it wasn't very expensive, it's very legible, the size is
very convenient and I thought it had the potential to be
good.
I liked its looks,
it wasn't very expensive, it's very legible, the size is
very convenient and I thought it had the potential to be
good.
It has since been one of the watches I've used the most, so it's not surprising I think it's probably one of the best watches Omega doesn't make anymore.
A relatively basic watch, with hacking central seconds and quickset date.
The dial is very matte which makes for good contrast with the clear hands. The chrystal is flat and uncoated (like I want it). They don't come much better than this without being bigger.
It doesn't say anything about tritium, but the hands, indices and numerals are given a tritium actived luminous compound which gives them a good nighttime legibility. One could wish that the marker at 12 o'clock was more distinct than just a pair of dots.
I've never liked the original brown strap which wasn't of
very high quality. The straps I've used on it has been a
19 mm grey
nylon
NATO strap, but those I use most are a 18 mm
black leather
RAF pattern strap and a 19 mm
Hirsch Livingstone strap with deployant clasp.
Size and weight are very comfortable.
When I got it it averaged about +10s/day, with a variation from +8 to +18s/day. About what's to be expected, but not what I wanted and less what I thought it could do. And yes, my watchmaker managed to get it to run between 0 and +1s/day quite consistently.
It's very close in looks to the 1953 RAF version, but with larger and italic numerals and a date window. I like that.
Manufacturing quality on the outside is very good.
It comes in a long flat box with really skimpy documentation.
The instruction booklet is pretty near useless. It contains three different sets of instructions for how to set the watch, all depending on which movement it's fitted with, but nowhere does it say which movement is fitted, likewise with water resistance, we're just told to check its integrity once per year if it's water resistant, but it doesn't say if the watch is or isn't. So some of the data below I've obviously gotten from other web sites.
Diameter: 36.5 mm Lug width: 19 mm Crown diameter: 6 mm Thickness: 9.4 mm Mass: 0.067 kg with Hirsch Livingstone band and deployant clasp Sapphire crystal 50 m water resistance Movement: Omega caliber 1108, based on ETA 2892
Document created 2002 Apr 09 by Urban
