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: What I
: see here is a Pre-Moon dial in a post 1966?
Yes, and that's wrong...
: case with a cal 861 and a 1967
: caseback...
And Omega didn't start using the c.861 until 1968, and never used a pre-pro dial on a 145.012 or an c.861 Speedmaster.
: perhaps to match the dial.
John, it's pretty simple... This is a parts bin watch... A watch assembled from what the fellow had on hand. Any one of these would be enough for me to skip it unless it was priced cheap enough for me to strip it and customize it.
: Am I
: right? Are there other things I should be
: noticing about this watch?
Parts of the movement look great, while parts next to those parts look AWFUL and very tired. The chrono second hand is from a 105.003 or 105.012 while the movement is probably from a 1970 or later c.861. It's like Johnny Cash's song "One Piece at a Time"...
: I would like to
: learn more about older Speedmasters, so
: please chime in.
: Thanks - John.
Hope this helps!
-- Chuck
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