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Transition to the Transitional

oddboy
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Hi gang,

I love the transitional references. I think it's cool to see one reference morph into the next.

I thought I'd share two -68's. They look almost the same, but inside, they are quite different.

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Stepped dials, applied logos, long indices, DON bezels, baton hands.

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Single stepped casebacks with hippocampus.

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On the left, a 321. On the right, an 861. Different references in the casebacks too.

Post some pics of transitional references you have!
 
oddboy
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The 145.022 has a 1039/516 as well, but I like it on the 1168/633.
 
Joe K.
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Very cool!
 
micampe
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oddboy oddboy
The 145.022 has a 1039/516 as well, but I like it on the 1168/633.
I can help you get rid of that unnecessary 1039.
 
gemini4
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OB1 rocking a 1968 in both 321 and 861 style! How close are the movement numbers?
 
gemini4
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Nice. I wonder who has the last 321 or first 861. My tightest pair are

145.012-68 265532xx
145.022-68 265578xx
 
Davidt
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145.022-68 26,555 5xx

I assume there was no overlap between 321 and 861 serials?
 
oddboy
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Wonder if we all will share full movement numbers. 😉

I'm going to theorize that 26,554,999 was the last 321 speedmaster.
 
Davidt
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My MWO is in storage while we move house. Anyone know what kind of precision it gives for the serial range for 68 321's and 68 861's?

Edit: Speedmaster101 quotes 321's with 27xxxxxx serial, so looks like there is an overlap.
 
oddboy
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Mwo says 26,555,xxx for the first 145.022-68 and
26,554,xxx for the last 145.012.

Interestingly, no 145.012 in the 27m range in mwo.
 
Davidt
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I'm sure we've had a thread on the highest 321 serial we could find (although I can't find the thread now).

What's the earliest 861 we've got?
 
oddboy
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Not sure about 861s as a whole, but the first 145.022-68 would be 26,555,xxx per mwo.
 
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