My friends,step father passed away,...taking most of the story with him!.My,friends,mother gave it to him,along with a few other watches and we had no clue of the significance of this watch untill i started enquiring about the history of these beautiful timepieces! We do know he was living in Germany when he bought it,hence....the 471 calibre and 19 Jewels (My understanding was 470 calibre and 17 Jewels were for the US market). He travelled throughout Europe so he could have purchased it anywhere!. The unusual part about this watch is...the dial is made of 18 K solid gold,and all the other XVI watches had either the buttery colour lacquer dial or the Cross and Rings style dials!. Why and Where this watch had the Gold dial put in is a mystery as all indications point to this dial not existing!. However,....it does exist, and some people have been doing some a lot of legwork for us!. Desmonds,article,.. on the XVI Olympic watch was just one of the very informitive articles we have found and couldn't of moved forward without this info!!!!. The back of the watch is only worn slightly compared to alot of pics we have seen!. I have also seen a lot of fake or improperly restored dials,as i now know of what to look for!. Our Omega dealers watchmaker,has taken a keen interest in this as he said there were no Gold dials made,...but..he feels this is the real deal,and he was contacting someone from the H.O. about this,and i have e-mailed Omega with the info also!. I just love mystery's and can't wait till we solve this one!
Glen
