Thoughts on this 176.007 with silver dial (?!)

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Interesting timing as I was just reading this:
https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/just-because-the-omega-seamaster-chronograph-ref-st-176001

I was unfamiliar with it as well, but I must say it's growing on me more than I thought it would.

Truly outside my typical style preference, but as the link you posted touches on: it seems under-appreciated which is a pity.

If you acquire it, could you please please please post is some pictures "in the wild," as they say?
 
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Looks original to me, but Andi K is the expert on these watches. Bracelet seems to be a 1162 instead of a 1170/653.

kind regards Max
 
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The dial and bezel are correct and not all that uncommon. That dial is found on about a quarter of all steel 176.007s (more info) and the blue bezel is the one that is most associated with the silver dial (more info). I kind of take issue with their statement "While relatively rare, these unusual chronographs from Omega in honest condition don't come up often." Omega made about 20,000 of them (more info). I guess it depends on what they mean by "honest" and "often"...

Looks like a decent but not great example but hard to say without movement pics. The important visible parts (dial, bezel, case, hands) are all correct. The bracelet is probably not original. The bracelets normally had endpieces that fit the case (the one they are selling is a straight end), and the top end piece even looks too short....The price is pretty high for what it is but not shockingly so.
 
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The dial and bezel are correct and not all that uncommon. That dial is found on about a quarter of all steel 176.007s (more info) and the blue bezel is the one that is most associated with the silver dial (more info). I kind of take issue with their statement "While relatively rare, these unusual chronographs from Omega in honest condition don't come up often." Omega made about 20,000 of them (more info). I guess it depends on what they mean by "honest" and "often"...

Looks like a decent but not great example but hard to say without movement pics. The important visible parts (dial, bezel, case, hands) are all correct. The bracelet is probably not original. The bracelets normally had endpieces that fit the case (the one they are selling is a straight end), and the top end piece even looks too short....The price is pretty high for what it is but not shockingly so.

Thanks, Andy! They oddly did not include movement pics. I reached out to inquire on them. Agreed - in my book, 20,000 is quite generous when compared to some pieces with only 50-1500 in existence.
 
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Btw, @Andy -- curious, what in your mind would be a fair price for the piece? You mentioned the price being high (albeit not shockingly so).

Thanks!
 
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Well, if similar watches with more transparent listings here on OF in the past few years are any indication, it would take a long time to sell at $3000. I think it might move at $2200 to $2500.
 
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Thanks Andy, good insight.

Below are a couple more pics including the movement:

 
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I have a 176.001 with this exact dial and hands combo, which I also believe is legit. $3k is a bit steep - there's been a number of BIN eBay listings of these in recent months in the $2300-$2600 range if oo recall correctly. Agree that the bracelet is probably not original, but it doesn't look bad!