Just for clarification, the picture of the two dials are both NOT of the OP watch.
It's only for comparing the two dials with the OP watch馃槈
I stated "The dial of the watch should be the one below" and from my view its's not..
Based on the Omega logo and Speedmaster inscription of the OP watch, I would expect the wording of professional should be in line with professional wording expressed like below, thus with wide "A". But apparently you guys think its just fine..
Looks like it has correct parts and movement range for a 105.012-65 to me, the crown may not be a replacement - it's a 32-tooth wide logo crown which did appear on models in this era (though the exact range would have to be confirmed via MWO which I don't have with me at my office). Hands, maybe relumed? But they match and look fine to me. The lug scratches are odd but shouldn't cause trouble with the springbar fitment, though I'd still have a watchmaker look into it.
OK I think I see your issue, in what you mean with professional... Is it how the O, S, and P line up? the No T dial (B1) does not line up in a straight line on the start of each of the characters, while the (b2) and later do. At least as seen in the MWO pictures. This appears to have the earlier line up as seen on the no T dial.
My answer is that there can be some variance on this and so far has not been noted anywhere.
Another answer is there is a slight difference between the B1 and B2 that no one has described, and this dial is in fact a B1bis dial with the T's added later, we would need better shots of the "swiss made" to determine. The "m" in speedmaster is correct for a b2 or B1 dial.
outside of that the dial looks as it should. Narrow T swiss, narrow "E", and correct speedmaster font, none of these would be present on a later service dial.
Hi Tom -as you point out, the dial is not perfect with lume loss and possibly scratches in the sub register. The hands look correct. The case is also correct for a -65 HF, but has been polished. The pushers also appear to be original fat neck. The crown is a later replacement. Lastly, the movement serial is also correct and appears to be clean.
The damage to the inner lugs wouldn鈥檛 bother me on this watch, the value is in the dial and bezel and therefore price should be appropriately adjusted.
Good luck.
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I'm in the middle of conducting some research into late 60's Speedmaster crowns and I'm pretty confident this crown was never original to this ref.
