This is the second watch purchase that I made last month courtesy of my favorite vintage Omega dealer. This came in a nice vintage wooden box with the Omega brand carved on the outer lid.
This is a Speedmaster Mk 2 chronograph, caliber 861 with steel barrel shaped case, and flat mineral crystal introduced in 1969. Per my references, it's the first of the speedies to depart from the moonwatch line. The Mk 2 and Mk 4 consistently had the Professional appelation while only some Mark 3 and no Mark 4s had this appelation. The Mk 2 line was discontinued in 1976.
The watch that I purchased has case back ref. no. ST145.014. Movement serial no. 3284xxxx dates this watch to around 1970. It has an original signed 1162/173 steel bracelet. This variant has a grey dial with orange/red/white colors along the minute track and tachymetre bezel. The bezel for this model can be changed with other factory produced alternatives (pulsometer, tachymetre, telemetric, and decimal). The two other variants of this line are:
- Stainless steel case with black dial design similar to the previous Speedmaster dial
- Gold case with maroon tachy ring bezel.
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