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Speedmaster production and serial numbers from the MOONWATCH ONLY website
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oddboy
路I have both. Probably keep the old one, dog eared as it is. 馃榾
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Amaza
路I sold the old one 馃榾
Maybe I ll keep it, in 60 years it is gonna be vintage. [emoji14]
BTW have you notice that some genius started selling it second hand at +2000 eur on amazon when it run out, I think they still have that price online. LOL
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JMH76
路In a 2007 50th anniversary press release Omega stated 330,000 Speedmaster Professional watches had been produced.
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JMH76
路Thank you so much for publishing these tables. They will be a valuable addition to the generally available knowledge about Speedmaster s/n's and production years. Certainly many questions posted on this forum can be answered authoritatively now using these tables.
I note that in several instances a reference number that includes a YR suffix is actually shown as being produced in the following year; e.g. the 105.012-63/64/65/66 series noted as produced in 64/65/66/67. I have assumed the years shown in Tables B and C are production years. Is that correct?
I note that in several instances a reference number that includes a YR suffix is actually shown as being produced in the following year; e.g. the 105.012-63/64/65/66 series noted as produced in 64/65/66/67. I have assumed the years shown in Tables B and C are production years. Is that correct?
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Larry S
路路Color Commentator for the Hyperbole.Many thanks to Anthony and Greg for this:
http://www.moonwatchonly.com/omega-...view-of-the-speedmaster-moonwatch-production/
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oddboy
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lowen
路Thank you so much for publishing these tables. They will be a valuable addition to the generally available knowledge about Speedmaster s/n's and production years. Certainly many questions posted on this forum can be answered authoritatively now using these tables.
I note that in several instances a reference number that includes a YR suffix is actually shown as being produced in the following year; e.g. the 105.012-63/64/65/66 series noted as produced in 64/65/66/67. I have assumed the years shown in Tables B and C are production years. Is that correct?
Correct.
The year of production stated in the tables is the date of the assembly or the dispatch of the watch, and not the introduction date of the model or that given in the case reference inside the caseback.
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momosono
路Correct.
The year of production stated in the tables is the date of the assembly or the dispatch of the watch, and not the introduction date of the model or that given in the case reference inside the caseback.
Could you explain the following:
For a simple amateur like me the numbers in the table for the 861/1861 calibre for the periods 1971-1974 and 1975-1976 (145.022-71 and 74) seem to be overlapping/mixed/inconsistent.
Did Omega mix up their production numbers or where does this stem from?
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ewand
路Isn't it bizarre that the serial numbers between different models overlapped so much?
eg
Now, there are clear differences between the 71, 74 and 76 models; in fact, I have a 71 that's 31617xxx and a 74 that is 31326xxx - but they presumably wouldn't have overlap between the production of the different models, so they must just have been stockpiling movements and using whatever came to hand from the warehouse...?
eg
Now, there are clear differences between the 71, 74 and 76 models; in fact, I have a 71 that's 31617xxx and a 74 that is 31326xxx - but they presumably wouldn't have overlap between the production of the different models, so they must just have been stockpiling movements and using whatever came to hand from the warehouse...?
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JMH76
路Judging by the s/n's and years in Table C would it be fair to say there are probably no SMP's the range 40xxxxxx - 448xxxxx?
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speedy4ever
路Great job, thank you very much. I already saved the tables for future reference.
Could you explain the following:
For a simple amateur like me the numbers in the table for the 861/1861 calibre for the periods 1971-1974 and 1975-1976 (145.022-71 and 74) seem to be overlapping/mixed/inconsistent.
Did Omega mix up their production numbers or where does this stem from?
Yep, it seems it was a mess during that period. When we started collecting s/n, we thought at the beginning that such overlapping was the result of frankens, but now enough examples have been observed (e.g. 145.022-74 in 31 million) to validate them as genuine and coherent.
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dubois
路[QUOTE = "speedy4ever, post: 731785, member: 1476"] Oui, il semble que ce soit un d茅sordre pendant cette p茅riode. Lorsque nous avons commenc茅 脿 collecter s / n, nous avons pens茅 au d茅but qu'un tel chevauchement 茅tait le r茅sultat de frankens, mais maintenant, des exemples suffisants ont 茅t茅 observ茅s (par exemple 145.022-74 sur 31 millions) pour les valider comme v茅ritables et coh茅rents. [/ QUOTE]
So step dial on a 1974 model and not 1971 may well have a step dial dial? friendship
So step dial on a 1974 model and not 1971 may well have a step dial dial? friendship
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dubois
路So step dial on a 1974 model and not 1971 may well have a step dial dial? friendship
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speedy4ever
路Here we are talking about s/n mess only: probably that a huge quantity of movements were produced and left as stock. Regarding the other parts (dial, case), the right order was respected and the step dial stoks were finished when they assembled the models with "-74" casebacks.
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dubois
路[QUOTE = "speedy4ever, post: 737722, member: 1476"] Ici, nous parlons de s / n mess seulement: probablement qu'une 茅norme quantit茅 de mouvements a 茅t茅 produite et laiss茅e en stock. En ce qui concerne les autres pi猫ces (cadran, 茅tui), le bon ordre a 茅t茅 respect茅 et les 茅chelles de r茅glage ont 茅t茅 termin茅es lors de l'assemblage des mod猫les avec des fondements "-74". [/ QUOTE]
So there were speedmasters of 1974 with step dial. This one remains more rare than the rare speedmasters of 1971 produced in very small quantity or not ? friendship.
So there were speedmasters of 1974 with step dial. This one remains more rare than the rare speedmasters of 1971 produced in very small quantity or not ? friendship.
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speedy4ever
路Ref 145.022-71 produced in 1974 have step dial.
Ref 145.022-74 produced from 1975 to 1976 have a flat dial.
Look into Moonwatch Only for more details
Ref 145.022-74 produced from 1975 to 1976 have a flat dial.
Look into Moonwatch Only for more details
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Alpha&onega
路Reali
zr this is an old thread but can鈥檛 thank the authors of above enough!
Many thanks to Anthony and Greg for this:
http://www.moonwatchonly.com/omega-...view-of-the-speedmaster-moonwatch-production/
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Bbturbo
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Yes most definitely. Cannot agree more, particularly for newbies like me
