Railroad Official Standard on eBay

pennsyl936 · Sep 26, 2019

No affiliation with the seller - but saw this the other day listed on chrono24
https://www.chrono24.com/omega/rail...dard-165002-1963-cal-552--id12335993.htm#gref

also now on eBay here:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Omega-Rail...172676?hash=item4b6baeeac4:g:OiMAAOSwjzddjQlJ

If it is genuine it would be nice addition to the collection but the price is a bit out of range.

I know there were several variations of these dials but all examples I have seen previously have SWISS MADE at the lower edge of the dial. This one says "T SWISS MADE T"? These dials never contained tritium = maybe the hands?

It also is missing the 4 digit case number on the back - or at least not visible in the photos. Possibly polished away (seller does say "slightly polished caseback")

BradleyJ. · Sep 26, 2019

I've spoken to this seller and was less than thrilled with his practices. I'll leave it at that...... this was long before I seen him on chrono24.

On a side note, I love this watch and it would be a great addition to anyones collection. I've only seen two other people with this watch before (both is better condition, no yellowing like this one) I'm not expert but I'd say this is fairly rare to come up for sale.

Edit * of the two I know of, they just say swiss made, nothing else on the bottom at 6 o'clock

X350 XJR · Sep 26, 2019

Even in really nice condition these are not $4000 watches.

Canuck · Sep 26, 2019

Depending on the vintage of the watch, the railroad it was used on, and the time standards on that railroad, luminous hands and dials have often been forbidden. That specification had been relaxed by the time this one was produced.

Interstellar · Sep 27, 2019

X350 XJR
Even in really nice condition these are not $4000 watches.

Highest I've seen have not even passed the $3K mark but I may just be looking at the wrong places.

JwRosenthal · Sep 27, 2019

Or you could just pick one of these up for the price of a nice dinner out

X350 XJR · Sep 27, 2019

More information and discussion in this old thread.

OPs watch also does not have the typical black leaf hands...

https://omegaforums.net/threads/railroad-official-standard-“railmaster-official”.59796/

gemini4 · Jan 16, 2021

I recently sourced a 24 Hour dial, 165.002 Railroad Official Standard, not the OP example.
A bit more interesting info is here https://omegaforums.net/threads/railroad-official-standard-“railmaster-official”.59796/page-3#post-1694227

Railroad Official Standard on eBay

pennsyl936

BradleyJ.

X350 XJR

Canuck

Interstellar

JwRosenthal

X350 XJR

gemini4

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