Any views and expertise on this watch please

Thank you

 

Asking price?

 

£9700

 

That wayward pusher fills me with confidence of the seller

 

Could be a misprinted bezel insert but the text from 500 down to 130 looks cut off? Lume looks a bit squiffy and of course the pusher is hanging.

On the plus side, the case looks sharp and bracelet has its own value, crown looks like a 24 point so maybe original.

Lot of money though..

 

From those pictures dial lumes looks ok for me .

 

The watch looks generally ok. Just some minor things to mention. Replacement crown obviously. The lighting is poor, but the photos are making me think that the hands may have been repainted. A bit of mold on the lume. Pusher needs tightening. Mainly a question of how much you like it for the price, who is selling it, and what your other options are.

 

Thank you.
The seller will realign lower pusher out of position
and replace gasket

Not original crown
The bracelet is in full length with correct
endlinks 516
Includes extract of archives from the Omega Museum

 

Maybe the dome of the plexi but 8, 9, 10, 11 plots look a bit out of shape?

 

What do folks think about the lume - it looks a bit puffy to my eyes, with a number of plots not as ‘neat’ as I might expect.

I wonder if it’s a relume?

 

Wrong crown, but buy it.

 

100% original.

 

Head only the price would be 8500 GBP (1200 GBP for the quite good bracelet)

Thats 10500 USD. Looking at the 101 price chart you would be half way between good and very good.

You have some positive aspects on this watch: Case, bezel and the movement look quite good.

But the case has two mayor dings and there is way too much mold on the lume (as pointed out by @Dan S )

The wrong crown, the service condition and the too bright hands - all that must be taken into account so I would rate it as good (-)

7000 GBP / (5800 GBP + 1200 for the bracelet) would be more realsitic price for this watch IMO

 

Is it typical to be a little puffy on this ref? - the application on plots 1,4,5,7 and 10 were what drew my eye.

Clearly with the mold it’s been there a while.

 

Yes puffy lume is quite typical on -67's. It looks original although I'm not a big fan of the mold on this example.

 

Thank you all very much!!

 

Yes, the puffy lume is mostly typical for the earlier batches of the 145.012-67 reference that came with the "Spear" chrono hand.
(See here: https://omegaforums.net/threads/stu...celet-box-filled-papers-2x-don-bezels.105011/ )

In the later batches that came in the last quarter of 1968 you typically see the flatter lume that is more evenly applied to the dial.

 

That watch could be exceptionally nice or it could just be pretty good.

My main thought here is if a seller is asking £10k for a 145.012-67 (the most common and lowest value 321 Speedmaster) they should be providing much better pictures than that.

 

Is this one of the dings ?