Yes, research was done with the Omega heritage team - nearly all watches confirmed by the Omega Archives - except those where the microfilm was unreadable or damaged - this happens for a very small number of watches as we know from experience....
Congratulations to you both. A complete reference for the vintage Seamaster 300 is long overdue.
Perhaps just cut and paste @kox OF posts and you can publish next week?馃榾
Seriously, those of us who are fortunate enough to own early SM300 variants have longed for THE correct place for answers. Newbies, considering a SM300, have faced major risks in their initial purchases.
Finally, all questions will have their answers.
Hi @Dash1 and @kox
in general a great project and one of my fav models. when and where wilit be published ?
one important thing, you speak of research ... would love it you could explain a bit more the basis and sources in detail e.g.
- is it done with the heritage team of omega ?
- anything confirmed by omega ?
would be too sad if one reads nonsense like "the bezels of 2913 are made of bakelite"
One copy for me also, please. I'm a lifelong, diehard sm300 fan/owner/collector.
Finally, a reference book on sm300 by fans, of fans, and for fans!
I already have AJTT. I don't want another 'heritage-approved', big, fat, coffee table book (that also just happens to have its share of factual errors too-guess noone's perfect, not even the museum/heritage experts)...
Oh, and my 14755 says hi! 馃榾
Dare I ask how long till release??? Not that I鈥檓 trying to rush you! Hahaha
FYI ... AJTT was not done by the actual heritage team. Things and standards have dramatically changed since then.
We have a self imposed deadline but are keeping it under our hats for the moment, however we鈥檙e talking months not years!
Because there wasn鈥檛 one (as we now know it) during the many years that were spent pulling that book together, but the book was sanctioned, and Marco and the team did the best job they could with the time, resources, and knowledge available (at the time).
It鈥檚 like archeology - it鈥檚 absolutely right, until someone finds better evidence of something else being absolutely right. 馃槈
Looking forward to seeing this in print @Dash1 @kox 馃憤
Fantastic to see all that great response from you guys. Thanks 馃憤
I'm really happy and excited about this SM300 project. Something I wanted to do for years. Luckily Ash is just the right partner for the job. Like-minded and with a great track record of nice SM300 parts and examples, and he also has many hours of that all important "hands-on handling time".
Hard choices, discussions and work still ahead, but also lots of fun and new interesting findings 馃槜
We will do our very best and I'm very confident that you will like the end result 馃摉
And since we love pictures and this thread needs more of them....
