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tyrantlizardrex
·Different strokes for different folks... 😉
Omega 145.013 Flightmaster - pusher and crown color question
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Markl
·I think I know who would win in a fight
Sold it onward to a lovely guy who is very happy with the perfectly correct crown
There are collectors and then there are collectors!
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tyrantlizardrex
·M MarklThere are collectors and then there are collectors!
I find it fascinating that no one cared about service parts, until suddenly, every Old Speedmaster became "rare" and "valuable".
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gefmey
·Hey Hajo, thanks for your answer. As far as I understood, just the super early Flightmaster had either just yellow or just red pushers, depending on the color of the hands. Later they changed it to red/yellow for all watches, including the Cadmium ones. Can someone tell me when this happened? My Serial is 29.131.xxx so most likely a early to mid 1970s model.
Thanks Nico
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JimJupiter
·Thanks for your replys! Yesterday I bought me some Revell Email colors and today I worked on the pushers and crowns. I really like the outcome and till I find the single color pushers, this is how the watch will look 😉
If anyone else wants to do it like me, this are the color codes of the Revell Email Color:
yellow (pusher) - 12
red (pusher) - 34
blue (crown) - 50
grey (crown) - 7 (more black than grey)
Maybe this helps someone on future projects.
Nico
If anyone else wants to do it like me, this are the color codes of the Revell Email Color:
yellow (pusher) - 12
red (pusher) - 34
blue (crown) - 50
grey (crown) - 7 (more black than grey)
Maybe this helps someone on future projects.
Nico
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simonsays
·Nice Job. That’s a good match
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flqt-9000
·Nice work! By the way the blue in the original crown is darker..
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OMEGuy
·As far as I understood, just the super early Flightmaster had either just yellow or just red pushers, depending on the color of the hands. Later they changed it to red/yellow for all watches, including the Cadmium ones. Can someone tell me when this happened?
I don't know when the design was changed exactly, but this is how the early pushers looked like (paint is missing here as well):
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Dr No
·I had to paint a bezel crown last year for a friend and sourced Tamiya paints. Unfortunately, I gave the bottles to my girlfriend so they're not at hand, but I'll be going over to her place this evening and will take pics to post here tomorrow.
Here's a link . . .
https://www.watchprosite.com/omega/-of-mice-and-men---/677.1309511.11213576/0/
. . . to a post I wrote on Watchprosite. The GMT hand crown is original; I was able to match it with a Tamiya paint.
Art
Here's a link . . .
https://www.watchprosite.com/omega/-of-mice-and-men---/677.1309511.11213576/0/
. . . to a post I wrote on Watchprosite. The GMT hand crown is original; I was able to match it with a Tamiya paint.
Art
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killer67
·^ yes a little light but The Revell 51 might be too dark. Hard to tell from conversion charts
29.133.XXX
29.133.XXX
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JimJupiter
·Thanks guys, Would be an easy fix, but for now I am happy and it matches the color of the GMT hand perfectly!
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w154
·Can’t you just mix some up with a little black ?
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Dr No
·Here's the model paint I used on a friend's 910:
I only had occasion to use the flat black, but the blue matches up well with original paint.
Hope this helps!
Art
I only had occasion to use the flat black, but the blue matches up well with original paint.
Hope this helps!
Art
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Mauzer
·As far as I understood, just the super early Flightmaster had either just yellow or just red pushers, depending on the color of the hands. Later they changed it to red/yellow for all watches, including the Cadmium ones. Can someone tell me when this happened? My Serial is 29.131.xxx so most likely a early to mid 1970s model.
Hey! I can help you, the book “Flightmaster only” just arrived! 😁
“At the start of the reference ST 145.013’s production, and for the first 5.000-6.000 watches, the disks on the pushers were of a single color, either red or yellow, according to the color of corresponding hands.
These first version pushers are now very rare, because such controls are nearly always replaced when the watch was serviced. “
As far as I know, the ST 145.013 was produced with serial number at 29.130.xxx until 31.634.999 (with a few exceptions for some transitional period in later serial numbers?). So, your serial 29.131.xxx is most likely on of the first 2.000 145.013’s produced and thus had a single color pusher.
If I’ve missed something, or if you’ve some more question I can look up for you, let me know! Happy to help 😀
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killer67
·a must have for FM lovers - it’s a treasure trove of info
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JimJupiter
·So, your serial 29.131.xxx is most likely on of the first 2.000 145.013’s produced and thus had a single color pusher.
Thats very helpful and cool! Thanks for that info! Is there also a number about the whole production of 145.013's ?
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Mauzer
·Thats very helpful and cool! Thanks for that info! Is there also a number about the whole production of 145.013's ?
Do you mean which range in serial numbers are used for the ST 145.013’s?
Or do you mean how many ST 145.013’s are produced in total?
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JimJupiter
·In total, if this number is known.
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gefmey
·FO book gives an estimate of approximately 15000 for .013 and about 11000 each for .026 and .036. Personally I think the number is high, for .013, and .026 but that's just a gut feeling based on what comes up for sale on Ebay and other sites, nothing factual.