Silver Dial Railmaster 2914-6 Arrived Today

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gemini4

·Dec 21, 2019·Hoarder Of Speed et alia

I’m unable to find any prior mention regarding this, rather unique, Silver dial 2914 which arrived today in a Railmaster 2914-6. I’ve seen 2914s as Railmasters, Seamasters (PAF) and Flightmasters (FAP) but the white font on black dial has always been uniformly represented. Until today. As can be seen in the pics below, when compared to another “normal” dialed 2914-6, the differences are apparent in the digits, second markers, lettering and the dial background complexion. Other than the coloring, the dial appears to be identical to the standard 1mm thick anti magnetic 2914 dial.

These dials were first seen in the RAF 1953 reference 2777-1, and followed on the Railmaster 1955 2777-2, Trilogy Railmasters 2914-1 thru 6 (1957- 1962) and finally ending with the Railmaster 135.004s about 1963. Other than the dials, the watches are very similar, caliber 285 movements, lollipop second hands and similar handsets.

I’m curious if others have seen this dial type.

Here are (2) 2914-6 Railmasters side by side. Silver dial version on the left. Unfortunately, the silver dialed crystal is a bit foggy (but perhaps original).

And separately.

Here are closeups at 7x macro. Silver dial first.

The traditional white on black dial.

 

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watchknut

·Dec 21, 2019

Very cool! Never knew these existed.

 

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JwRosenthal

·Dec 21, 2019

watchknut

Very cool! Never knew these existed.

Don’t worry, you’ll get a call tomorrow of someone who has one for you and want $200- the year isn’t over yet.

 

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·Dec 21, 2019

JwRosenthal

Don’t worry, you’ll get a call tomorrow of someone who has one for you and want $200- the year isn’t over yet.

😀

2020 is a new year, so who knows what will show up on my doorstep.

 

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Rman

·Dec 21, 2019

Seen one at a reputable Japanese dealer in the last couple years, gone in a flash.

This reference is at the top of my hitlist.

 

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Rman

·Dec 21, 2019

Something tells me it’s possible this is a set of dials that reacted with radium in a unique way, and that the silver may be a specific under-print that the lume was applied to and later flaked off on the numerals.
Regardless it is beautiful.

 

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·Dec 21, 2019

The Omega Factory had these re printed in the early to mid 90`s. i had one done in 1995 in Biel and it came back like this. i sent it back to Omega and the re printed it the second time in white. kind regards. achim

 

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·Dec 21, 2019·Hoarder Of Speed et alia

watchyouwant

The Omega Factory had these re printed in the early to mid 90`s. i had one done in 1995 in Biel and it came back like this. i sent it back to Omega and the re printed it the second time in white. kind regards. achim

The dial I posted still has remnants of radium lume

 

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·Dec 21, 2019·Hoarder Of Speed et alia

Rman

Seen one at a reputable Japanese dealer in the last couple years, gone in a flash.
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Nice. My example came from Japan as well.

 

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Rman

·Dec 21, 2019

Marc, if these were Rolex they’d be worth the equivalent of a nice yacht.

I think you’re onto something here. As usual.

best

R

 

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JwRosenthal

·Dec 21, 2019

Rman

Marc, if these were Rolex they’d be worth the equivalent of a nice yacht.

I think you’re onto something here. As usual.

best

R

But then Hondinkee would do a feature and it would be worth the cost of a nice house in some parts of the country.

 

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Rman

·Dec 21, 2019

JwRosenthal

But then Hondinkee would do a feature and it would be worth the cost of a nice house in some parts of the country.

No, they won’t. There’s not enough dealers and inventory queue’d up to make a market.

You could make a Comex sandwich with a mil sub filling and this reference would still be much scarcer.

 

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MikeMan2727

·Jun 8, 2022

I wanted to update this thread with another silver dial Railmaster example. I just received the Extract confirming delivery to Finland in January 1964. However, this is a reference 135.004. Have any other surfaced since the original thread?

 

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ALEJANDRO BOVONE

·Jun 9, 2022

unbelievable. will look forward for other specimens like these!

 

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Dsplash

·Sep 18, 2023

Hi!
I came across this thread looking for info on a 2914 I’m looking at that has numerals quite darker than the usual white.
The picture is nowhere decent but it’s the closest I have yet. Watch from 62 according to the extract. Could it be an other « silver » dial?

 

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Dsplash

·Sep 19, 2023

Best pic I finally got…Some really have a hard time taking a simple readable watch pic…

Cannot say the numerals are silver but they are definitely not white… I don’t know what to think of it…

 

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southtexas

·Sep 19, 2023

watchknut

😀

2020 is a new year, so who knows what will show up on my doorstep.

watches aside, this was creepily prophetic in hindsight.

Edited: Sep 19, 2023

 

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Dsplash

·Sep 23, 2023

The one I showed earlier is indeed a silver numbered from the last picture I got!
Do we know any more about those? Are these dials original from the early 60 or later service?
Thanks!

 

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Dsplash

·Sep 29, 2023

Upping this in case someone who knows missed it…😀
What are these dials with silver numerals? Are they original to the early 60s? How come there are apparently so few?
Thanks! I’m a big fan of the 2914 ref and this is very intriguing (and also, should I try going for this one? 😁)