After a brief hiatus, I'm back in the vintage Speedy game with this 145.022 "straight writing"

I am always in awe of just how stunning these watches are and the differences between each reference. And while I don't have the expendable income to become a serious collector, I look forward to living vicariously through all the great members of this forum....

Cheers!

Scott

 

Is that a non step dial?

 

Nice one mate!
Patina, caseback, strap, the whole bit.
-GW

 

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Yup hard to tell sometimes other wise it's the pretty rare-74 early 76 dial.

 

Huh... Now you got me thinking... It appears to be to my naked eye. Yet some examples I've seen on the forums, the "step" is more extreme... The watch has been in a safe for the last couple of decades and has seen little daylight during that time. Would that make a difference?

 

In hand it should be obvious the step is just inside of the minute markers, and the hour markers will cross the step at about 75% of the length.

easy to spot in this picture from Fratello.


This is a domed dial 76 and later




You can see more at this link http://speedmaster101.com/145-022/145-022-71-74-76-78/

 

Great looking watch. You did well.

 

Hmmm well in looking at those comparison photos, mine appears to be domed. Inside case back says 145.022 ST 69 with 32XXXXXX serial number on the 851 movement. So I'm assuming this would be a service dial?

I should've done more homework...

Sorry for the mediocre pictures, I'm working with my cell phone camera

 

At least the dial has a very attractive patina.

Enjoy it, as long as it wasn't too $$$. And even so, if you liked it, then continue to like it now.

Just keep an eye out for a dial that looks like this one, but hopefully in better condition.

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Well you have one of 2 things happening here.
Replacement dial from a 74, or the watch is a 74 and the caseback was swapped at some point in its past. An extract of the archives would tell you which option it is based on mfg date. The serial number of 32x is acceptable for both as serial numbers where not issued sequentially at that time.

It is a great looking watch though the patina is great. Looks like it might need a service as the 30minute chrono subdial is not inline with the hour chrono subdial.

 

Thank you for the information and insight. I'm a little disappointed for me being careless, but I do enjoy the condition of the watch. I would like to be able to find out more information about it, but being in the USofA I don't believe I have an option to get an extract correct? Or is there a way to go about getting one anyway?

 

Thank you, and will do. Something tells me I'll be hunting for one for most of the night

 

You can contact any Omega Boutique via phone and they can arrange the extract for you.

 

Again, plenty of experts here, but I'd like to note that the OPs dial is correct, in my opinion. It is a "step" dial or the flatter version that followed the first painted logo dials, and one of the easier ways to ID it is the S in Speedmaster is NOT elongated compared the dials that came after. I'll check again, but the dial appears correct for the 69 back. (The years for the back and the dials are not set in stone.) It's a gorgeous watch, and he should be VERY happy with it instead of kicking himself and feeling bad for not doing his homework. You did a great job buying that one, in my opinion. Enjoy it.

 

Keep in mind an Extract will not distinguish between 145.022-69, 145.022-74 etc as it will only display the case reference - 145.022. The production date should narrow it down, but the Straight Writing were delivered thru 1973 and possibly into 1974, which might not help much.

 

Thank you sir, I'm not terribly disappointed, the case itself is actually quite stunning and the patina really blew me away. It also came on a perfect 1039 bracelet, but I put that in the safe as I prefer leather.

As a testament to my bas ackwards way of doing things, I bought the Moonwatch only book after the fact, so I look forward to pouring over that once I get it

 

Well, it appears the non-elongated S was also used on the version from 75 to 78 but with a flatter dial. The type would be identical but the dial flatter. And if it is the flatter version, it is still possible that it was used in the early 70s watches. It seems highly unlikely to me that a watch would have had a later dial installed that was so near its own age during service or otherwise. It is much more likely, in my opinion, that the dial is original. Either way, it looks great, you should be very happy with it.