In all cases, are these 'serial on warranty' hand-written? Or printed by Omega?
The old ones were all hand written but that doesn't mean its added or faked!
I ran a serial with Omega on a very special watch
If you think about it, if true, it could make sense.
The Speedmaster got all the glory (and most likely most of the sales) during that period.
Soccer Timer Seamaster, maybe no so much...
What does a profit driven company do?
Take the most complicated and time consuming component to produce from product line B, and uses it for their hottest seller; product line A to keep the production line going and push out more hot sellers than duds...
The serial on the watch I bought last year was earlier than SW range, it was more in the 145.022-68 range.
But again, if this was indeed done at the factory, it’s not like Omega cared about matching serial number ranges or cared to put in a movement with a “correct” serial range...
All they cared about was to get product out.
It was a $230 watch at the time...
That movement probably cost $30 to produce. (if that...).
All that said, this theory might all be nice & true, but at the end of the day an impossible sell to a client looking to buy a 100% original vintage Speedmaster.
i have the same issue with my 69 racing speedy. I know for 100% that my dad bought it like it is in 1969 in an AD in Switzerland. He gave it to me after i graduated from school.
As i requested an EoA, Omega stated that the movement does not fit to my Speedy....
So i was very disappointed and could not really believe Omega and also talked to the heritage staff but, he wasn´t able to gather any more information.
As mentioned above, another elephant in the room here is that Omega apparently now charge for a nil return on an EOA search. Seemingly not not if you are Darren or an auction house but the man in the street could it seems ask for an extract on his one family owned Speedy, only to be told no dice and by the way we aren't refunding your £120. Now bearing in mind it seems that as many of us have suspected Omega's record keeping is flawed, and they have acknowledged this fact in this thread, how do they justify maintaining the charge for an EOA refusal?
That’s what I was told... it doesn’t fit the speedy, then told it’s for a Seamaster so I can relate
You pay for them them to look at their own archives, period. The refund when finding nothing was a classy move, that's all.
You pay for them them to look at their own archives, period. The refund when finding nothing was a classy move, that's all.
Or real... Or... 😵💫
It’s just from a process standpoint as to why a racing dial would not have the same issue. You’d think the special dials would be recorded as they are pulled from normal production then recorded. While I can see normal production being batches and some batches being repurposed.
