Thoughts on a 145.012-67

Thanks so much for your comments, it means a lot to have positive feedback on this project. Initially I had my doubts but I'm extremely happy with the outcome!

One final comment: The last screw which wasn't original is one of the movement ring retention screws (visible in the blog entry) but I've ordered one and once it's installed every last screw on this watch will be correct! 😀

Just one more thing 😉......I know there's not a lot of love for a married set but I happen to be happily married 😎 and think a married set is better than no set at all. Therefore I got hold of a correct vintage box and papers. Seeing as my Speedy is from 04/1968 the paper had to be time correct as well. Here is a pic of my "You and your Omega" booklet which is not dated but as outlined below I've dated it by the content to 1967 or early 1968:



You'll see that Omega had been chosen for the Mexico Olympic games of 1968 but hadn't hosted them yet when the manual was printed. The games were in October of '68 and my Extract is from April '68. So that fits nicely. By way of comparison here's a small screenshot pic from this website (http://www.old-omegas.com) of a 1966 manual where you'll see that in the first paragraph there's no mention of the results of the 1966 precision contests yet:



So, just like lume in perfect original condition I'd rather have an all-original full set of course BUT don't you agree that this married set should remain happily married ever after? 😁