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Hello,

Just about one month before 1st copies will be released...

Thanks for your patience!!

Yes this is a prototype in french. I am sorry that I did not give more news on that forum, I used to post on another international forum.
You might know that for various reasons, the publication has...

That's a matter of the publisher, cannot help you much on this for the moment.

A bit more information...

Our philosphy
the book is aimed at guiding the collectors so that they will be able to distinguish original from fake or replaced parts on vintage Speedmasters.

Our...

Sure, as soon as we will publish new information, this post will be updated.
Thanks!

To make short:

As described in the Methodology section of our website, the book will contain VERY detailed information about all variations of constituent parts. It is mainly a collector's guide,...

The book will have around 400 pages, may be a bit more.

Launch price is € 195 (till end of August).

There will be a sample of the book at Baselworld, but of course with provisional page setup....

Dear all,

Although I am not a frequent contributor of this forum, I am pleased to announce a new book to be published in a few months, as a result of several years of research from my colleague...

The transition between old and new second hand happenened in 1968 during 145.012 production. We can find both with this model.

EDIT: sorry, I misexplained the first part. 26.55 caliber 861 correspond to reference 145.022-68, production in 69, as confirmed by Omega. Thus, it should have the dial with metal omega logo and old...

It means that they did not asemble them in order, because mine is 29.11x.xxx and produced in 70.

Do you have it's s/n, or at least the first digits? Starts with 28.42?

A 321 caliber with 145.022-69 ST caseback is not original.

Regarding the years, there are 2 ways to consider them: either the year engraved on the caseback OR the real date of production as...

At work (scinetific field) very few people show interest for watches and many do not wear a watch at all. Not the same status as for bankers for example

Rarely seen, bravo!

:shock:

Very nice indeed

Don't be depressed, I'm sure you will finally find a watch from the 19th century :albino:

Yeah, just walk far from him

Tritium half-life is 13.3 years, but degradation can also happen to the phosphor that is excited by tritium, that's why you can have watches of rhe 90's with very weak luminescence

Wow! I prefer with the black strap

Welcome. What is not necessary...becomes essential. I do not have a lot of automatic, but I found a Omega winder (those you can find in their display) and I must admit that it's beautiful. SwissKubik...

This one was on my wishlist

Outstanding restoration

Have owned 43 in total (not counting Swatch), 21 was the highest number simultaneously, now down to 17. Only Omega, breitling, zenith