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Hi everyone, I hope the day finds you all well.

I recently picked up a 2255.80 SMP, and the warranty card that came with it (it was a full set), was an open card, no date or name. Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Omega have something set up on their website where you could enter in a serial # and it would give you the date (year) it was made? I was just curious as to what year this piece belongs to, it had to be some time in the early 2000's, I'm guessing.

Thanks for any input!
 
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If a watch is METAS certified, you can look up the test results, provided you have the information from the METAS certificate card.

There are sites on the Internet that will estimate a production date based on movement serial number, but they're generally not accurate for watches more recent than the 1980s. At some point I think Omega stopped using sequential serial numbers, in which case guessing isn't even possible.
 
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Post the serial, or at least the first 4 digits and I can tell you the date give or take a year.
 
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Hi everyone, I hope the day finds you all well.

I recently picked up a 2255.80 SMP, and the warranty card that came with it (it was a full set), was an open card, no date or name. Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Omega have something set up on their website where you could enter in a serial # and it would give you the date (year) it was made? I was just curious as to what year this piece belongs to, it had to be some time in the early 2000's, I'm guessing.

Thanks for any input!
Omega used to offer this service, but only for vintage watches. They then monetized that by selling the “Extract of Archives” system. Either way, it was never available on a modern watch like yours. Best you are probably going to date your watch to circa 2000, which was when it was introduced, I believe.
 
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Omega used to offer this service, but only for vintage watches. They then monetized that by selling the “Extract of Archives” system. Either way, it was never available on a modern watch like yours. Best you are probably going to date your watch to circa 2000, which was when it was introduced, I believe.
The 2255.80 was in production from 1998 to 2006. I have some pretty reliable data correlating serial and year for those. The problem is, since the 1980s, different models exist in different serial ranges. There is a pattern, it is not quite random but you need data within the model family, as noted previously one stop lists just don't work.
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The is one of the later ones. I'd put that at early 2006. I have an example on 81.53m which has papers dated early 2008 but I am pretty sure it sat around for a year or so before sale. The highest 1st Gen SMP serial I have seen is 81.55m. The subsequent Gen 2 SMP Coax was released in late 2006 and is seen with numbers starting 81.7m I believe.
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The is one of the later ones, one of the last in fact. I'd put that at 2006. I have an example on 81.53m which has papers dated early 2008 but I am pretty sure they ceased production earlier and it sat around for a year or so.
well hot damn! that's great to hear, thank you for your expertise!
 
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