Hi all
Last week I received my latest from WBK, and their not quite what you normally see. When WBK posted a few weeks ago about getting some Seamaster Q-Matics, it really got my attention, so when he got more in, I bought 2
. What really drives me crazy about this model is that I cannot get more info about it. Its not a fantasy model (although they had apparently made this model for only a year), but it is IMO one of the more interesting. I got a black dial and a white dial version, both beautiful, both with the Asian ETA copy movement. Both have been keeping perfect time since received.
This rep is available through a couple of other dealers on the web, but not with the same movement and not with another interesting detail, the date cyclop. Even though it looks like a cyclop from a Rollie, it really does belong since the gen featured it as well (proven by the only photo of a gen I could find), and is one of the reasons this model is interesting to me. Another reason is the dial with all its textured detail. The pics do not do it justice, so I will attempt to explain. The center has the familiar wave patters of the SMP, then, a band of tightly spaced concentric circles surround and are as thick as the minute bar markers, after that, the minute chapter that has a red marker on every hour. The Omega logo and name, as well as the 6,9,12 and the bar markers are applied metal, not just printed as on the reps from other dealers. The date wheel for the white dial model is white background with black numbers, the black dial model is the opposite. The bezel is uni-directional and is engraved in 5 minute increments and features an additional minute track (another detail which is left out on the others. This model does have a few hitches as like all other reps. While the dial and bezel are more accurate looking, they also feature a He valve which the gen does not appear to have (at least from what I can see from the one picture I have found) and the display back has the name "Constallation" engraved on it which I am unsure if that is correct. If I could find solid casebacks for these, I would probably change them out anyway.
While I also like the Bond, PO, Moonwatch and most other Omega varieties, I think that these two will be keepers since I consider them to be very special Omegas. Now the pics.
Last week I received my latest from WBK, and their not quite what you normally see. When WBK posted a few weeks ago about getting some Seamaster Q-Matics, it really got my attention, so when he got more in, I bought 2
. What really drives me crazy about this model is that I cannot get more info about it. Its not a fantasy model (although they had apparently made this model for only a year), but it is IMO one of the more interesting. I got a black dial and a white dial version, both beautiful, both with the Asian ETA copy movement. Both have been keeping perfect time since received.This rep is available through a couple of other dealers on the web, but not with the same movement and not with another interesting detail, the date cyclop. Even though it looks like a cyclop from a Rollie, it really does belong since the gen featured it as well (proven by the only photo of a gen I could find), and is one of the reasons this model is interesting to me. Another reason is the dial with all its textured detail. The pics do not do it justice, so I will attempt to explain. The center has the familiar wave patters of the SMP, then, a band of tightly spaced concentric circles surround and are as thick as the minute bar markers, after that, the minute chapter that has a red marker on every hour. The Omega logo and name, as well as the 6,9,12 and the bar markers are applied metal, not just printed as on the reps from other dealers. The date wheel for the white dial model is white background with black numbers, the black dial model is the opposite. The bezel is uni-directional and is engraved in 5 minute increments and features an additional minute track (another detail which is left out on the others. This model does have a few hitches as like all other reps. While the dial and bezel are more accurate looking, they also feature a He valve which the gen does not appear to have (at least from what I can see from the one picture I have found) and the display back has the name "Constallation" engraved on it which I am unsure if that is correct. If I could find solid casebacks for these, I would probably change them out anyway.
While I also like the Bond, PO, Moonwatch and most other Omega varieties, I think that these two will be keepers since I consider them to be very special Omegas. Now the pics.
