I was lucky to win this watch in an auction. I previously dealt with this seller so I was confident that the watch is authentic.
This watch is a chronostop which means it uses a single pusher to operate the stop watch function. Pressing the pusher starts the stopwatch hand. Press and hold the pusher to read the elapsed time and release the pusher to reset the hand back to zero.
From a design standpoint, this watch is not effective as there is no minute/hour subdial . Which means that timing events beyond sixty seconds will require you to count the elapsed minutes in your head! Definitely a no-no for old-fogeys like me who have memory problems.
Omega produced two calibers for this series: cal 865 and 920. Cal 865 was produced in 1966 and cal 920 was released in 1968. The difference between the two is the 920 has a date function and the 865 doesn't. Both have 17 jewels and are manual winding.
What makes this model attractive from a collection standpoint is that it was designed specifically to be worn under the wrist. The idea was that the driver could glance at his watch without taking his hand off the wheel to check the time.
The dial is slate grey in color and the lumes are faded given that this watch is 40 years old. I'll be taking this to the Omega center to have it checked and cleaned up so hopefully I'll get an improvement in the looks. I also ordered a perforated rally strap design to replace the strap this watch has. Hopefully I'll be able to find an Omega No. 27 Deployment buckle which is what this watch would have sported when it was first released.
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