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kazd
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omega seamaster mystery of the meylan movement
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Mark020
··not the sharpest pencil in the ΩF drawerWe are always interested in the watches of new members! We know making pictures is not easy but the thing to get them sharper is perhaps move the camera ;-)
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kazd
·We are always interested in the watches of new members! We know making pictures is not easy but the thing to get them sharper is perhaps move the camera ;-)
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Archer
·Provided it has Omega and 321 on the balance cock, the most likely explanation is that someone replaced the chronograph bridge with a non-Omega part at some point in the life of the watch.
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kazd
·Provided it has Omega and 321 on the balance cock, the most likely explanation is that someone replaced the chronograph bridge with a non-Omega part at some point in the life of the watch.
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·Ah thank you archer for your reply , appreciate much, yes you maybe right , but after inspecting closely I found the movement number under the balance wheel it is stamped 2520 and lemania cross stamped there too so I suspect they this may be the whole lemania movement which is identical as the 321, no doubt someone put this watch together using this movement well so I didn’t find any other seamasters with this mysterious issue , will need service as the hour subdial don’t reset correctly , thank you again for your reply maybe there is someone that can have more info on this , thank you , good day, kazd
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gatorcpa
··ΩF InvestiGatorMovement has “AXJ” import code on balance bridge:
I believe that is the code for Meylan’s Lemania made movements. This is not the only example of a swapped movement in an Omega chronograph.
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https://omegaforums.net/threads/the-many-faces-of-evil.25990/
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Thread 'The many faces of Evil' ·
Check this one out:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-ANT...253?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3aaaf4d535
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-ANT...253?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3aaaf4d535
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kazd
·I was hoping it was just the bridge so it could be corrected pretty easily, but no such luck.
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kazd
·Movement has “AXJ” import code on balance bridge:
I believe that is the code for Meylan’s Lemania made movements. This is not the only example of a swapped movement in an Omega chronograph.
gatorcpahttps://omegaforums.net/threads/the-many-faces-of-evil.25990/Thread 'The many faces of Evil' ·Check this one out:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-ANT...253?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3aaaf4d535
...rolexfantastic ·
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gatorcpa
··ΩF InvestiGatorI haven’t came across any other example of the seamaster with this movement ,
Omega, Tissot, Lemania and several other watch companies were corporate siblings at that time. Lemania made different versions of their chronograph movements for these companies.
Your watch simply had a movement swap with a Meylan. FWIW, probably 75% or more of the parts are compatible with the Omega cal. 321.
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kazd
·And you shouldn’t, but you probably will.
Omega, Tissot, Lemania and several other watch companies were corporate siblings at that time. Lemania made different versions of their chronograph movements for these companies.
Your watch simply had a movement swap with a Meylan. FWIW, probably 75% or more of the parts are compatible with the Omega cal. 321.
gatorcpa
