Folks, I'd love to hear your thoughts on this recent -71 I picked up. My thoughts - Service Crystal Unpolished to my eye - but I'm still new at this Serial seems appropriate 1171/1 (633s) okay, but not original to watch. One Pusher could be a service replacement Question that spring to my mind - DNN - should there be a gap between the dot and 0? There appears to be a crack by the serial? This seems troubling. not only from a replacement value. Timegrapher suggests as sevice - although that's not a surprise. thanks C
Oh, it's a Speedmaster 145.022-71. From the title, I thought you bought 71 watches, or maybe you were 71 years old and purchased a new watch.
I read the title and opened the thread to write: @ulackfocus will be pleased to see that Speedmasters are now the default watches.
Ah yes - let me update that. I can confirm I am not yet 71 - although I do feel quite tired most of the time. I blame the kids.
Hi Congratulations for your purchase. I generally agree to your thoughts but what makes you think this is a service replacement crystal? Do you have a closup picture of the Omega logo on your crystal? Cheers
A replacement crystal is not that big of a deal to most collectors, particularly given that it's acrylic / Hesalite and takes a lot of wear.
Decent example as long as it wasn’t too expensive. It’s not unpolished. It’s had a reasonably competent polish/refinish.
Thanks DavidT - any guidance on what to look for on an unpolished. Got this at the midpoint of Good/Running.