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HI I THINK THE SEAMASTER 166.042 COMPRESSOR IS THE MOST UNDER RATED WATCH THAT ONE CAN FIND ON THE INTERNET FORUMS. I GOT HOLD OF THIS WATCH A FEW DAYS BACK AND SINCE THEN I AM WEARING IT . THE CASE IS UNIQUE IN DESIGN AND PROBABLY ONLY SUCH DESIGN PRODUC...  

I didn't knew this watch and is a very interesting piece. What calls my attention is the case design, that is similar to the more famous Heuer Monaco. A research shows that Omega released this watch before Heuer did with the Monaco. Point to Omega. One co... 

...but in the black dial configuration. I wouldn't say "underrated" so much as "unknown" to most collectors. As one who loves the 70s Omegas, would love to find one like yours

A very nice looking and uncommon seamaster indeed. If i found one now i would break my 1964 theme to obtain it as it is so different from all others. Nice hunting and enjoy it G

. . . still has some surprises in store! Congratulations, Sohail. Cordially, Art

Hi Thats the reason i called it an under rated watch . Its in the omega vintage watches data. I would love to see some other examples of this wach. and yes art i do have some other surprises...lol regards

I love the look of the earliest examples of this model. The later ones with the plain dials got a bit boring :) Here's some other examples Cheers Desmond

Hi Desmond, Thank you for the link and the comprehensive and educative write up about this interesting reference. Learned a lot... kind regards erich

Thanks for the link , very informative , ... The grey dial one looks good.