if I get around to listing it.

Cheers, Chris

 

Hi there,
I've recently purchased an admiralty but I've never seen a dial or hands like this one.
Any ideas?

 

That's interesting; never seen that either...it might be a re-dial.

 

I just picked up my black dial date version. I've seen photos but never owned any of the less common short-lugged versions. If it wasn't for the fact that the lug holes were drilled closer to the case, I would just assume that the lugs were just trimmed down from a regular long-lug version...

 

Thanks for the quick reply!
If you look closely down at 6 and the date window you can just see the orange strips underneath the hour markers.
Also I was hoping to replace the hands with original if they weren't.
Any ideas where to get some? I have found a set on ebay but not sure they will fit.

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/253988919607

 

The short lug versions definitely look better with a strap than the long ones.
One reason why I liked the nato on it, hides the big gap