Hello from Guildford England everyone,

I eventually got round to joining the forum, having owned 2 vintage Moonwatches for over 10 years. I bought a contemporary third last week.

Fascinated by the Moonwatch story and its link to my childhood excitement around the space program, I decided for my 40th birthday I would buy a Speedmaster. After a little research, I bought what I thought was a 1967 Speedy with an 861 calibre movement (from my birth year) for just over £600 from the US, but soon realised that I didn't have the watch that the astronauts wore. With renewed enthusiasm I sought out and eventually bought what I thought was a 1965 Speedy with a 321 movement for just over £1000 from the UK.

Well, 10 years on and it turns out things were not as they seemed - the 1967 Speedmaster actually had the serial number 30,995,XXX was a 145.022-69 with a B1 movement and was made in 1970, but otherwise the watch was age correct as far as I could see (I eventually bought the Moonwatch Only book and everything checks out).

But the real conundrum was the Speedy I thought was from 1965 - the serial number 19,584,XXX means it is a 105.002-62 and was made in 1962 it appears to have an A1 (1st Gen 321) movement, however the case, dial, hands and caseback are 145.012-67 and correspondingly age correct. So what have I got?

A Frankenwatch?

An Omega Service butchering?

Should I call it a 105.002-62 or a 145.012-67?

I've attached some images for your interest - any suggestions or advice would be appreciated.

Thanks

 

Perhaps time for an Extract of the Archives from Omega. It would at least give you some sense of the original models the movements came from.

 

You could well be right bama2141 - I may have no other option.
I was hoping some of the Speedmaster experts that reside on this forum may be able to shine a little light on things.
However - sometimes its better not knowing where your hero's come from