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boraxman
·Pretty darn cool/😎
Vintage Speedmaster Birthday Present
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DotOverNine
·Welcome to the forum and grats to a great drawer find!
i Think you will get more valuable help during the coming days here on the forum.
2915/2998's are out of my league unfortunately.
i Think you will get more valuable help during the coming days here on the forum.
2915/2998's are out of my league unfortunately.
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Seaborg
·😲😲😲😲 👍🥰
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WatchCor
·Oh lord. That is beautiful. What a find.
Congratulations. 👍
Congratulations. 👍
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Risto
·So, how many offers in your inbox now? 😀
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padders
··Oooo subtitles!It’s certainly an attractive and no doubt valuable piece and seems to be a 2998, the lack of step and serial suggest -1 or -2 maybe, but what’s with the back? Since when did a 2915-1 back have a seahorse? Something is distinctly odd there. That could be a watchmakers mistake but it worries me a little. If that has been messed with, what else? It’s either new to science or something else. If a 2998-1 back could be sourced it would be perfect.
Thinking aloud, I wonder if it’s possible it left the factory like that, with the correct back but wrong stamping, perhaps it was a Friday afternoon watch...
Thinking aloud, I wonder if it’s possible it left the factory like that, with the correct back but wrong stamping, perhaps it was a Friday afternoon watch...
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ConElPueblo
·...You're a very lucky young man...
This watch was handed to me on my 40th...
Everything is relative I guess 😁
Congrats on the watch, @RocketCaffeine! 👍 I found a sock I've been missing since last year in the depths of one of my drawers yesterday, but your find is fine too.
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Cuttysark
·Beautiful 🥰🥰
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nonuffinkbloke
·What a wonderful present. 😀
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Delbok
·What a great find (and luck) you had 😀 it indeed looks like it's a 2998-1, according to Moon Watch Only (MWO) the serial 17301XXX are only under this reference and the 2nd hint in my opinion is the flat dial... Your dial, again in MWO, is the A4 Shorts markers - Round O... this dial existed both flat and stepped. We know 2915 had only flat dial so my guess is the first dials of the 2998 were also flat before they added the step on it. Of course no chance it is a 2915-1 due to the dial, bezel, hands... nonetheless you have an amazing watch that deserves a lot of attention.
The lume looks absolutely gorgeous but something is bothering me if I may about the hands... I am no 2998 expert but using my beloved MWO and speedmaster101 (thanks again William) the minute hand looks curved which is a good thing, but the hour hand seems to be a later edition as per the squared end of lume, which makes me suppose these are later replacement but still original Omega.
They perfectly match the lume of the dial so 3 options here: these hands are originals 😀 which gives us (or just me) a new indication about this handset, or they have been changed very early in the lifetime of the watch which would explain they have the same patina like the dial, or these are later replacement which have been relumed with the dial (very very very well done in this case) but let's call the experts about alpha hands because I am again definitely not one of those
The lume looks absolutely gorgeous but something is bothering me if I may about the hands... I am no 2998 expert but using my beloved MWO and speedmaster101 (thanks again William) the minute hand looks curved which is a good thing, but the hour hand seems to be a later edition as per the squared end of lume, which makes me suppose these are later replacement but still original Omega.
They perfectly match the lume of the dial so 3 options here: these hands are originals 😀 which gives us (or just me) a new indication about this handset, or they have been changed very early in the lifetime of the watch which would explain they have the same patina like the dial, or these are later replacement which have been relumed with the dial (very very very well done in this case) but let's call the experts about alpha hands because I am again definitely not one of those
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noelekal
··Home For Wayward WatchesI'm grateful to you for posting the story and providing the great photographs on an inspiring "drawer find." Thanks!
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Swissmister
·Everything is relative I guess 😁
Congrats on the watch, @RocketCaffeine! 👍 I found a sock I've been missing since last year in the depths of one of my drawers yesterday, but your find is fine too.
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noelekal
··Home For Wayward WatchesCan't recall 40 myself, but have photographs to prove I was once there.
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stefman
·So are you gonna tell your mom you managed to get the battery changed 😝
Great drawer find and great story, enjoy many years wearing such a beauty
Great drawer find and great story, enjoy many years wearing such a beauty
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murph
·Beautiful watch. Twice gifted from the heart. Give your Mom a great big hug. She is solid gold.
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Bbturbo
·A beautiful watch indeed. Congrats OP!
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MCC
·Fantastic looking watch and a great bezel !! Congratulations, enjoy it.
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chronoboy64
·Lucky you, stunning piece, huge congrats and wear in good health 👍
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Nathan1967
·What a wonderful present. 😀
Great great story, amazing Watch - congratulations OP 👍
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padders
··Oooo subtitles!Ignoring the beautiful watch for a second, Would anyone else like to conjecture about how this particular caseback came about?
