Different Dot over 90?

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Hello. I'm new to the forum and have a question about this DON. I have a Speedmaster Professional Moonwatch 145.022-76 that I purchased new way back when. I've had it serviced many times through the Swiss Watch Technical Center, still have the receipts detailing all that was done. The bezel was replaced three times. Don't have a clue what bezel was originally on the watch but. the one on it currently Looks VERY similar to the dot over 90 but the Dot is a little lower than the photos I see. It does, however, have the Dot next to 70 in the lower right and the Accent is over the E. I thought it was supposed to have had all 3 of the conditions or none of them. Is it possible that I got a different bezel that I haven't read about? I need to send in to service again but reading their fine print they do not have to use the exact parts that it was manufactured with. Just original Omega parts. i.e..- maybe different hands, etc. and I don't want to devalue the watch.

Thanks for the input
 
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The photos are really bad, but I'm guessing you are asking about a 1990s service bezel.
 
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The photos are really bad, but I'm guessing you are asking about a 1990s service bezel.
Sorry. The photos I see show the bezel very legible. Not sure what a 'service bezel' is, I'm referring to the Tachymetre bezel. Apparently, these DON bezels that may have been removed when the watch was serviced can affect the value of the watch up to several thousands
 
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Not sure what a 'service bezel' is
During production runs when a casemaker is producing cases/bezels for Omega, most of the run gets used on watches in production.
To maintain sufficient stock of parts for servicing watches and replacing damaged bezels, Omega will also order bezels solely for this purpose. These are "service bezels" and may or may not be identical to various originals.
 
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Sorry. The photos I see show the bezel very legible. Not sure what a 'service bezel' is, I'm referring to the Tachymetre bezel. Apparently, these DON bezels that may have been removed when the watch was serviced can affect the value of the watch up to several thousands
Assuming it is a 145.022-76 as you indicate, your watch would not originally have had a DON bezel, it would have had what is sometimes called a DNN bezel. That original bezel has been replaced with a different bezel from circa the 1990s, which was the bezel available at the time the watch was serviced.

As you noted, the original bezel is more desirable, and the value is hurt a bit by the replacement bezel. However, not as much as if your original bezel had been a DON bezel, because buying a period-correct DNN bezel is not nearly as expensive.
 
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To be clear, the bezel on your watch is not a DON, it’s just a modern service bezel. Not contemporary to your watch but what you would likely have had if your watch was serviced and the bezel replaced from around 1990-2015
 
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Thanks. And that's exactly what happened. I've got receipts from Omega SWTC for 3/95 and 9/97 showing the bezel was replaced, $92 for the part in 1995 and $104 in 1997
 
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Assuming it is a 145.022-76 as you indicate, your watch would not originally have had a DON bezel, it would have had what is sometimes called a DNN bezel. That original bezel has been replaced with a different bezel from circa the 1990s, which was the bezel available at the time the watch was serviced.

As you noted, the original bezel is more desirable, and the value is hurt a bit by the replacement bezel. However, not as much as if your original bezel had been a DON bezel, because buying a period-correct DNN bezel is not nearly as expensive.
Service receipts from Omega SWTC list the case ref. no. as 14502276. Thanks for the answers.
 
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https://www.fratellowatches.com/omega-speedmaster-145022-76/

This article shows what your watch originally looked like, with the original bezel. If you really wanted to find an original bezel it would look like this, with tall TACHYMETER text no accent, and dot next to 90.
Maybe $500 for a good one. Set up saved search for DNN Speedmaster bezel
But it looks fine with the service bezel IMO.

Edit: look at item 7 on this FS post here on OF. It’s correct for your watch and $350.
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