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·Thanks. The fact that a few years later Omega Ploprofs (and other watches too?) are also called Seamaster 600 kind of adds to the confusion...
Help With Omega Seamaster 600 Circa 1966
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JimInOz
··Melbourne AustraliaThanks @Passover @MCC @Hnansen @JimInOz @ChrisN @KingCrouchy and all for the information and response!!
I have bought (and just received) an 'Extract of the Archives' from Omega for this watch . The certificate has come back from Omega saying that the model is a Geneve, when I placed the order I gave the stalls of the movement number, calibre, watch/case ref number and stated that it is a Seamaster .
The watch is a seamaster; do you know if the Geneve movement is used in the Seamaster 600 or does this watch have a modified faced?
Little confused as I expected the Extract of the Archives certificate to state that it is a Seamaster .
Many thanks
First, let's look closely at the information from the OVDB. Here is the entry for reference 135.011.
You'll notice that the picture is of a Genève, all of the information is related to a Seamaster.
The OVDB is a good guide, but like a lot of reference points, it can contain anomalies so it can't be treated as "gospel".
Caliber 601 was used in many references in the 1960s, so it isn't a "Genève" caliber. It just happened to be fitted to Genèves, as well as Seamaster 600s, Cosmics, Dynamics etc etc.
I have a reference 135.011 in entirely original condition and it is a Seamaster 600.
I also have a Genève fitted with a caliber 601, it has a reference of 135.012.
As can be seen in a shot from the Omega reference book, A Journey Through Time, the reference 135.011 is shown as Seamaster (3 of them actually). It also has a 135.012, the description which makes interesting reading.
I have no doubt that your watch is completely correct and that the discrepancies lie somewhere within the processes/records held by Omega.
