Nice write up. I think there is a typo at the end of para 4, I think you meant to say (and indeed do so later) that Omega had no suitable bracelet for the FOIS at launch rather than no suitable strap.
The comment about facets is highly contentious has been discussed on here at length. If you are basing your conclusion on that video that is doing the rounds, it is a little ambiguous as it refers mainly to the 2998. I personally believe that at least some straight lugs did come with a lug facet. Find me a 105.003-65 without a facet for instance, they are even discernible in publicity shots but it seems certain the -64 model (as per the EW re-release) did not. Whatever, it seems probably no straight lug ever had a facet as large as that on the FOIS.
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