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propervinyl · May 11, 2026

Camera never captures how cool this dial really is.

LesXL · May 11, 2026

No lume bumpy

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Makesbelieve · May 11, 2026

Hi-Yo, Silver! Away!

sah · May 11, 2026

Spruce · May 11, 2026

Makesbelieve
Hi-Yo, Silver! Away!

Lovely. Is that a 198.030 with a cal 1250? I have an almost identical watch - I haven’t seen another before 😀

Lou P · May 11, 2026

Fish70 · May 11, 2026

Too lazy to change watches more than once a week o/

Makesbelieve · May 11, 2026

Spruce
Lovely. Is that a 198.030 with a cal 1250? I have an almost identical watch - I haven’t seen another before 😀

Thanks! No it’s a reference: 168.056 from 1972 with a "fast-beat" cal 1011. The interesting thing about it and why I was drawn to it was the swapped ‘order’ of the dial layout (Omega logo at the bottom). Supposedly this was done to better balance the dial relative to the hour markers and date window. You can find a lot of these on the Japanese market which makes me think it was designed specifically for them.

Yours is lovely and very similar but with a far less temperamental caliber.

ahartfie · May 11, 2026

ghce · May 12, 2026

Busy day clearing out my garage so that I could fit my vintage back in to join it's stable mate, winters coming and I don't like the thought of damaging engines with ice expansion in the motor ( no antifreeze at the moment ) plus the security risk of leaving it outside as it difficult getting parts for 100 year old cars!