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When I took this watch ( cal. 1002 ) to my watchmaker the stem was already at 3 o'clock.
After servicing the movement he informed me that the date was not changing right at a certain date and I bought a new date wheel from one of my sources. So far everything is working fine but I see that the date is not 100% in the center of the date window.
Now, you say that you never saw a picture of Ploprof in this configuration in any official print. You may be right in your opinion although I heard of some Rolex watches which left the factory with the stem at 9 o'clock and there probably was not any brochure showing this either.

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: I have read various thing about the PloProf
: over the years.

: It's my understanding that Omega never made a
: "left hand" PloProf ( ie one with
: the crown at 03:00 ). I have never seen it
: featured or mentioned in any period
: advertising or brochures.

: "Everyone" knows that you cannot get
: original datewheels for PloProfs. This
: "proves" to me that the datewheels
: are NOT the same as normal datewheels for
: 1002 ( or 1012 ) movements. So this backs up
: the claim that the PloProf date wheel is NOT
: a normal 1002 datewheel. So, This in turn
: backs up the claim that if you take a
: Ploprof to pieces & rebuild it as a
: "left hand" or "Inverse"
: version, The date will not line up in the
: date window, for some of the dates. Or
: conversely that if you build a
: "normal" ploprof using a
: "normal" 1002 datewheel , The date
: will not line up in the date window, for
: some of the dates.

: I think that the left hand version only started
: to appear after the datewheels became
: unavailable & so the only way to get the
: date to line up properly, was to build it as
: a "rare" left hand version.

: Obviously if anyone can provide a period photo
: (e.g. Cousteau or one of his diver
: colleagues ) or a brochure / advert stating
: / showing that Omega offered these watches,
: I'll have to consider my stance on this
: subject.

: But until then, I don't believe that Omega made
: any left hand versions.

: As to the Omegamania version .... There was a
: blatant fake SM300 (Lot # 128 ) in that
: auction ( authenticated by Omega )...... The
: Bezel on the "Speedmaster Alpha first
: generation" ( lot # 202 ) was from the
: 1987 "Broad Arrow reissue" - lot #
: 20. ( again authenticated by Omega )......
: The dial on the "grail" ( lot #
: 223 ) was the wrong dial. ( again
: authenticated by Omega )...... The dial on
: the "D case" ( lot # 183 ) was the
: wrong dial. ( again authenticated by Omega )
: ...... There are more examples .....

: So , IMHO, the fact that Omega has
: authenticated the watch, doesn't prove that
: it is 100% original.