Nice looking admiralty, I've been looking for a blue one for quite some time now.
Do you know if the dials with anchor came first?
Or are the ones without a service dial?
After much searching and agonizing, here it is, the SM 300 companion in the rare, black military dial, 17mm "longhorn" configuration. Complete with the big crown and the lovely orange sweep-second. Came with the original purchase papers and box.
1971-2 Omega Admiralty
Cal. 565
166.038
An apt demonstration of the beauty to be found in asymmetry.
More on these fine pieces and their various iterations here: https://omegaforums.net/threads/comprehensive-omega-admiralty-thread.69037/page-15#post-1775783 (and thanks to the OF community for the wise advice, as always!)
Nice one! do you know why the movement number does not coincide with the one written on the booklet?
I suppose the two options are:
1 - The movement was swapped at service (there seems to be very strong evidence that Omega did this for a period of time.
2 - The papers don't go with the watch.
I suppose the two options are:
1 - The movement was swapped at service (there seems to be very strong evidence that Omega did this for a period of time.
2 - The papers don't go with the watch.
You misunderstand me on number 2.
During a period of time, Omega used to exchange movements at service, then service the movement they’d taken from one watch, and put it back into another watch at a later date. You’d get your watch back with a serviced movement in - just not the one it left the factory with.
As @flqt-9000 sats, a production year, and a sale year, are not necessarily the same thing - I have watches with a 5 year gap between production by Omega (as indicated by an extract of the archives) and sale by a retailer (as shown on papers that came with the watches).
As long as you weren’t charged a premium for the papers I don’t see it matters hugely - I’m always a buyer for a watch - anything that comes with it is just sprinkles or a cherry on top!
congrats on your pickup.
