Omega Seamaster 145.019 – Soccer Mens – with caliber 861 from 1969 – Fully service

Omega Seamaster 145.019 – Soccer Mens – with caliber 861 from 1969 – Fully service

Rare Omega Seamaster Soccer Mens with light brown tropical dial and three sub dials for minutes at 3 o’clock, hours at 6 o’clock and seconds at 9 o’clock. The sub dials at 3 and 6 o’clock have half of black and red color. There is a black rotating bezel with 5 minutes time. It is a “T Swiss Made T” model. A few hands with stick design with orange color and white. Luminous are fine. Two crowns including the bezel rotating. It is a screwed back case with “Seamaster Waterproof Tested 120m” engraved outside and inside “Omega Watch – Fab Suisse – Swiss Made – Acier Inoxydable – 145.019”. The watch comes with an Omega manual winding movement with caliber 861 and 18 jewels. The serial number is 28088243 and date the watch to 1969. The watch comes with an Nato bracelet. Width between lugs is 22mm. Very nice collectible watch.

History

The story of Omega started in 1848 with Louis Brandt when he opened a “Comptoir d’etablissement” a sales office for sub-contracted watch manufacture. In 1880, the brothers Louis Paul and Cesar Brandt set-up a modern watch production unit. In 1889, the company had a production of 100,000 units per year. The name of Omega only appeared in 1903. Omega has developed amazing movements such as the “Labrador” in 1885. In 1917, Omega provided watches to the British army and in 1918 to the American army. In 1957, the speedmaster professional was born and then selected by the NASA in 1965 as the official timekeeper. Today, Omega continues to demonstrate mechanical innovation and remain one of the most prominent brands in the world of watchmakers.

Technical details

Manual winding movement with Caliber 861 (Base caliber Lemania 1873) with 17 jewels, 21,600 A/h and 48 hours of power reserve.

Measurements

Diameter excluding winding crown: 41mm
Length including lugs: 46mm