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Omega RAF 2777-4 - hands relumed?

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These original TAs are hard to find with a decent dial that relumed hands are a minor consideration when it comes to deciding whether to buy the watch or not.
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I agree with Mike , if your looking for an example . This is a direst example of a thin arrow , the very minor points that were brought up by others would not give me any pause in buying this example .

I have had a few in my Collection over the years and I still have one. Mike has many still in his collection and I think if he saw this example
In person he would be hard pressed not to buy it .

good hunting
Bill
 
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I’d think long and hard before you go ahead and relume that dial. It will significantly impact the e originally and value.

Sorry sorry for the confusion - I meant reluming the hands. no this dial I'm not planning to touch at all. Just was thinking of reluming the hands to make them more aligned to the hour markers.
 
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Hi
I agree with Mike , if your looking for an example . This is a direst example of a thin arrow , the very minor points that were brought up by others would not give me any pause in buying this example .

I have had a few in my Collection over the years and I still have one. Mike has many still in his collection and I think if he saw this example
In person he would be hard pressed not to buy it .

good hunting
Bill

Totally agree Bill especially on the point of buying the watch if given the opportunity!
 
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Totally agree Bill especially on the point of buying the watch if given the opportunity!

me too because it is a rare variant
 
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You could ask for a video where the seller shines light onto the dial, then moves the watch to a dark area, the bright hands will indicate relume as old lume doesn't work any more

I never thought of this before, great idea!
 
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With the issue number and date is this likely issued to the New Zealand Air Force?

It would be nice to see an update from when the watch arrived with the OP.
 
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Wow great buy I’d love one of those I’ve been looking for a while, congrats
 
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With the issue number and date is this likely issued to the New Zealand Air Force?

It would be nice to see an update from when the watch arrived with the OP.

The watch has been passed on to another member here at OF. I'd ordered an extract. It mentioned a delivery to the UK, and it did have 'British Military' somewhere in the description, so I guess this is not the type that you were describing. Nontheless a great example indeed.
 
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With the issue number and date is this likely issued to the New Zealand Air Force?

It would be nice to see an update from when the watch arrived with the OP.
Absolutely these watches are RNZAF they were supplied in small numbers as seen by the low issue numbers, with 57 ref 2777-4 . I have No# 182 & Raymondo has #180 both sourced in NZ. After more research there are only a few more out there. Found on Curious Curio was No#170 also Ref 2777-4 it was also 57 . He had one more which was engraved in NZ (ie it was not factory engraved with RNZAF No#171 56 ) it was a Ref2777-4 . Some interesting comparisons of the
ref 2777-4 with the only other watches known with this reference going to Rhodesia also in 1957, usually with a red sweeper & locally engraved. Only the 6B/542 markings were produced in the factory.
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The RNZAF engraving was also done locally in a similar manner to the RRAF 2777-4 versions though I believe these are marked 1956 . Raymondo who is active on OF has more information as he has one marked 1957 & a RNZAF engraved 56 version.
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The RNZAF engraving was also done locally in a similar manner to the RRAF 2777-4 versions though I believe these are marked 1956 . Raymondo who is active on OF has more information as he has one marked 1957 & a RNZAF engraved 56 version.
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Something is not right here. Either the Hands are too long, which I doubt....or that dial does not belong to this watch. All 3 Hands are longer than the minute track. And: I do not see Luminous Wells here, filled with Lume. Therefore no thick Dial Blanc with the anti-magnetic properties for the Amag. Protection. Under the Lume is white paint , which looks like printed on Triangles and not Wells. Which would mean, the Dial is not Amagnetic and the point of this Tool Watch was missed....
 
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Hi Achim the 2nd 4th & 5th pictures are taken from the net of a RRAF watch & your conclusions may be correct. They are merely a reference point to compare case back markings & the fact that the ref 2777-4 were RNZAF & RRAF watches that were issued in 56 & 57. I’m sure there are plenty of other pictures of RRAF 6B/542 that have the conventional dial. Like this one which I saw at a recent watch fair in Birmingham in July. It was also marked 1957.
 
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