This men’s 1968 Omega Seamaster Cosmic has the lovely calibre 565 inside the one piece case, and a long bracelet. Model reference 166.022.
HOW DO WE DATE THIS WATCH?
From the serial number on the movement we can accurately date this watch to being made in 1968.
CONDITION
The Cosmic was a Seamaster that tried to become more water proof by having fewer places where water can get in. So the case is a unibloc design, and access to the movement is only available by removing the crystal. While any decent watchmaker can make light work of this, it does keep amateurs aware and the movement is exceptionally clean. That movement is the popular calibre 565, a 24 jewel automatic with swan neck fine adjustment to the balance. This movement has quick set date, operated by pulling the crown away from the case. The case and bracelet are both 20 micron gold plated, and the rear of the case back has a couple of wear points (most gold plated watches don’t plate the case back, where the skin can rub the plating off, but this is an exception.) The top side of the case is very good, and the edges are without dings. The number 12 bracelet with 539 end links is quite long (possibly full length) and our sister website, SpareLinks.com, may have extra links if required. The bracelet has been cleaned in our ultrasonic bath. We don’t know why the name Cosmic was chosen, but the space race was a huge influence on design in the 1960’s as shown in the original advert used as background in one photograph.
This watch will be supplied with our branded presentation box and our Certificate of Authenticity.
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SIZE
Width with crown 36.5 mm
Width without crown 33.4 mm
Between lugs 18 mm
Lug to lug length 36.0 mm
Case Thickness 10.3 mm
Bracelet will fit a maximum wrist size of 215 mm. The bracelet can be sized for you if you give us your wrist size when placing the order.
All sizes are approximate. The watch is photographed on a wrist of 190mm/7.5 inches.
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