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Difference between two different 601 cal watches
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·Are you sure it's a "special edition"? Seems more likely just a customized dial. What is the reference?
This is just idle curiosity, mind you, that dial is horrendous. And keep in mind that "rare" does not equal "desirable".
This is just idle curiosity, mind you, that dial is horrendous. And keep in mind that "rare" does not equal "desirable".
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vonrozen
·Hello,
one as you can see is a special edition watch made for Arabic Railways and one is a straight forward Seamaster Cosmic. How rare are those special edition Omegas ? Or would you rather go for a well kept dial and movement ? Let me know please ! Thank you
Alexander
Here are the movements…
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cverstegen
·I wouldn't want to look at that scratched up dial all day, no matter how uncommon the customization.
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vonrozen
·In fact the ´nice’ dial looks restored : it should say T Swiss Made T , should not it ?
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·The dial/hands don't have any luminous material, correct? Should not have a "T" if there is no lume.
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··Oooo subtitles!Both are junky. The Cosmic the less so of the 2 but neither would have me reaching for my wallet no matter how cheap.
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·@vonrozen, the "T" stands for tritium, which was the luminous material of choice in the [edit] mid 60s - 80s. If tritium was used on the dial or hands, a "T" was required to be printed on the dial (I think because of its radioactivity). If there was no tritium, there would be no "T." ...Just thought I would give more detailed response than my last one, for education's sake.
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·I did not know it was as simple as that ! There seems to be a lot of confusion about the Swiss Made designation in omegas and, given how often they have been restored / tinkered with, it is an important point.
The crown is wrong here too; the dial has not one spot of patina - after 50 years ?
I didn’t take the watch !
The crown is wrong here too; the dial has not one spot of patina - after 50 years ?
I didn’t take the watch !
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··Oooo subtitles!I did not know it was as simple as that ! There seems to be a lot of confusion about the Swiss Made designation in omegas and, given how often they have been restored / tinkered with, it is an important point.
The crown is wrong here too; the dial has not one spot of patina - after 50 years ?
I didn’t take the watch !
The Geneve dial is very obviously marked so I presume you are talking about the Cosmic? That has a very tatty case and a cracked crystal. That much is clear but the photos aren't high resolution enough to accurately assess the dial but I bet it isn't unmarked when you view it closely. As I said earlier, neither watch is one to chase.
Just a quick addendum to the summary posted about T marks earlier, the 90s was a bad era to pick as an example (and much younger than either of these watches) since by then, Omegas were seen with tritium lume but no T marks. The rules about T's were more consistently followed from the mid 60s-80s.
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·Ah yes, @padders , thanks for addendum.... not sure why I chose the 90s. I'll edit the earlier post for posterity.
