Questions about Omega 1970s " Admiralty "

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007goldeneye

·Jan 11, 2024

Came across a Admiralty watch for sale (ref 166.054) but has a 550 movement and no date function. Based on omega's website, the 166.054 has a caliber 565 and a date function. Could this watch be some kind of franken-watch? Or did Omega produce a 1660054 with a 550 caliber for the US Markets?

Anyone know?

 

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sathomasga

·Jan 11, 2024

The third digit in the reference is a "6" which, unless I'm mistaken, means that it should include a date. The no-date equivalent is a "5." So if your watch has no date, it could be a 165.054 but not a 166.054.

 

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X350 XJR

·Jan 11, 2024·Vintage Omega Aficionado

Have you seen the markings inside the case back or you just going by what the seller is saying?

 

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007goldeneye

·Jan 11, 2024

X350 XJR

Have you seen the markings inside the case back or you just going by what the seller is saying?

 

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007goldeneye

·Jan 11, 2024

sathomasga

The third digit in the reference is a "6" which, unless I'm mistaken, means that it should include a date. The no-date equivalent is a "5." So if your watch has no date, it could be a 165.054 but not a 166.054.

i uploaded a photo of the case back on the below comment. It states that it is a 166.054, but the dial has no date function.

 

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X350 XJR

·Jan 11, 2024·Vintage Omega Aficionado

Either the case back was swapped or the movement hard to know which. Personally it wouldn’t bother me that much if the price was right. How does the rest of the watch look?

 

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007goldeneye

·Jan 11, 2024

X350 XJR

Either the case back was swapped or the movement hard to know which. Personally it wouldn’t bother me that much if the price was right. How does the rest of the watch look?

Looks fine, I am just not clear on what I would be buying.

 

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X350 XJR

·Jan 11, 2024·Vintage Omega Aficionado

Since Omega is no longer doing archive extracts there really is no way of knowing where the movement came from/belongs. As I said earlier either the movement came from a different watch or the case back did.

 

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X350 XJR

·Jan 11, 2024·Vintage Omega Aficionado

Do you have photos of the rest of the watch?

 

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007goldeneye

·Jan 12, 2024

X350 XJR

Do you have photos of the rest of the watch?

 

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Dsloan

·Jan 12, 2024

OP, can you find any other examples online that match this one?

I'm not an expert on this model, but I see some things that look off. Combine that with the possibly incorrect movement or case back, and I'd be very careful about this decision.

 

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X350 XJR

·Jan 12, 2024·Vintage Omega Aficionado

My conclusion, fake case, dial, bezel, wrong hands for whatever this thing is supposed to be, genuine movement. Much more than just a franken.

Hard pass regardless of price.

You might want to have a read through this before considering one of these:

https://omegaforums.net/threads/comprehensive-omega-admiralty-thread.69037/

Edited: Jan 12, 2024

 

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sathomasga

·Jan 12, 2024

Yeah. Definitely suspect. I see that someone (OP?) "won" the bid for this on eBay yesterday for $1457. What's interesting is that the same watch shows up in an eBay search for sold admiralty watches as sold for $955 on 26 November.

However, if you click on that item, eBay shows an error page.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/364591491922

(I believe it is the exact same watch since the listing title, including the incorrect reference, is identical to the one sold yesterday.)

OP, if you did purchase that watch yesterday, I'll look into a refund.

 

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