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  1. rogart

    rogart ray it again, Ram. Aug 2, 2015

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    Do you now which watch could have been inside this box .

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  2. mac_omega Ω 1

    mac_omega Aug 2, 2015

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    An Omega? :D
     
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  3. rogart

    rogart ray it again, Ram. Aug 2, 2015

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    Are you sure?
    My wonder is what sort of Omega watch . Seamaster or speedmaster ................... or? I can't find any info about the boxes on the net? I can find similar boxes but not with Mexico Olympic printed on the inside . I also read that this boxes without the mexico print where made in Sweden .Is that true?
     
  4. gatorcpa Ω 2

    gatorcpa ΩF InvestiGator Staff Member Aug 2, 2015

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    It was a commemorative of the Olympics held in Mexico City that year. That style of box was used mostly with Seamasters, but could have held any Omega. It was limited to the Mexican market only.

    Might have been used as early as 1966 and as late as 1970.

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  5. rogart

    rogart ray it again, Ram. Aug 2, 2015

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    I was reading about this box and a watch on an other forum. The watch was an old pocket watch. But the box made me a little curious? The OP on that forum said that the person that owned this box had got it from Omega as a gift . He was an athlete that competed in Javelin. Some of the athletes got watches from Omega as some kind gift. Could that be lrue?
     
  6. Fritz

    Fritz genuflects before the mighty quartzophobe Aug 2, 2015

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    smart ass.... what burns my britches is that you beat me to it!
     
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  7. rogart

    rogart ray it again, Ram. Aug 2, 2015

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    He is a clever and fast smart ass that @mac_omega :D
     
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  8. gatorcpa Ω 2

    gatorcpa ΩF InvestiGator Staff Member Aug 2, 2015

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    That may very well be true.

    However, I believe these boxes were supplied to the Mexican distributor of Omega and sent to the retailers there. I've seen enough of these on various forums to think that these were generally available. If they only went to Olympic athletes, they wouldn't be so common.
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