Blue 7548 Slim Turtle. Redial?

Pretty sure I know the answer to this but I’m looking for confirmation from the experts out there.

I have a friend who asked me to look out for a 7548. I found one on Mercari Japan at a good price so picked it up. It looked to have a black dial and bezel in the photos but on arrival both are definitely dark blue.

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Case back says 7548-7000.

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Dial is marked 7548 – 70IL T

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Blue 7548 Slim Turtle. Redial?

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Clasp end link source or ideas

I’ve recently picked up a vintage Omega. It needs a little work and one of the things that needs fixing is the bracelet to clasp join, at some point the last link must have been damaged or lost.

This is the previous owners solution to the problem.

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Not ideal.

The bracelet links only have a hole on one side for resizing so I can’t put a spring bar all the way through the last link.

This is the part that is missing.

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Clasp end link source or ideas

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Richard E Grant has worn two watches by mistake

Did any other Brits here see Richard E Grant on the Masked Singer this weekend?

It appears he owns two of the finest watches available to humanity and loves them so much he wears them both at once.

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Looks like a Santos and Gold Breitling Navitimer to me.

Very nice, I would wear them both too… or perhaps he didn’t fancy leaving either in whatever shonky hotel ITV put him in. ;)

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