Well Guys,
It's Sunday evening, I've had my Eye on a watch in the Bay for about a week now & put a bid in at the last second & won it !
Here it is... sellers pics used..
Now doesn't that just look like a big pile of "something" that you want to put in a drawer & forget !
BUT, Imagine it had a bezel insert in it.
& then imagine you already owned it's twin brother...
Now, if you look at the 2 pics, you'll see quite a few differences. The hands are COMPLETELY different.
This worried me for a while. I KNOW the hands on the black dialed variant are correct,I have never seen any other hands on that variant. BUT I'd never seen a silver variant before.
I did some research....
The case ref of the Black one is 166.0251 / 366.0858 ( it is marked with both ). Omega Vintage Information ( available via the Omega.ch website ) list both a silver & black dialed variant under the Case ref 366.0858.... WOW !
It is possible that the watch has been re-dialed at some stage. the positioniong of the word AUTOMATIC, SWISS MADE is missing & the word Seamaster looks to be a bit "shaky".
So I only have to "verify" the hands now...
Then I found this website
http://www.rolexsamler.dk
& more specifically this page....
http://www.rolexsamler.dk/gb_omega_sea_120.htm
So, the hands are also 100% correct !
The watch contains a 1010 movement, which looks to be in MINT condition ( No water damage here ! ) & I can't see any corrosion on the case back.
So, this beaut may be getting the "Bienne" spa treatment when she arrives.
I love it when you find a watch, that you never even new existed. Check it out ( don't you LOVE google ? ), it turns out to be a "lesser" known variation & then you win the auction, for less than some people pay for a bracelet.
I hope your weekend was as good as mine.
S.
