Here is a Flightmaster that was worn for 45 years by the same owner, his name is engraved on the clasp of the original 1159/155 (30) bracelet.
When I saw it I thought that movement/dial/hands were swapped during a service as case/caseback are first generation 145.013 and movement a 911 caliber that should be in a 2nd or 3rd gen....




I asked Mr. "Moonwatch Only" who knows a lot about Flightmasters too and he told me that it might have left the factory like this...
I received the Extract today and it's a transitional !!

 

I had one as well in this configuration so i believe there were transitional models but i have been questioned by watch buddies that its was a "put together". Good info

 

This is awesome. I had no idea these even existed!

Mind if I call dibs?

 

I found this one last summer totally by accident, and only a few days after first musing about whether there was such a thing as a 911 in the lower-profile 910 case. It was being sold on eBay by a seller who knew nothing about the watch other than that it had just been left to her son by a great uncle who wore it for 40+ years. The typical uninformed seller from whom I love buying because there's always so much less competition to bid up the price. She was so unfamiliar with the watch that she was afraid to perform the simple function tests I'd described, because my warning about never hitting the B-pusher without first hitting the A-pusher twice scared her away from doing anything. She took it to a watch dealer to do the test and he tested it and appraised it.

When the appraisal said 145.013, I called to question that and he photographed the inside of the case back and a side view for me. Sure enough, it was a 911 in a 145.013 case. I also researched the solid-red-dot pushers and found corroborating information: they date the watch to a 6-month period in 1970 when some new 911 movements were supplied in the 145.013 cases that were in greater supply at the time.

 

Can you get the watch serviced asap! That seal looks about a week away from dripping on to the dial!

Very nice by the way.

 

You guys do realize that this thread is several months old?

 

That's why I had to replace the bezel; and they're not too easy to find for 145.013 cases. This was the original:

 

Part number 076TT0002? Still readily available from Omega.

 

Maybe for you watchmakers with Omega accounts, but not for the rest of us shmucks who have to rely on Ofrei, Cousins UK, and eBay for our parts. Care to share any other sources? Also, any interest in overhauling this watch when the time comes for that?

 

I'm only pointing out that the part isn't discontinued. Can't help you with other sources - since I order from Omega I don't go looking for the parts elsewhere. But you only mentioned 2 parts suppliers - there are plenty out there so all I can suggest is that you don't limit yourself to just the two that everyone talks about, and try some others.

Your other choice is to work with a watchmaker who already has a parts account - it's typically the watchmaker's job to find the parts since they have the connections, not the customers.

Cheers, Al