Need help on a 1984 Speedmaster

Boony

Yeah still a good strap for sure. Get the serial to clear up the actual date though. Also ask for an extract or at least get agreement that of you get one and there’s any issue that you get a refund.

3600 seems ok to me. Nothing cheap these days. I’d sell mine for about that... if I was selling.

Jtalleruphuus

Thanks. They sent me the backcase here. They confirm that the first three digits of the serial nr is 482, which as far as im informed means that i can be from 1985 the earliest and probably 1988 the latest, as the bezel and dial was made only in 1981-1988. I will probably only know the excact year if i get Extract from the archives, unless you guys have som pointers here?

Thanks.

Boony

https://www.watchfinder.co.uk/serial-numbers
Scroll down to see Omega serials and years

http://chronomaddox.com/omega_serial_numbers.html
Chuck Maddox suggests 1985 but I think his list has some holes in it based on what I've read... he put that together a fair while ago

Boony

I think its 1984 mate - but tell you what.. I'll look the the extract I have for mine this evening and confirm what mine is ok! Sit tight.

Boony

48XXXXXX = 1984
The watch looks good other than the strap as I said.

kov

Don't be so sure as your statement is totally wrong.

48M serials go from 1985 up to 1994 I would say. I have seen literally dozens of watches form mid-eighties to mid-nineties with 48M serials and Extracts from Archives. And owned well more than a handful.

Boony

https://www.watchfinder.co.uk/serial-numbers
Scroll down to see Omega serials and years

http://chronomaddox.com/omega_serial_numbers.html
Chuck Maddox suggests 1985 but I think his list has some holes in it based on what I've read... he put that together a fair while ago

For those who are looking to date a Speedmaster, Please link here to a more up-to-date and more specific table for dating Speedmaster Serial Numbers compiled by Roman Hartmann and also hosted by myself again this table is also approximate and barring a more accurate table published by Omega is the best we have.

Jtalleruphuus

Yes that's also what i have read. However, the serial nr is in the "low end" of the 48's (482), and the bezel and dial has the characteristics of a 1981-1988, so therefore i figured 1984/1985-1988.

kov

A common mistake to use the Maddox's list for Speedmasters. 9 watches out of 10 listed as from 1985 on Chrono24 have a 48M serial and have used Maddox's list. But if you read what Maddox writes just above the table :



You might click on the link and find out why your statement above was completely wrong.

kov

And the 48M serials at large are quite tricky.

I have had two 20th Apollo XI (rest of world) watches from 1989 with serials 48.250 and 48.253
I have a 20th Apollo XI Numbered 1000 LE (gold 863) from 1989 with serial 48.251

All three confirmed by extracts, obviously.

kov

As I said here :



You can add to this list a 20th Anniversary of Flight Qualified 1000 LE from 1986 with serial 48.169 (like the footer note of Hartmann's table). Also with extract.

I am looking forward to see your extract for this watch and hope you will be kind enough to share when you get it 😉

Jtalleruphuus

Thank you so much. So the watch can't possibly be from earlier than 1985 and later than 1987/1988, can it?

JanV

Hi. A 48.2xx.xx serial is one of the last in the series considered to be the 80’s. MWO actually states 48.23x.xxx to be the last known in this series. So I would expect this to be a -87 or -88 according to this info.

jeppehh

@Jtalleruphuus did you end up purchasing the watch and getting the extract? Curious to hear what year the serial was. I'm on the look out for an '84 and this thread was really helpful. Thanks all participants.