A big thank you to the forum

Winston_Smith · Oct 13, 2020

Hey everybody,

After spending hours reading stuff and exchanging ideas on the forum, I've finally got my first Omega ever. It's a lovely steel case Seamaster De Ville. More beautiful pics will follow soon but I just couldn't help sharing some right after purchasing.

I'm aware that the watch has inevitably some flaws (which will hopefully be corrected following a comprehensive service soon) but this whole process taught me that there is no such thing as "perfect vintage watch". From servicing to maintenance, every vintage purchase is to some extent actually a project. Anyway, it has been a long journey so I just want to step back and appreciate the Omega quality rather than bumming myself out of minor issues 😀

I love this forum and everyone in this forum. It's just amazing to see how such a sharing and supporting community can also gather (probably) the largest pool of know-how on aesthetical and engineering marvels. I really hope that I will have the means to keep up with my Omega enthusiasm and also maintain my father's memory & legacy, whom we sadly lost some months ago. He was a watch enthusiast himself among his other interests and was also looking for an Omega to present me as a gift before his passing. May he rest in peace.

I appreciate once again everyone's contribution to my knowledge and understanding of these beautiful watches. Now I'm leaving the floor to the pics:

Zapatta · Oct 13, 2020

Congrats!
Wear it in good health! ::rimshot::

STANDY · Oct 13, 2020

Nice watch, and hope it reminds you of your father when you wear it. 👍

Rudi99 · Oct 13, 2020

Congrats! My condolences for your late father. I am sure he would have been happy to see you wear this watch, which looks really nice! 😉

amcclell · Oct 13, 2020

A nice piece that will remind you of your father. I am sorry for your loss.

Winston_Smith · Oct 13, 2020

@Zapatta @STANDY @Rudi99 @amcclell and all those who liked my post, thank you so much for your kind words and support. I feel really proud to be part of this forum and look forward to contributing more!

janice&fred · Oct 13, 2020

I don't see flaws in that watch, just vintage beauty. Enjoy and sorry for your recent loss.

Marsimaxam · Oct 13, 2020

Congratulations on your watch and your desire to honor your father's legacy. I too lost my father this year, and he, like your father, was a watch enthusiast. I am still trying to find his, I believe, 1960s Omega Constellation which is located somewhere in his house... I hope.

"“What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us,” Hellen Keller

onlyomega94 · Oct 13, 2020

Those Seamaster De Villes are killer watches - and this is a nice example. Congrats!

Winston_Smith · Oct 13, 2020

Thanks @janice&fred @Marsimaxam and @onlyomega94 for your beautiful comments on the watch and sharing my grief.

onlyomega94
Those Seamaster De Villes are killer watches - and this is a nice example. Congrats!

Always good to start off with a classic!

Marsimaxam
I too lost my father this year, and he, like your father, was a watch enthusiast.

My deepest condolences for your loss. I wish I never knew what losing his father meant to a son but I do and I do share your sorrow.

Marsimaxam
I am still trying to find his, I believe, 1960s Omega Constellation which is located somewhere in his house... I hope.

What a coincidence! I've always thought that my father also had an Omega watch but this was a mere thought until my uncle told me the story of how his watch dealer called my dad one afternoon to inform him about the availability of a vintage Omega with all its original box etc and how they just jumped in my uncle's car to go & get it... The watch stayed in its box on my dad's -quite messy- study desk for a while, until my parents moved from their old apartment. Still couldn't find that particular piece despite finding more than 60 watches...

Marsimaxam
"“What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us,” Hellen Keller

Such a beautiful quote, can't help deeply agreeing mot-à-mot!

Kek25 · Oct 13, 2020

Congratulations. Great example of how to purchase a vintage watch by getting the proper information and knowledge before buying. I see too often the opposite.

I echo your thanks to the forum and the forum members' expressions of condolences concerning the passing of your father.

