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Also, a
non-Speedmaster 125 question that I am asked
from time to time...
What is the
background on the use of "Seamaster" cases on
certain Speedmasters (most commonly Mark series,
and c.1045 Speedmasters)? I assume it is because
Omega considered these watches to be in
water-resistant cases, but are these watches
also considered part of the Seamaster line as
well as the Speedmaster line?
Mr. Deithelm's
reply:
* the
case back of such watches are all showing the
" seahorse " emblem, since all these watches
were originally in the* SEAMASTER * line,
although the official name of the Jubilee
version is:
SEAMASTER -
Speedmaster Professional 125 -
chronograph
* it is only
much later, when the " chronograph " vogue
became so voluminous that we had to separate
the sporty SEAMASTER watches from the "
chronographs " and give them a separate line
!
Hence, because the
Speedmaster was considered part of the Seamaster
line, they often sported Seamaster backs.
The 1970's were an
interesting time in Bienne and the swiss watch
industry. Omega had a lot of things going on:
Olympic and other sporting event timing,
development and production of LCD, LED, Quartz,
Tuning Fork, as well as a large varieties of
mechanical movements, and the production of a
huge number of very different watches. The
current product line is a pale shade of what the
product line was in the 1970's. As a result you
see a lot of really weird Omega's (and Heuer's,
Seiko's, etc...). Thus you see a lot of things
that look like pieces of the puzzle that don't
really fit like one would think they
should...
In other words,
there is little or no rhyme or reason to which
Speedmasters sport Speedmaster Backs and which
sport Seamaster Backs... Here is a short
list:
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