All, I recently picked up this watch: The case is 34.5mm in diameter, not including the crown. The movement is presumably an R17.8 caliber. Possibly an older redial though the logo and dial signature look correct to me. The case thickness is 6mm including the crystal, amazingly thin. Any info will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Michael
Definitely looks like a 17,8. The dial looks good to me, but I am not sure of the subdial. Do you have a closer pic of it?
Interesting watch — I never would’ve believed that that was the correct movement for that case though.
Agreed, there is weirdness with the subdial. Factory weirdness or redial weirdness is the question. I’ll post a closer photo in a bit.
It’s an ingenious design that allows the watch to very slim. You can find other watches on the Omega website with similar configurations.
My 2¢: it's a-ok. I'd be concerned about the regulator being retarded as much as possible. Movement parts are available from multiple sources, so any competent watchmaker should be able to get it running properly. Best, Art
Thanks Art, I appreciate the info. Interesting that a watchmaker apparently worked on the watch earlier this year on 5/6. Michael
The mark may not be the date. ?018.5.16 Looks like it but could be anything from my experience. Calling @mac_omega
IMO it is a date (most likely). And IMO the dial is just fine - also the subsec-dial details. It resembles the type of scale (track) often used on 30 mm chronometers and other 30 T2 watches.
I was a little worried by the cicles in the subdial, which are not very clear. But I have double checked downloading the pic on my PC with high resolution, and I think it is fine. I would prefer to have a better pic though. Concerning the track, like Erich I think it is OK. If I had seen only the dial, I would certainly have thought of a cal. 30.
@François Pépin , here’s a close up of the sub dial: When viewing through a loupe these marks look like tool marks or drag marks from a hand. Hard to know for sure.