Marsimaxam · Oct 13, 2020

Winston_Smith
Thanks @janice&fred @Marsimaxam and @onlyomega94 for your beautiful comments on the watch and sharing my grief.

My deepest condolences for your loss. I wish I never knew what losing his father meant to a son but I do and I do share your sorrow.

What a coincidence! I've always thought that my father also had an Omega watch but this was a mere thought until my uncle told me the story of how his watch dealer called my dad one afternoon to inform him about the availability of a vintage Omega with all its original box etc and how they just jumped in my uncle's car to go & get it... The watch stayed in its box on my dad's -quite messy- study desk for a while, until my parents moved from their old apartment. Still couldn't find that particular piece despite finding more than 60 watches...

Such a beautiful quote, can't help deeply agreeing mot-à-mot!

Thank you for your thoughts.

I was extremely close to my father and fortunately I lived just 17 miles away for the majority of my life. We spoke every day and saw each other every week. An acquaintance of mine who really didn't know my father offered a wonderful statement to me in a letter he wrote and I hope it will extend to you as well...

“I didn't know your father, but what I pictured was a man whose soul was content and who was happy, and as a result, despite all you had going on, brought a peaceful ray of light to your world. I will always picture this man as good natured, suave, and comforting his son through his positivity even if he didn't know he was doing it... you are loved, and if there is something beyond this world.... he is looking down on you with a happiness I hope to know one day but for now I can only imagine”

Tet · Oct 14, 2020

Sorry to read of the loss of your father, must be tough times. I'm sure he would be delighted with your tribute and be a nice reminder whenever you look down at your wrist.

LesXL · Oct 14, 2020

Nice watch, man! Congrats on your new acquisition, and welcome to the club 😀

Sorry for your loss, though physical separations are difficult, all our love ones never leave our hearts.

Winston_Smith · Oct 28, 2020

Hey everybody, sorry to bump this thread up after weeks but I've been terribly busy with less meaningful stuff than watches, you know, like my job 😁 @Tet @Kek25 @LesXL you're all amazing, thank you for your kind and encouraging words! Can't stop feeling emotional after reading the latest comments...

Marsimaxam
“I didn't know your father, but what I pictured was a man whose soul was content and who was happy, and as a result, despite all you had going on, brought a peaceful ray of light to your world. I will always picture this man as good natured, suave, and comforting his son through his positivity even if he didn't know he was doing it... you are loved, and if there is something beyond this world.... he is looking down on you with a happiness I hope to know one day but for now I can only imagine”

@Marsimaxam , your lovely quotes are strangely very relevant to me, my father and our special bond... Just another proof of how the time, these little timepieces and this forum can connect many hearts to each other. Thank you!

MtnMarine · Oct 28, 2020

Thanks for sharing this. I am sorry for your loss. While my father passed many years ago I still think of him every time I acquire a new piece. He used to give me a new Timex Ironman triathalon on Fathers Day every year until I was about 14, wish I still had one of them. But that’s what got me into watches and I never was able to truly thank him for the introduction. Enjoy your new watch in good health and good memories!

Winston_Smith · Oct 28, 2020

MtnMarine
Thanks for sharing this. I am sorry for your loss. While my father passed many years ago I still think of him every time I acquire a new piece. He used to give me a new Timex Ironman triathalon on Fathers Day every year until I was about 14, wish I still had one of them. But that’s what got me into watches and I never was able to truly thank him for the introduction. Enjoy your new watch in good health and good memories!

Very similar stories, thank you so much for sharing these. It's both heart warming and hard to grow up and go back into such memories. May your father rest in piece, my friend.

A big thank you to the forum

Winston_Smith

Zapatta

STANDY

Rudi99

amcclell

Winston_Smith

janice&fred

Marsimaxam

onlyomega94

Winston_Smith

Kek25

Marsimaxam

Tet

LesXL

Winston_Smith

MtnMarine

Winston_Smith

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