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hieu123
·Omega memomatic 1970
Omega vitage memomatic
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Makesbelieve
·Well, that’s a weird one… on quite a few levels.
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hieu123
·What a cool watch! It's one of the best-looking alarm watches out there. Enjoy it!
Could you tell me roughly how much you got it for? It looks to be in great condition.
What a cool watch! It's one of the best-looking alarm watches out there. Enjoy it!
Could you tell me roughly how much you got it for? It looks to be in great condition.
What a cool watch! It's one of the best-looking alarm watches out there. Enjoy it!
Could you tell me roughly how much you got it for? It looks to be in great condition.
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big case
·What a cool watch! It's one of the best-looking alarm watches out there. Enjoy it!
Could you tell me roughly how much you got it for? It looks to be in great condition.
but perhabs to friendly)
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ErichKeane
·this watch is not cool - the dial is "color by number" (weird one was more friendly of course,
but perhabs to friendly)
That said, I would love a memomatic at one point 😀 I picked up a parts-bin for one quite a while back, but not enough for a whole watch.
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ErichKeane
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Here is MY memomatic 😁
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Makesbelieve
·If we’re sharing pictures of our Memomatics then here’s mine, which illustrates kind of how I would expect one to look.
The OP’s watch was potentially an inverse dial (the outer ring is dark (deep blue or black) and the inner discs are light (silver) but it looks to have been through some form of ‘make over’, even the indices look strange (particularly the one at 4 o’clock) but the strangest thing of all is the alarm disk… the engraved logo seems like it would be far too ambitious of an undertaking for a regular dial refinishing… but then again, what do I know?
The OP’s watch was potentially an inverse dial (the outer ring is dark (deep blue or black) and the inner discs are light (silver) but it looks to have been through some form of ‘make over’, even the indices look strange (particularly the one at 4 o’clock) but the strangest thing of all is the alarm disk… the engraved logo seems like it would be far too ambitious of an undertaking for a regular dial refinishing… but then again, what do I know?
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Archer
··Omega Qualified WatchmakerWell, that’s a weird one… on quite a few levels.
There are dials with applied Omega logos, and applied markers - the markers though are not this thin on any that they show. They are more wide and short like on your example.
They do not show the use of a dial with gold markers in a stainless steel case.
The dial colours are:
Yellow
Sunburst yellow
Sunburst rhodium
Grey
Blue
The alarm display module (the center bit) comes in the following colours - unfortunately no photos for those as they are all discontinued:
Silver
Brown
Grey
Yellow
The hour and minute hands do come in gold, but either have black paint over most of the hands (and only gold showing at the dial center) or they have a black segment in the hand as well as lume.
The seconds hands come in:
Black
Blue
Brown
Orange
There is no red like the OP shows.
So this is a very odd one. With Omega you never say never, but this feels like a mix of things to me. Maybe the OP can confirm if this reflects the original condition, or if it's been modified over the years.
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hieu123
·Yep - some strange thigns going on there. I looked up the variations that Omega shows, and I see a few things...
There are dials with applied Omega logos, and applied markers - the markers though are not this thin on any that they show. They are more wide and short like on your example.
They do not show the use of a dial with gold markers in a stainless steel case.
The dial colours are:
Yellow
Sunburst yellow
Sunburst rhodium
Grey
Blue
The alarm display module (the center bit) comes in the following colours - unfortunately no photos for those as they are all discontinued:
Silver
Brown
Grey
Yellow
The hour and minute hands do come in gold, but either have black paint over most of the hands (and only gold showing at the dial center) or they have a black segment in the hand as well as lume.
The seconds hands come in:
Black
Blue
Brown
Orange
There is no red like the OP shows.
So this is a very odd one. With Omega you never say never, but this feels like a mix of things to me. Maybe the OP can confirm if this reflects the original condition, or if it's been modified over the years.
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Archer
··Omega Qualified WatchmakerThis is an original watch... if they're going to make a replacement, they'll make it look exactly like the original. It couldn't possibly be any different... I've even seen one with the horse logo inside....
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ErichKeane
·Let's learn more from experience.
The "Omega" text on the dial is particularly odd, as it doesn't actually seem to match the applied logos of the timeframe this watch was made, which makes me pretty sure this is a 'fantasy' dial redial.
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Dan S
·Very .... creative.
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sheepdoll
·Here is mine. Fairly pain dial.
Forgot how large these are.
This was one of the 10 I wore when I visited the Omega factory. I should probably clean it again. Has been 30 years. My mentor had me buff out the case.
This was one of the 10 I wore when I visited the Omega factory. I should probably clean it again. Has been 30 years. My mentor had me buff out the case.
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hieu123
·You seem to be very confused. Archer is an Omega certified watchmaker, and has likely had more of these apart than you've seen pictures of. His list of replacement dial parts above are the ones that Omega (on the extranet, information exclusively available to certified watchmakers) has ever had available as replacement parts. The fact that neither part of your dial is available, makes it quite suspicious that it is redial.
The "Omega" text on the dial is particularly odd, as it doesn't actually seem to match the applied logos of the timeframe this watch was made, which makes me pretty sure this is a 'fantasy' dial redial.
You seem to be very confused. Archer is an Omega certified watchmaker, and has likely had more of these apart than you've seen pictures of. His list of replacement dial parts above are the ones that Omega (on the extranet, information exclusively available to certified watchmakers) has ever had available as replacement parts. The fact that neither part of your dial is available, makes it quite suspicious that it is redial.
The "Omega" text on the dial is particularly odd, as it doesn't actually seem to match the applied logos of the timeframe this watch was made, which makes me pretty sure this is a 'fantasy' dial redial.
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Peemacgee
··Purrrr-veyor of luxury cat box loungersFirst of all welcome @hieu123.
Interesting watch.
I think it would be best if you throttle back a little as Members here have seen a lot of Omegas and are always suspicious of anything left-field that hasn’t appeared before.
- and many, many new members claim unusual watches are original and they turn out not to be.
However, as @Archer says, never say never with Omega - and we know that there have been numerous ‘specials’ produced for the Japanese / far-east market over the years.
A lot of casual viewers to your thread ( there have been almost 200 views) will be willing your watch to be correct - just because it is such a departure from the known variations.
So - It would be really useful if you could tell us anything and everything you know about the watch and even better if you have any info on the one other you have seen.
Interesting watch.
I think it would be best if you throttle back a little as Members here have seen a lot of Omegas and are always suspicious of anything left-field that hasn’t appeared before.
- and many, many new members claim unusual watches are original and they turn out not to be.
However, as @Archer says, never say never with Omega - and we know that there have been numerous ‘specials’ produced for the Japanese / far-east market over the years.
A lot of casual viewers to your thread ( there have been almost 200 views) will be willing your watch to be correct - just because it is such a departure from the known variations.
So - It would be really useful if you could tell us anything and everything you know about the watch and even better if you have any info on the one other you have seen.
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bardamu
·Well, that’s a weird one… on quite a few levels.
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ErichKeane
·Out of 35,000 watches and 4 different categories, how many have you actually seen? And how many of the watches that people have posted have you actually looked at? Have you held and felt them?
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