It was known that Ball Company, pressured Omega to stop using the wording “Railroad Official Standard” after 1963 (replacing with “Railmaster Official”).
1968 Omega Railmaster Official Automatic 165.002
Brand - Omega
Model - Railmaster 'Official'
Reference - 165.002
Year - Circa 1968
Case material - Stainless steel
Movement - Automatic, Caliber 550
Diameter - 34,5mm
Accessories - Molequin Calf Leather
A rare and beautifully clean Omega Railmaster Official made for the Canadian Railroad Company.
The Omega website only mentions a 1960s model made for Canada:
“OMEGA developed its automatic "Railroad Official Standard" model specially for the Canadian Pacific company. Its stainless-steel case housed the calibre 550 movement and had a white lacquer dial with easily legible Arabic numerals and minute circle.”
This is a beautiful, rare and truly stunning Omega, made for a specific purpose and market it sold to.
The watch features its original acrylic crystal and signed Omega crown.
These are extremely rare and hard to come by in this condition.
