Welcome to the forum!

 

Cal 265 14kt dress watch from 1953/4 almost unworn.

 

That is a tall watch !!

 

Very nice !
Please accept my "dibs" request.

 

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Hi! New guy here... I recent came to an agreement with David (Modest Proposal) for the purchase of his 1960 Omega cased by Dennison. This is my 1st vintage Omega... I am super excited for the watch to arrive.

 

Noted.

 

Looks like a good buy. Welcome.

 

My first Omega, ref. 176.007. Bought new by me on August 30, 1975, so I am not sure if it counts as my first vintage....It has seen constant and hard use for about the first 20 years or so and then languished a bit in a drawer while I was distracted by other temptations. Recently revised by Omega (full movement service, new crystal and hands, some light polishing and still the original dial) and now worn again with pride - as a true vintage!

 

My first vintage Omega was a 1973 Geneve, cal 1012.



I manually fitted a brown leather strap to the case:


In the meanwhile, it has been sold already.

 

A bit late commenting on this but I thought it needed saying that us new guys really do appreciate the help and advice offered to us by guys like Dennis, Stuart etc................I've lost count on the number of times I've asked an opinion from Dennis on ebay offerings and he's always got back to me, mostly to tell me I've picked another redial!

Thanks guys

 

^^^ this. 2 weeks of lurking and studying made me feel confident enough to make a purchase out the for sale section... A watch I had never previously considered. You guys are an awesome source of data.

 

Gone but not 4gotten 396.0956.100 circa 1982




Had nice 779 bracelet and decent guilloché dial



Paid just over $100 last year and flipped it for 2x within a month

 

Ref. 168.005 Cal. 561
Purchased this over ten years ago and still have it...

 

This Dynamic was a mess when I got it, but it was cheap and I liked the dial.

Some folks think it's gross, but others love it. I've had people offer to buy it from me for more than the price I paid for it (+ service and a few new parts).



That being said, I have another vintage Omega on the way.

 

A cal 20F from the mid-1920's, with rectangle silver case. OF didn't exist at that time so I could not seek advise on the dial.............. :

 

I can see the appeal, but I would worry what's on the dial is contagious/mutating....

 

In person, it doesn't look like anything is growing on the dial, but I can see your point. It has mostly lost coloring and has a few rusty spots here and there.



If a time comes when I have to replace the dial, I'll happily do it.

 

My seamaster with black textured dial. Bought it early this year. Still waiting to bring it to the watchmaker to get it serviced and change the crown to the correct one. Got the correct crown from chief enabler Dennis, who offered the crown to me free in order to make me buy the watch

 

With gestures like that It's really hard to compete with Dennis in the enabling department.

Nice watch by the way!

 

Well, if 1997 is consider as a vintage ... Here is my first speedmaster (and "vintage") 3572.50 "professionnaĺ yellow" 18 rubis