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Omega Seamaster 300 166.024 166.024, Caliber 565 · The Index

166.024, Caliber 565

Seamaster 300 166.024 — 166.024, Caliber 565

Undated

Standard date model with the 24-jewel quick-set 565. Example: movement 26,973,397, sold in Hong Kong in December 1968.

Date Seamaster 300 on a NATO strap, over its archive extract (ST 166.024, caliber 565, delivered to Hong Kong). Black big-triangle dial with date window at three, sword hands, wide black bezel, lyre lugs. · Photo: Antiquorum · © Antiquorum, used with permission · Source: https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/omega-ref-st-166-024-seamaster-300-lot-386-10

Identifying details

Quickset date
Date can be set rapidly with the crown.
Date
Date display.

Variants of 166.024

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Variant	Production
166.024, Caliber 565Current	Undated
166.024, Caliber 563 (US Market)	Undated
166.024, COMEX Delivery	Undated

Case & movement

Reference: 166.024
Production: Undated
Movement serials: from c. 26.97M
Case material: Stainless steel
Case diameter: 42 mm
Water resistance: 300 m
Movement: Automatic
Date: Yes

More specifications (1)

Caliber

Movement

Omega 565

24-jewel automatic with date and rapid date corrector, used in the Seamaster 300 166.024 and the Seamaster 120 of the late 1960s.

Automatic · Introduced 1965 · 24 jewels

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