Need help with a birth-year Speedmaster

zacharyhbwells

Hi All,

New member here. I'm considering a birth-year Speedmaster.

https://ashton-blakey-antiques.com/...dmaster-professional-145-022-78-st-moon-watch

The thing is my birthyear is 1979 and it looks like the 78 model rolled into 79 and you can only really tell when the watch was produced by a serial number related on the movement, and even then it may be a guess related to how production may have progressed. Is this true? I can't go for it and have it turn out to be from 1980, or 78 - no offence to my peers. Can anyone educate me a bit?

Thanks in advance to anyone who has some advice.

Zachary

Dan S

Yes, this is true. You would need to purchase an Extract of the Archives to know for sure. Maybe you can just get over the whole birth-year thing.

M mountainunder

Welcome to the Omega Forum.
Nice to meet you.😀

There are two links to 145.022-78 manufactured in 1979 that were sold on this forum.
https://omegaforums.net/threads/omega-speedmaster-professional-145-022-78.126031/
https://omegaforums.net/threads/sold-145-022-78-full-set.88208/
Both have an archived serial of 4481 xxxx.

According to the Speedmaster 101 description, the serial of the 145.022-78 starts with 44xx xxxx.
https://speedmaster101.com/145-022/145-022-71-74-76-78/

There is also an example of this in a past thread.
https://omegaforums.net/threads/1979-speedmasters-145-0022-78-caseback-with-399xxxxx-movement.87823/

The serial of the watch linked to is 391xxxx.
According to the Speedmaster 101 description, the 39xx xxxx serial shows 145.022-76.

You can also go to the I love my Speedmaster site and type in the serial to find out the date of manufacture.
https://www.ilovemyspeedmaster.com/productiondateprediction/

You may want to check with the seller carefully.