I love vintage...

May 10, 2024,03:54 AM
 

...but some patina looks like damage. In the case of dive watches, it looks like water got into the cases. Not sure how this dial got this way. If it were my watch I would love it, but I'd wonder if the manufacturer were using defective materials...

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Omega Speedmaster ST 105 002. A cool one.

 
 By: amanico : May 9th, 2024-20:50
This reference is magic, and a bit mysterious as it is a kind of transitional one, between the CK 2998 and the ST 105 003. Made only during one year or two. Rarer than any other CK, being 2915 or 2998. Add a nice patina, like this one, and you have someth...  

I like patina as much as the next guy but for me this is past its best before date.

 
 By: BigFatPauli : May 9th, 2024-21:06
There is a point where patina becomes corrosion. This is that point (in my eyes).

Dial is tops in my book . . .

 
 By: Dr No : May 9th, 2024-21:18
. . . although I have doubts about the pushers and, to a lesser extent, the crown. But the 'face' is altogether original, in my humble opinion. 🤙🏻

Great looking watch

 
 By: E in PA : May 9th, 2024-21:53

Oh yes!!!

 
 By: amanico : May 9th, 2024-22:49

See now THAT'S stunning!

 
 By: BigFatPauli : May 9th, 2024-23:01

;-)

 
 By: amanico : May 10th, 2024-05:40

For sure. And I typically adore a nice, warm dial wise with age.

 
 By: BigFatPauli : May 9th, 2024-21:41
But this time, for me. I'm certain it has a very, very happy owner however. To each their own!

Yep! ;)

 
 By: amanico : May 9th, 2024-22:50

I love vintage...

 
 By: mdg : May 10th, 2024-03:54
...but some patina looks like damage. In the case of dive watches, it looks like water got into the cases. Not sure how this dial got this way. If it were my watch I would love it, but I'd wonder if the manufacturer were using defective materials...

+1.

 
 By: ZSHSZ : May 9th, 2024-21:28

Way too Vintage IMO

 
 By: Larrykelley11 : May 9th, 2024-21:23

Ok, ok. :)))

 
 By: amanico : May 9th, 2024-21:36

Something like this is closer.

 
 By: amanico : May 9th, 2024-22:49
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Sorry but I don’t t get this…

 
 By: Bruno.M1 : May 9th, 2024-21:48
It’s a wreck It’s like saying that this is a nice Porsche ...  

I had a chocolate Speedmaster once…

 
 By: K-Lo : May 9th, 2024-22:57
When they were like twice or three thousand USD…

Vintage or modern?

 
 By: amanico : May 9th, 2024-22:57

Oh, modern, had a chocolate brown leather strap

 
 By: K-Lo : May 9th, 2024-23:01
And bought the bracelet later, a good looking thing.. And had an exhibition caseback to boot.

Was that a tritium Lume?

 
 By: E in PA : May 10th, 2024-00:00
It looks like it reacted with the watch surface.

Good observation. The introduction date for tritium is in dispute . . .

 
 By: Dr No : May 10th, 2024-00:32
. . . with a consensus of early '60s as most likely. The dial of Nicolas' 105.002 subject does not have 'T' markings, but the badging of tritium dials likely occurred after its debut by at least a year or two. So yes, the degradation could well be due to ... 

Yeah

 
 By: E in PA : May 10th, 2024-02:33
If you blow up the photo it looks as if the markers melted. Perhaps they’ve all fallen off and we are looking at the glue remains, but that seems less likely

Me think YES.

 
 By: amanico : May 10th, 2024-05:50

ROFL!

 
 By: amanico : May 10th, 2024-05:42

Wrong dial

 
 By: mac_omega : May 11th, 2024-16:17
So many have commented on the condition of the dial but none has recognised that it is possibly a wrong dial for this reference... I would expect an A5 dial with much longer luminous indexes reaching the subdials combined with low "SWISS MADE". The watch ... 

You have the eyes of a hawk, Erich. A dial swap . . .

 
 By: Dr No : May 13th, 2024-15:34
. . . is entirely possible. Impressed, Art