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Newbie question: age/ref. number/caliber list for Speedmasters of the last 30 years

  1. 101010oxo Feb 2, 2020

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    I am looking for a list referencing year of manufacture/serial number/reference/caliber of Speedmaster Professionals appr. 1990-today.

    All the lists I could find on the net only list these things up to the 90s or 2000 but nothing after. I often find watches for sale online were ref number/year/caliber seem to be contradicting, e.g. a ref. ST 145.0022 with a caliber 1861 made in 2005...
     
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  3. STANDY schizophrenic pizza orderer and watch collector Feb 2, 2020

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    Most lists stop at the 3570.50.00 a model that was around until 2014 before the big box and change to ref: 3674836377472637487627483620988

    ( me poking fun at the current long reference number Speedmaster )
     
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  4. 101010oxo Feb 2, 2020

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    Thank you. Is there a way to correlate a serial number with a year of production, eg. a 77xxx number?
     
  5. STANDY schizophrenic pizza orderer and watch collector Feb 2, 2020

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    A guesstimate chart below


    YEAR
    Movement
    number
    Movement
    calibre*

    2011 93 mil.
    2010
    90 mil.
    2009
    87 mil.
    2008 84 mil.
    2007 81 mil.
    2006 78 mil.
    2005 72 mil.
    2004 70 mil.
    2003 68 mil.
    2002 65.5 mil.
    2001 65 mil.
    2000 61 mil.
    1999 59.8 mil.
    1998 56 mil.
    1995 55 mil.
    1993 54 mil.

    http://clockmaker.com.au/rolex_serial_numbers.html



    Mind you my 7777xxxx was bought new in 2013
     
  6. 101010oxo Feb 2, 2020

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    Great, thank you!

    Now I only need the calibers 861/1861 and the reference numbers.
     
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  7. STANDY schizophrenic pizza orderer and watch collector Feb 2, 2020

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    Well here is a few days of reading

    http://www.chronomaddox.com/
     
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  8. STANDY schizophrenic pizza orderer and watch collector Feb 2, 2020

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    Set a avatar as it looks like you will be around here a bit
     
  9. dennisthemenace Hey, he asked for it! Feb 2, 2020

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    There were no Speedmaster professionals with serial numbers starting between 48 and 77.
     
  10. 101010oxo Feb 2, 2020

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    I think your assessment is correct ;-)
     
  11. 101010oxo Feb 2, 2020

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    So the above list is for all Omega watches? But Speedmasters went from 48xxx to 77xxx? In 2005?

    Also I have gathered from the mentioned references that the 1861 superseeded the 861 in 1997?

    And then I read:

    So after 1996 no more ref. 145.0022. But what does "same engraving on caseback as the 145.022" mean? That the 3570.50 case backs were engraved with 145.022 or 145.0022?