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This Black Bay Bronze Tudor (from 2017) with missing the second “i” in officially.

Wow...Rare as the "Blue Mauritius"

well in the dictionary ally is referred as a (mutual supporter) joined together etc.

So maybe this is for a certified ally of the Offic (Officina) ...too big dial to write it all!

Another one? OK voilà…

OMEGA Seamaster that was produced in 1967.

In this case Omega fitted a small batch of spare Speedmaster casebacks onto Seamasters without much thought, at a time when these things seemed to matter much less.

Maybe this happened in service afterwards!

Alou wrote:Maybe this happened in service afterwards!

No, Omega confirmed that this watch was part of a small batch of Seamasters produced in 1967 that had Speedmaster stamped on the outside of the caseback, but with the correct reference number, 165.024, printed on the inside.

Ok that is rare one then,with top brands mistakes like these increase their values in Auctions! While on smaller brands are rejects!
Unfair world!

Here one prime example of supplier mistake…

like nearly all watch brands of a certain era, they relied heavily on suppliers for many of their components. While the final quality inspection was up to Patek Philippe, things can always fall through the cracks.


A very easy one.

dj57 wrote: ↑March 27th, 2023, 1:15 pm Here one prime example of supplier mistake…

like nearly all watch brands of a certain era, they relied heavily on suppliers for many of their components. While the final quality inspection was up to Patek Philippe, things can always fall through the cracks.


A very easy one.

Easy one,
but easy mistake too: this typo is still current in French language nowadays...
What's the point in doubling letters that one can't ear? most probably a reminder from ancient Greek or Latin.

Thus said, I find it normal that the brands are outsourcing components (each component being a speciality)
but absolutely no excuse for failing in their QC duty.

A slightly more recent example of a watch that some believed to have been a mistake was an anomalous Nautilus ref. 3710.

The watch is known as the “Lucky Thirteen”
Can you spot the anomaly?