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eugeneandresson
·Of what?
This type of crystal, from behind.
OMEGA MARK II CO-AXIAL. ERROR BEZEL ORANGE
This type of crystal, from behind.
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Archer
··Omega Qualified WatchmakerThis type of crystal, from behind.
Don't have one from this specific model, but I can show you this...
Top arrow points to the crystal, second to the crystal gasket, and the bottom to the orange flange. There's no "white ring" in this watch anywhere.
All of the Mk. II crystals are painted on the back - this is common knowledge, and you should be able to find photos out there.
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Nicolás Q.
·Bingo.
Hello, thank you very much, for your good observation, and pedantic nothing, every opinion counts and among all, we will reach a conclusion ... waiting for Omega to appear in this forum... well it would be a "miracle"
It is clear to see from this pic that something is missing (just look at every marker on the tachymeter ... the solid orange is the orange 'reflector', and half of each marker shows a hole as the reflector is not as wide as the bezel. So either Omega forgot the white ring, or someone removed it. Personally I would never believe Omega could do something this sloppy...but then Rolex also once made a faulty dial, so it could well be. Either way, I don't think there is any mystery (or anything special) here...other than it looks cool and unique, so enjoy it. The holes would bother me a bit...however I am a pedant.
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·Re: white ring : Didn’t think (or imply) there was a part as such, but something on the crystal, be it paint or a sticker, and that is shaped like a hollow circle (aka a ring) the same outer diameter as the crystal and inner diameter the end of the ‘bezel’ part of the crystal. No matter, the mystery is solved and clearly the white is missing. Orange flange is the thing which bounces orange light and gives that ‘radial glow’ effect I guess.
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Nicolás Q.
·Don't have one from this specific model, but I can show you this...
Top arrow points to the crystal, second to the crystal gasket, and the bottom to the orange flange. There's no "white ring" in this watch anywhere.
All of the Mk. II crystals are painted on the back - this is common knowledge, and you should be able to find photos out there.
Thank you very much for your great detail, when explaining the rings and the crystal. He's right, the white ring that should be there isn't there; the question is whether Omega did it carelessly or on purpose. When the clock is in the dark, the numbers of the tachymetrist scale do not illuminate, and of course because they do not have Luminova
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Nicolás Q.
·Sorry for the poor image quality, too little light. Here's proof that something is missing... I think it's the pigmentation with Luminova.
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··Omega Qualified WatchmakerRe: white ring : Didn’t think (or imply) there was a part as such, but something on the crystal, be it paint or a sticker, and that is shaped like a hollow circle (aka a ring) the same outer diameter as the crystal and inner diameter the end of the ‘bezel’ part of the crystal. No matter, the mystery is solved and clearly the white is missing. Orange flange is the thing which bounces orange light and gives that ‘radial glow’ effect I guess.
Yes, that's what I said initially, that the white paint was never added.
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··Omega Qualified WatchmakerTurns out I have an old one in stock for the original Mk II's...
As you can see, no white ring, just layers of paint...
Cheers, Al
As you can see, no white ring, just layers of paint...
Cheers, Al
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Foo2rama
··Nowhere near as grumpy as he used to be...@Archer
Is it possible it’s the bezel(for lack of an easier term) from the Brazil mkII which has lume? Or the Bicolor which had a Sedna rehaut and what looks like in some pictures the same recessed look as seen on the OP watch with a sedna scale.
Is it possible it’s the bezel(for lack of an easier term) from the Brazil mkII which has lume? Or the Bicolor which had a Sedna rehaut and what looks like in some pictures the same recessed look as seen on the OP watch with a sedna scale.
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I looked up the Sedna gold version, and the type appears pink gold, rather than the orange in the OP's photos. By the Brazil version do you mean the Rio Olympics watch? If so, the numbers on that are more green than anything, due to the lume.
My feeling is that this is just a misprinted crystal, nothing more. As the Rolex example shows, sometimes the things that slip by can be quite obvious...
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Nicolás Q.
·Algo pasa, porque los números no se iluminan en la oscuridad, creo que debería tener un anillo SuperLumiNova en el cristal o en su base, como especifica el sitio web oficial de Omega.
* TACOMETRO ILUMINADO
La escala taquimétrica transparente del cristal de zafiro está iluminada desde abajo por un anillo de aluminio relleno de Super-LumiNova.
* TACOMETRO ILUMINADO
La escala taquimétrica transparente del cristal de zafiro está iluminada desde abajo por un anillo de aluminio relleno de Super-LumiNova.
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Nicolás Q.
·Something happens, because the numbers do not light up in the dark, I think I should have a SuperLumiNova ring on the crystal or its base, as specified by the official Omega website.
* ILLUMINATED TACHOMETER
The transparent tachymeter scale on the sapphire crystal is illuminated from below by an aluminum ring filled with Super-LumiNova.
* ILLUMINATED TACHOMETER
The transparent tachymeter scale on the sapphire crystal is illuminated from below by an aluminum ring filled with Super-LumiNova.
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Nicolás Q.
·My question now is: All The Sedna do have that golden color, so why do all the Mark II Racing Co-Axial not have the color orange?
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·So now there‘s two!
Edit2: pics here:
I believe it‘s a factory error and not a modification by someone.
I saw an MKII a couple of years ago (not long after they reintroduced the reference) for sale from Germany on ebay Kleinanzeigen with the exact same error/bezel.
A bright orange tachy scale without lumen, thought it was kind of cool and actually, as the Model was quite new back then, thought that it was a factory version.
Never seen one again until now.
I may have a picture of the sales add on my phone or in an old backup. If I find it I’ll post it here.
Cheers,
Max.
Edit:
HA! Even made a post about it back then … thank god that saves me from scrolling through thousands of pictures…
Here you go: https://omegaforums.net/threads/what-the-hell-is-going-on-here.34542/
Memory failed me a bit, so it was on sale on CH24 not ebay Kleinanzeigen.
Edit2: pics here:
I believe it‘s a factory error and not a modification by someone.
I saw an MKII a couple of years ago (not long after they reintroduced the reference) for sale from Germany on ebay Kleinanzeigen with the exact same error/bezel.
A bright orange tachy scale without lumen, thought it was kind of cool and actually, as the Model was quite new back then, thought that it was a factory version.
Never seen one again until now.
I may have a picture of the sales add on my phone or in an old backup. If I find it I’ll post it here.
Cheers,
Max.
Edit:
HA! Even made a post about it back then … thank god that saves me from scrolling through thousands of pictures…
Here you go: https://omegaforums.net/threads/what-the-hell-is-going-on-here.34542/
Memory failed me a bit, so it was on sale on CH24 not ebay Kleinanzeigen.
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