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Old 30 January 2024, 02:50 AM   #25
J!m
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BIG update!

I have the mid-case in hand now. It is in really nice shape, but it was re-polished at some point unfortunately... I guess engraving the serial won't matter any longer.

I also secured the correct late 321 dial, identical to the one posted by @GTS Dean which has the wider T location. Earlier dials had the T closer to the Swiss Made. Very happy about that.

I also have a watchmaker in Australia that is willing and able to do all the work, including a full rebuild of the movement to Omega specifications (which generally includes a lot of parts on the 321). He can do the relume I may do (the dial is missing a lot) and also handle the engraving for me.

Coincidentally, he did a watch for a NASA employee- the case back loos like the -78 delivery of the Alaska III radial dial models. That whole project is a very interesting story, if you're into that stuff. I don't know if that person was somehow able to get a (rarest Speedmaster dial ever made) radial dial, but I did ask.





Joseph Kerwin's Speedmaster - S/N 82

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