The Flightmaster thread

spacemission

Original bezel and hands. You must look at the number 30 and look for the difference.

gefmey

Also look at the zero in the 10 compared to 20, 30, 40, 50. They are not the same size in an original. Also look how pointy the hands are.

esperando

thank you very much for that special details to learn how to differenciate originals and replacements

esperando

+have made some checks

comparing 910 a 415.013
with 911 a 415.026

aesthetically they differ a lot, but dimensions are not so different

case back diameter 910 (35mm) 911 (35mm)
glass diameter 910 (37mm) 911 (36,6mm)
case length 910 (52,5mm) 911(52,8mm)
total thickness from case back to top glass 910 (16mm) 911 (15,7mm)
case width 910 (43,5mm) 911 (43mm)

spacemission

Original bezel and hands. You must look at the number 30 and look for the difference.

gefmey

Great watches BTW. Looks like service pushers though. One of the numerous Omega crimes when sent to them for service

jaguar11

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.....

JanV

I would never even think of service pushers diminishing the value on a Flightmaster.

FreelanceWriter

Not even if the originals were single-color dots?

JanV

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.

gefmey

I guess you also have to look at how you use the watch.

FreelanceWriter

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.

JanV

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.

FreelanceWriter

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.

JanV

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.

flqt-9000

Usually I only look at the font, service bezel have serifs.

flqt-9000

I meant, I always look at the ten.
This is service: