What The Heck Is A "Franken" Watch?

Think "Frankenstein".
Something put together of parts not originally destined to belong by it's original maker.

Not necessarily a bad thing IMO but some frown upon it on principle.
I have a 'franken' Speedy myself and love it,



/Stefan

ezinternet said:

Hi SL,

Would you please indulge us with the detail of parts that make up your white-dial Speedie ("Franken" as you put it)? Are the dial and hands Omega parts or aftermarket?

It really is a very striking look!

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Thank you.

All parts are genuine Omega and belong to different Speedmaster models. Last time I looked around on the Watchco site both the dial and hands were available there.

Some say that this is a genuine Speedy configuration (I've seen a few FS w/o any mentioning of them being put together, there was one on chrono24 a while ago for example) but as long as I cannot see some real supporting evidence of that I'm quite sure that this is not the case.
I've been told by more than one knowledgeable WIS that the dial belongs to a WG Ltd Ed Speedmaster sold exclusively in Italy.
IIRC from what I was told the hands for that model should not have any lume, so my guess is that my configuration is franken/custom (since it has a steel case and lumed hands).

For me it is one of the most beautiful Speedys I've seen and I'm a bit amazed that Omega never did one quite like this considering the number of Speedy variations they have produced. :-d

And I've taken it even further now on the franken/custom path by adding a sapphire caseback,





/Stefan