It was known that Ball Company, pressured Omega to stop using the wording “Railroad Official Standard” after 1963 (replacing with “Railmaster Official”).
1969 Omega Railmaster Official Automatic
Brand - Omega
Model - Railmaster 'Official'
Reference - 165.070 SGR
Year - Circa 1969
Case material - Stainless steel
Movement - Automatic, Caliber 550
Diameter - 34,5mm
Accessories - Leather
A rare and beautifully clean Omega Railmaster Official made for the Canadian Railroad Company.
The Omega website only mentions a 196 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. And on the caseback engraved a 4 digit case number.
