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drose224
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Hi all,
Relative newcomer here. Been a member for about a year. Primarily collect Tuning Fork watches. Accutrons, F300's and anything else that hums. Also collect manual wind Omegas. I recently bought an Accutron that came with a Stainless Steel Omega BOR bracelet. Attached a few pictures wanting to know if this is real. Thanks much. David

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drose224
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Yep, a lot of them are.
Like many other watch manufacturers in the 1970s, Omega employed the ESA 9162 (date only) and ESA 9164 (day and date) tuning fork movements in many of their watches.

The ESA 9162 / ESA 9184 movements are often considered the “Rolls Royce” of tuning fork movements. They were designed by Max Hetzel, who had previously worked for Bulova; he was also responsible for the Accutron 214. In May 1972, ESA also released a chronograph version of these tuning fork movements; it was known as the ESA 9210 and was used in the Omega Speedsonic range of watches.

The Omega watches employing these tuning fork movements were usually referred to as the ‘Omega f300’ models reflecting the frequency of the tuning fork. The non-chronograph f300s must have been produced in the tens of thousands and are often seen on a popular auction site today.

Omega, like many other watch makers, allocated their own calibre numbers to these movements:

  • Omega Calibre 1250 = ESA 9162 (date only)
  • Omega Calibre 1255 = ESA 9210 (chronograph day and date)
  • Omega Calibre 1260 = ESA 9164 (day and date)
  • The Omega version of these movements differ slightly from standard ESA 9162, 9164 and 9210 movements in having copper plated plates (see image on left) throughout the movement; all other watch manufacturers kept the ESA-supplied nickel plated plates. However all the parts, including the plates, are fully inter-changeable.
 
Dan S
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If it's not something funny in the photos, the endlinks may have been modified.
 
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My brain hurts from trying to make sense of the background.

Is there a number on the end links? As Dan said, looks like they were trimmed to fit the Bulova.
 
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rendo rendo
My brain hurts from trying to make sense of the background.
Looks like info on the stock market.
 
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drose224 drose224
570 on the end links
Are you sure? I think 570 endlinks are for 7-row BoR bracelets. In any case, the tips should be pointed, whatever they are.
 
drose224
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My photos don't show it, but both end links have the tabs intact.
 
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My photos don't show it, but both end links have the tabs intact.
Not the tabs. Your endlinks have been filed down. Are you sure yours are 570? The example in my pic is a 570.

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Dan S
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And they are not #570 endlinks. If those endlinks say 570 on the back, they may be fake.
 
Davidt
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They look more like 511’s but agree they may have been altered.
 
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Five row should be 11s or 511s.
 
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Five row should be 11s or 511s.
Davidt Davidt
They look more like 511’s but agree they may have been altered.
Agreed. Makes you wonder why the OP indicated 570. 😗
 
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This is incredibly odd. Nevermind the filed off edges, 3 openings for the rows of beads instead of 4 just shouldnt exist on an endlink that's stamped 70/570.
 
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