Besides being a quality watchmaker Omega has been very prolific with their designs. I buy my watches mostly in the "wild" where I "pull the trigger" while the watch is in my hands. Truly I have lost count of how many I have already and try to be more selective when buying watches anymore. When I saw this one I just had to buy it. A subsequent search on the Internet revealed that the watch is quite uncommon. It has a larger presence on the wrist than many Omegas of it's vintage.
Looks like a version of the ref 166.042 Desmond did a nice article about this ref - can be found in this link
well, the interesting part is how this case is built and Desmond did not post any pics. of that. So I may have to take it apart and show you all