thank you very much for that special details to learn how to differenciate originals and replacements
You also identify easier a service bezel from how the numbers are aligned, they are not straight to each other but tilted a bit. Just look at number 55 for example.
I personally don't see the issue of it having service pushers if you want a proper functional watch that you want to wear as intended. Unless of course a person is buying for the possibility that they make some money at some stage in the future.....
Absolutely, if any watch needs to be secured from moisture and everyday use it’s this one! With five pushers / crowns in total, this one definitely needs service pushers to survive any wear. I would never even think of service pushers diminishing the value on a Flightmaster.
If that would be the case then they need to be saved. But if the watch is to be worn, then yes, at all times changed to service pushers. Better to replace the pushers than sustaining unrepairable damage to the movement, dial and hands in stead. In the case above I don’t think the watch came originally with single colours pushers.
True, I guess you also have to look at how you use the watch. My flighty with original pushers I assume to not be completely moisture proof so I treat it differently then the one with new service pushers, which unfortunately DID have single color pushers originally, but the previous owner did not save them
Exactly. I opted to leave them in because I don't ever plan to let it get wet in the first place. Water never touches any of my Omegas.
Please remember that water is not the no1 most important to watch out for, but moisture and sweat. This penetrates as much as water, or even worse as it’s present almost every second you wear the watch.
well i am happy with what i have been able to get no intention to sell, i know that many people keep the originals when they send their watches to service this has not been the case but i love them, both, so different, so nice
It's not like there are no gaskets in there; they're just not reliable enough to trust under water. Anyway, I discussed it with my watchmaker when he overhauled it. He said the original gaskets were still good enough to keep the original pushers as long as I didn't submerge the watch or run water over it and I trusted his judgment. With all due respect, I'm curious to hear Archer's opinion if he chooses to weigh in.
Very true, and it's not like some of us don't wear our 1943 tri compax with the snap back and flat pushers, just not in the rain or on a hot sweaty day
You mean the other way around, the original has serifs. (Top picture = original, bottom picture = service)
You can also look at the 3. In an original the spacing between the top and bottom "loop" is not symmetrical. In the service bezel it is.