60’ties Golden omega: To buy or not to buy

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As always depends in the price, but unless very cheap think you can do better
 
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What do you think about this 1960 Omega jumbo in gold. As you can see the lugs have been ‘soldered’ left above and right under. Seller is asking €3200. What would be a decent proposal for a jumbo in 18 carat gold in this state? And is it worth obtaining it? I’m a fan for bigger but vintage omegas. 34-35mm are just to small on my wrist.
Thanks a lot, Stephan
 
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I wouldn't be interested in such a heavily polished piece at any price.
 
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The gold hallmark on the outside of the back likely makes this a locally made case significantly hindering value. Even for a Swiss made case the asking price would be ridiculous.

Hard pass.
 
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The gold hallmark on the outside of the back likely makes this a locally made case significantly hindering value. Even for a Swiss made case the asking price would be ridiculous.

Hard pass.
If I´m not too wrong (but, of course I could be) and that hammer head hallmark is genuine, shouldn't it theoretically indicate a case made in Switzerland but outside of Geneva?:

Be that as it may, I think the same, at that price is a hard pass imho.
 
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The Swiss hallmark for 18K gold is Helvetia.

 
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The Swiss hallmark for 18K gold is Helvetia.

Yes and Helvetia´s head should be hallmarked in some place (may be in the inner face of the back), but the hammer head indicates the cassist, and If i´m not too wrong, the hammer head is the logo for the Swiss made cases that was made in companies located out of Geneva.The number inside the hammer head belong to a case manufacturer, here is a list of them:

And although the number inside the hammer head in the OP's photos cannot be clearly seen by zooming in on the photo, I can not see well if the 1st number is a 1 or a 4, and if is a 4 the curious thing is that it seems to be a number greater than 400, so the case manufacturer would not appear on this list. Cheers !!