http://www.ebay.com/itm/Omega-Speedmaster-Professional-Chronograph-Moon-Watch-Limited-Edition/222373256413?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid=222007&algo=SIC.MBE&ao=2&asc=40778&meid=3e8fd31894ca463fbd4c8115c647fc3e&pid=100005&rk=1&rkt=6&sd=282318327804Purchases made through these links may earn this site a commission from the eBay Partner Network I leave you guys with this interesting example. Should I make a low ball bid for parts to make a racing dial mod? Best story to explain this bad boy came to exist gets the broad arrow hands if I buy it. Just take a second look at it, and let it all sink in... esp those subdial hands. Then it will sink in what dial that is, and then you have to look again really hard at the watch, no it can't be that watch, how did those hands get there. Then you look up that watch and think could that be gold? It just keeps on giving! And for posterity... "Omega Speedmaster Professional Moon Watch!! This is a more 'vintage' limited edition model with triple chronographs and orange hand for the chronometer, as well as a smaller orange hand. This is a "wind-up" type model. Everything works flawlessly!! It's in overall good condition, with some scratches to the glass, and some smaller, light scratches on the band etc (refer to pictures). This is a great luxury watch that will enhance any collection, or even worn daily at the office/leisure. Of course, the Omega brand name quality speaks for itself!!" "99.9% sure this is the rarer Japanese limited edition, hence the color of the different hands! You have silver for the smaller left dial, white for the right dial, and orange for the lower one in the middle, as well as for the chronometer hand (the large one). Anyone claiming this is "fake" because of this, has probably never seen this model before! "
Looks like the rhodium dial from the 10th anniversary Apollo XI, but it's not quite the same. Sub dial and Swiss made markings differ.
Not according to my references. http://www.fratellowatches.com/gold-speedmasters-space-shuttle-tribute/
Well its creative there's that I guess, even looking at the movement the shade of he movement plates doesn't match, sort of a "I've got bits in a drawer, that'll do" edition.
No, it's "rare" as in "unique" - meaning nobody has ever slapped these parts together in this combination. I guess since it uses Omega parts it can't be an Uncle watch.
I doff my hat to your detective skills. That's got to be a rare dial then. I guess this watch can only be valued as parts.
No sale at 2035 against a 3500 reserve. I'll be talking to the seller tomorrow. That dial... hot rod with dark grey Italian hands? Yes I know the movement is a franken but the dial really looks like a 18k wg dial.
Has there been any discussion as to the originality/correctness of dials with "Swiss made" above the minutes track vs below on these and the 1980s yellow gold model?
I reached out to the few people that have published anything original on that model and I've not heard back. Fratello has both dial variations in their write ups on the model. Seems odd that a series of 10 watches had 2 different variations. As I've discussed in private with a few people no one has seen that dial offered as a spare part. I should have asked @Archer what the status was in the parts database though. I've got a feeling it's a swap only part though as it's an LE and not like the Italian white which was a limited production dial. It could be a seamaster redial but the quality looks to high. Assuming it is the wg dial does it even have a high value? Not one has ever come up for sale that anyone knows about and it's not like you can get the case for it and make a real clone. Sure it's rare and arguably the rarest speedmaster dial outside those skeleton ones. But as far as I can see there is no demand. The serial dates to a -72 the case is post 1988, the bezel is modern, the hands are a nightmare from a broadarrow, and a racing dial. The movement has copper and bronze finish showing its a frankenwatch. I'm treating it like a parts watch with a 2x dial price vs an Italian dial. As I like silvered dials, I want to hot rod it, and have the Italian dark grey handset sourced. Then again the pictures are not conclusive that it is a silvered dial and not a normal white dial. Yes I know it's a white gold dial not silvered but the effect is broadly the same. You have to admit that with those pictures, something seems a bit off with the dial, but I cannot point to anything sloppy on it and it just might be the beat up crystal. With the reference points out there there is just no way to verify that dial, unless you can get it next to a 18k wg watch.
You are aware that in the early 80's Omega offered this type of dial on Speedy's right? A pal of mine has an original example from new with box and papers, so the dial might be correct but obv the hands are not