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joe band
路save yourself some troubles... talk to simon
But the right pics shows a professional without professional on the dial too 馃槈
That鈥檚 the confusing bit as my Dad bought it new and hasn鈥檛 had any work done on it. He broke it in about 1970 and it hasn鈥檛 been used since. The watch still keeps time but the stop watch is buggered. I can鈥檛 work out why it has an earlier face!
I honestly mean this in the nicest possible way, but your father's memory may not be perfect. My father gave me a watch that he was insistent he'd bought in the NAAFI in the 1950s. That seems unlikely, as it's a modern quartz (in fact, I believe I found the watch he may have bought in the 1950s when sorting through some stuff in my parents' garage). Memory can play very funny tricks, so whilst what your father recalls is informative, be wary of regarding it as determinative.
J joe bandsave yourself some troubles... talk to simon
Stripey, absolutely no offence taken! My father is fully compis mentis and a very intelligent and still professional man. He was barely 20 when he bought the watch. His account of its life hasn鈥檛 changed since I first asked him about it in my teens, some thirty years ago, it鈥檚 just taken me that long to prize it out of his grasp so I can bring it back to life! Since I鈥檝e had my hands on it I鈥檝e interrogated him to the point of annoyance and he鈥檚 adamant it was both brand spanking new When purchased and that he鈥檚 never had it tampered with. Whatever the reason for the face/case combo I鈥檓 just looking forward to getting fully operational and on my wrist! On another subject, is there any value in getting an archive extract from Omega?
On another subject, is there any value in getting an archive extract from Omega?
Probably not a lot, you already know most of the history the extract provides and they aren't cheap. It will likely say that it is a 145.012 produced (based on the serial) around Sept-October 1968 and delivered to the NAAFI. It won't mention the year iteration (ie the -67 in the caseback) they never do, or anything else all that exciting unless it originally came with a Racing dial that is (which is very unlikely). It is out of range for an Ultraman so it most likely won't say that either.
The EW I show above was also NAAFI delivered and shows that on the extract. It doesn't say anything further about delivery location.
Did your father retain the original box, papers or receipts?
Unfortunately he didn鈥檛 keep the box or papers. From discussions I don鈥檛 think the NAAFI shop dealt in anything secondhand. It was a tax free outlet. My dad went to get his weeks carton of smokes and spotted the moon watches. He set up a payment plan with the money coming directly out of his wages each week!
In that case, I would get the extract from the archive.
Well all this research and investigating has taken its toll! Decided I just couldn鈥檛 wait for my Dad鈥檚 watch to get sorted so needed another watch in the meantime to keep me going! Think I鈥檓 hooked!