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| Author: | WatchFred [ Sat Apr 28, 2012 1:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | 1969 Omega Speedmaster, can you spot the error ? |
on Thursday I finally received a watch I had been hunting for ages, an early, unmolested Speedy, manufactured in 1969, bought in Spain in 1970, has been in the family ever since. Nice, all checks out, I love it. Put it on my wrist, can't take my eyes off it all Friday - and then see something I had not noticed, the watch has a rather rare factory error. Can you spot it ? 
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| Author: | Roffensian [ Sat Apr 28, 2012 1:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1969 Omega Speedmaster, can you spot the error ? |
Would it be fair to say that it's a grave mistake Fred? |
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| Author: | WatchFred [ Sat Apr 28, 2012 2:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1969 Omega Speedmaster, can you spot the error ? |
yes it is. very strange, but confirmed by John Diethelm, the Omega Museum (yes, they do have one) guru, though even he does not know on how many this happened, shows on - at least - one of the Alaska Project prototypes too. interesting. |
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| Author: | Kodiak [ Sat Apr 28, 2012 2:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1969 Omega Speedmaster, can you spot the error ? |
Tachymetre 220 should be 200 on scale. |
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| Author: | hardrockminer [ Sat Apr 28, 2012 2:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1969 Omega Speedmaster, can you spot the error ? |
190-220 on the bezel edit:Kodiak beat me to it |
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| Author: | jlee5050 [ Sat Apr 28, 2012 2:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1969 Omega Speedmaster, can you spot the error ? |
 a second too late... I first thought it was something to do with the spelling or the font. |
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| Author: | WatchFred [ Sat Apr 28, 2012 2:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1969 Omega Speedmaster, can you spot the error ? |
yes, right, of course, funny it took me almost a day to see it. it is in good company: http://catalog.antiquorum.com/catalog.h ... tionid=209 
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| Author: | mfserge [ Sat Apr 28, 2012 5:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1969 Omega Speedmaster, can you spot the error ? |
Without reading anyone else's post, the 220 on the tachy should be 200. Edit- you guys are good. |
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| Author: | Sharkmouth [ Sat Apr 28, 2012 6:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1969 Omega Speedmaster, can you spot the error ? |
Quote: Without reading anyone else's post, the 220 on the tachy should be 200. Yea, I spotted that as well. I guess all the time spent staring at reps can pay dividends with gens as well! Congrats on what must be a pretty rare watch Fred.
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| Author: | bozman52 [ Sun Apr 29, 2012 9:16 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1969 Omega Speedmaster, can you spot the error ? |
I totally didn't spot that. Wonderful acquisition, Fred. |
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| Author: | WatchFred [ Sun Apr 29, 2012 10:45 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1969 Omega Speedmaster, can you spot the error ? |
you are all great spotters ! can you imagine my disbelief when I look at the watch on my wrist all day and finally notice that strange 220 on the bezel ? up to now I know of three more Speedies with the same bezel, two 145.022 from 1969 like mine and that "Alaska Project" Speedmaster from the Antiquorum auction, quite a strange thing to happen with an industrially mass produced item .... |
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| Author: | pervert general [ Mon Apr 30, 2012 5:27 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1969 Omega Speedmaster, can you spot the error ? |
Also, isn't an accent missing above the first "E" in tachymetre? Mine has it, yours doesn't. |
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| Author: | WatchFred [ Mon Apr 30, 2012 5:46 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1969 Omega Speedmaster, can you spot the error ? |
pervert general wrote: Also, isn't an accent missing above the first "E" in tachymetre? Mine has it, yours doesn't. absolutely correct, but this is not a unique factory error by any measure, all Speedmasters "lost" the accent from (afaik) 1969 to 1997 ! |
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| Author: | sco [ Mon Apr 30, 2012 6:24 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1969 Omega Speedmaster, can you spot the error ? |
It's a Beauty! I spotted it only because you said there was an "error" otherwise I would have never noticed! Enjoy it! |
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| Author: | Driver8 [ Tue May 01, 2012 7:30 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 1969 Omega Speedmaster, can you spot the error ? |
sco wrote: It's a Beauty! I spotted it only because you said there was an "error" otherwise I would have never noticed! Enjoy it! I wouldn't have noticed if you hadn't said there was an error. Great watch, and always good to have something so unique as a factory error like that. Very cool Fred. 
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