https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/understanding-the-omega-speedmaster-professional

Looks great - I can't play the video as I'm at work so will have to check it later. The 105.012 in the first pic (middle) is mine - loaned for the day!

 

Great share, sad that they left out the '68- 145.022 but otherwise a fun recap of the quintessential Speedys.

 

They actually have a whole paragraph for the 145.022-68, but mix it up with the -69.

They also subscribe to the myth that all the -66 CB cases must have the flat top lugs.

 

Good stuff. Anyone have a good picture of the flat lug he is talking about on the 105.012? I'm aware of the facet on the CB case, is that what he's referring to?

 

Yep!

 

I do find it interesting that the highly sought after 145.022-68 is a reference that the main cosigner of the auction pieces did not have in his collection or chose not the sell. I guess that's one more left out there for us Transitional bottom feeders.

A well done video. Thanks for sharing it.

Kudos to Eric aka @georgetownhoya for getting the word out about these fantastic pieces and their history. While the video does not directly refer the the Christie's auction, clearly anyone on any of the various watch forums knows exactly where these watches come form. I think Eric has clearly done what he is paid to do and he's done it very well. You can't go anywhere on the internet and not see a reference to the Christie's auction. I mean I was is poking around in a Pre-1864 Bulgarian produced Accordion forum and I'll be damn if there wasn't a post about the Speedmaster auction

Great work Eric.

 

Fantastic Video

 

Thats how I feel when looking at nice 105.012s or 105.003s, glad to have it put into words. "Hi OF, I'm LawBrk and I'm a Transitional Bottom Feeder, it's been 3 weeks since my last binge of looking at Barking mad's or gemini4's collection photos."

 

Interesting that Eric says it's estimated that only a few hundred of the 2915-1s were made "and then of the -2s."

Speedy4ever: Rough estimation for 2915: 3300-4200 (that´s in the book) and for 2998-1 + 2998-2: around 2000 (that´s not in the book).
http://omegaforums.net/threads/moonwatch-only-new-book.5043/page-9#post-150576

I have wondered why the 2915 appears to be so much rarer than the earliest 2998s when production numbers were about the same per reference.

 

The estimation for 2915s was based on the usual ratio Speedmaster vs other 321s during the 60's, but I would now tend to a lower estimate and, although this is a "too-good-to-be-true" model, why not 1000 of each reference? Meaning 3000 2915s and 8000 2998s

 

I noticed the statement that the 2998-2 ( and not the 2998-3) saw the introduction of the round O in the Omega dial. Is this true?

 

Yea, it was a great video. It is always a treat, as a bottom feeder, to see some spectacular examples of classic references after looking through sooooo many poor and jacked up examples out on the Webz and FS ads. At the same time it is a bit depressing to think that I never see examples that clean on the market. The Christie's auction is only going to make that worse, I'm afraid :/

 

I am of the opinion that the -66 CB cases have the "twisted flat lugs", but some were polished down to look like more like the HF cases over time. If you look at the grain finish on the CB cases that have lost the bevel, it appears to have been done aftermarket. Just my thoughts!

 

Agree with this

 

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