Rubbish Dump Find - Omega SM300 165.024

I bought my first top of the range TI calculator in 1974, it cost £65, or about US$200 at the time. I'd been tracking calculator costs for a while and reckoned they'd bottomed out

5 years later you got a 4-function calculator for nothing, but the top TI I had by then was programmable, had a magnetic card reader/writer, and you could buy pre-programmed PROMs with libraries for very specialised functions and it even had a printer interface.

By then I really had no need for such a calculator because I could get all the computer time I wanted with no quota restrictions or questions asked. Cool though 😎

Plus who knows when she may need to plot a graph.

I was holding out for the big reveal but here we go.

"The Dump Find" arrived today. Currently running well but is on its way to the Freese Spa soon for R&R.

I did some research and it seems to date to late 1966. I have an Extract on order.

On first glance a beautiful dial...maybe.. hard to tell. It's had a hard knock life.. on the crystal.


A few drops of Crystal Cure-All or Polywatch and a rub a dub. The crystal does appear to be original, with a faint Omega logo at the centre. Should clean up okay with a bit more elbow grease.



The patina of the dial is really something else. a warm biscuit brown with a lot of character.

The case has had a hard life unfortunately, but perhaps just a working dive life. Oddly looking considerably worse for wear on the crown side of things. Perhaps a life of repetitive motion and constant collision that has worn down the lower right lug the most.



Now to venture inside.. the caseback also shows wear to one half of the back, mainly CERTIFIED AND SEAM took some fading.


Inner caseback shows some service history. Movement looks good and the watch runs well.



Bracelet is a fairly worn but likely original 1506 marked 4/66 with 16 end links. Very large and it seems to have all its links.



I actually have a 1967 SM 300 as well and took a few shots to compare. The Dump Find is on the top. (looks like my crown on the 67 is incorrect?)




Well that's the story.. SO FAR.

Very very nice.
Congrats 🥰

Congrats, @jaegodylan !

Interesting to see that the bezels are quite different.

that is interesting. I wonder what the variation is down to.

another member explained that neither crown was correct.

Just got back the Extract of the Archive from Omega
Produced October 19, 1966 and shipped to United Kingdom.

so it didn’t travel too far!

I love it, really love it 🥰