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Omega 1953 RAF Issue Pilots Watch. Case Ref 2777-1SC

  1. Sapientia Cordis Ev3rclear's Fake Second Account Feb 28, 2015

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  2. minutenrohr Feb 28, 2015

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    No, not "franken". As other Military Dials, this two has been redialed by the MOD. 1st example is rarer*, 2nd one is the Standard-MOD-Dial.
    "At some point the MoD figures out that Radium on the dials is not that great and they decide to change this. They go ahead and redial the watches themselves. This was done by hand and thus we have a redialed watch called the "fat arrow".
    *pics are too small - judgement not so easy...but i saw some of this type during the last years and it looked correct.
    Inside should be a cal 283 (modified, because of the thick iron dial). Center second pinion, hour and minute wheels are longer versions.
    The prices of both watches are too high (in my opinion).

    rgds - h.u.
     
  3. Fritz genuflects before the mighty quartzophobe Feb 28, 2015

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    If you check out old Omega parts sheets from the early 260 & 280 caliber era, they are often subtitled with their caliber designations in Omega's old system, 30T3 & 30T4.
     
  4. Joe K. Curious about this text thingy below his avatar Feb 28, 2015

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    I think you are mistaking these for WWW models, which indeed housed 30T2 movements. The watches in your links are ref 2777 and they should house a cal 283.