RefFileOmega Speedmaster → 3590.50
FILE NO. RF-3590-50

OMEGA 3590.50

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PRODUCED
c. 1989–1996
CALIBER
861
CASE
42 MM
BEZEL
TACHY

The file

Omega 3590.50 was in production approximately from 1989 to 1996, a run of approximately 7 years, carrying the 861 manual chronograph caliber in a 42 mm case under a tachymeter bezel.

The first PIC-coded moonwatch - the quiet bridge between the 861 and 1861 eras.

Dates carry a "c." because that is what honesty requires: Seiko's own archive gives only approximate production windows by caliber, so the file states the documented range and marks it as such rather than inventing precision.

The full collector's file for this reference — variants, dial codes, and the authentication walk-through — is on the writing schedule; the specifications above are the permanent record.

The lineage

Authentication file

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Vintage Speedmaster fraud runs on the caliber 321 premium: later watches dressed with earlier dials and bezels, service dials passed as original, reproduction dot-over-ninety bezels, and relumed hands on trophy references. The movement serial is the anchor - it dates the watch on the Speedmaster's own sequence, and every visible part must belong to that era. Sub-reference engravings, case-maker marks and dial details all have documented histories; a watch is only as original as its least original part.

Sources

Production windows and specifications compiled from documented collector references and period catalogs, cross-checked across independent sources; manufacturer records for this era are approximate by Seiko's own account.

Production runs end. The file on the reference never does.