nazca-lines on my Seamaster 300 big triangle 165.024

[Fallout Boy]

Hi specialists on OF,

two questions concerning the back of my dial:

a) What does the 68 * 552 indicate? (68 year of production? - which is confirmed by the excract from the archives. cal. is 550
b) Which stories does the lines tell me?

atb Jo

 

[omegaman]

Scratching the dial backside with a ferrous material makes it slightly magnetic, thus enabling a very very fine regulation when the central second goes around and gets slowed down at the magnetized spots.

 

[Dan S]

omegaman

Scratching the dial backside with a ferrous material makes it slightly magnetic, thus enabling a very very fine regulation when the central second goes around and gets slowed down at the magnetized spots.

Is it April 1st again already? 😵‍💫

 

[321Only]

Looks like one dial feet was replaced at some point. I guess the scratching was done to increase the surface for the repair and make the dial feet stick

 

[Fallout Boy]

If you need to clean the surface before soldering (??), the red and yellow lines make sense (however they are large!): they meet in a dial feet (?), but the green blue ones 😕



And what does the "552" stand for?

 

[gemini4]

The long lost treasure map dial.

Wise men say treasure is the Holy of Holies, the bucket of #6 end links.

The intersection of the pink and yellow marks the buried treasure somewhere along the New South Wales - Queensland border.

 

[gemini4]

Fallout Boy

If you need to clean the surface before soldering (??), the red and yellow lines make sense (however they are large!): they meet in a dial feet (?), but the green blue ones 😕



And what does the "552" stand for?

552 is the movement caliber this dial is designed for. Caliber 550 was the USA version of the 552 and proper dials fit both calibers.

 

[watchyouwant]

gemini4

The long lost treasure map dial.

Wise men say treasure is the Holy of Holies, the bucket of #6 end links.

The intersection of the pink and yellow marks the buried treasure somewhere along the New South Wales - Queensland border.

Damn... Now you ruined it. Ok, it's further south, in Coffs Harbour. I admit. Kind regards. Achim

 

[Fallout Boy]

NASA sent me this document tonight 😲:



signed: W.v.B. 😁

Edited: May 16, 2023

 

[Fallout Boy]

up again ... because you can see similar lines at Jose´s "dial" -page

https://perezcope.com/dials/

Longines 13 ZN “sandwich” dial with Stern signature and Depose (Registered) stamp

😕

 

[BLOW UP]

Yeah, my first instinct was also new dial feet, but then the top one looks original and the scratching below it doesn't correlate??