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L.E.M.
路And I bet you will not want to loose a box of good cigars on yr bet.
A REALLY REMARKABLE OMEGA SEAMASTER STORY.
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Deltatango
路Wow what a story !!! You and that watch are simply meant to be.
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L.E.M.
路I guess I felt I would be convicted to it when I irreversibly engraved my name in the back of it in 1970. I did that with the equipment of my dentist and in my own handwriting. Looks perfect and took the value to zero instantly.::馃榾)
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Lotus_Eater8815
路I guess I felt I would be convicted to it when I irreversibly engraved my name in the back of it in 1970. I did that with the equipment of my dentist and in my own handwriting. Looks perfect and took the value to zero instantly.::馃榾)
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L.E.M.
路I think it adds character to the watch. We鈥檝e seen many pieces with engraved names on the backs, none of them really affect the value of the watch.
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fbf
路nice story. hopefully the watch stays in the family for a very long time.
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Huus
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UncleBuck
路Whoever has a steel strap for this watch can contact me[/QUOTE]
the 1170 bracelet is a $500-800 find. Endlinks more.
I threw one away.馃う
the 1170 bracelet is a $500-800 find. Endlinks more.
I threw one away.馃う
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bodell
路I just read here for the first time what the name is for this watch; I had no idea. For me it was a Seamaster and I find the bezel handy while travelling in other timezones. I always wear it no matter what am doing. Swimming, revising the engine form my vintage UK cars or taking a large tree down. I had no idea it still kept some value as well. At age 66 now I would still like to find the original steel strap for sale somewhere.
Great story - which vintage UK cars do you have?
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L.E.M.
路I just spend 6 months on the island and a fair bit of swimming was also part of my daily routine. Sand, rocks and coral is all I came across in the water.
What is the chance of getting it right if I say you likely bought the watch at Spritzer & Fuhrmann?
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L.E.M.
路Great story - which vintage UK cars do you have?
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Dash1
路An amazing story indeed. Equally amazing is the fact that it is still in daily use, has never been serviced and deviates by less than a minute a month! Thanks for sharing the story with us.
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Shabbaz
路Would be a great marketing story for omega...
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janice&fred
路Would be a great marketing story for omega...
maybe if omega is more in tune with real life watch stories than rolex. a few years back my wife and I bough a seadweller that some fishermen found in the water. by the appearance and condition it appeared to have been under water for at least 2 years yet still worked perfectly even though the crown had deteriorated and popped loose from the threaded tube. our find was well documented along with loads of pictures of the as-found watch. our family friend that works for the rolex boutique in Cebu city relayed the info to headquarters but rolex couldn't have cared less. 馃榾
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budgewink
路Fantastic story, certainly a watch to now be treasured. Did you know immediately when your foot touched it that it was your watch or did you have to pull it out and inspect it before it properly sunk in?
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L.E.M.
路Fantastic story, certainly a watch to now be treasured. Did you know immediately when your foot touched it that it was your watch or did you have to pull it out and inspect it before it properly sunk in?
After picking it up I think I stared for one hour into the sea, realising a lot of things. All has to do with incredible complications that create your life. If that one ancestor 60.000 years ago did not survive a battle or a sickness you would not be here today. I tried to calculate how many millions of waves made the watch moving to exact that place where I put my foot. Things like that.
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alfanator
路Immediatly when I felt it, my watch was in mind since the whole place was a metafore to it already from te moment I arrived at the beach.
After picking it up I think I stared for one hour into the sea, realising a lot of things. All has to do with incredible complications that create your life. If that one ancestor 60.000 years ago did not survive a battle or a sickness you would not be here today. I tried to calculate how many millions of waves made the watch moving to exact that place where I put my foot. Things like that.
Incredible story. Amor Fati.
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budgewink
路Immediatly when I felt it, my watch was in mind since the whole place was a metafore to it already from te moment I arrived at the beach.
After picking it up I think I stared for one hour into the sea, realising a lot of things. All has to do with incredible complications that create your life. If that one ancestor 60.000 years ago did not survive a battle or a sickness you would not be here today. I tried to calculate how many millions of waves made the watch moving to exact that place where I put my foot. Things like that.
Absolutely, the world moves in mysterious ways my friend, I'm glad the oceans gave you back your piece...I once lost a pair of sunglasses in the Indian ocean and spent an hour and a half looking for them, upon giving up and walking 100m up the shoreline in the sea I kicked them, sometimes things just dont want to be lost.
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kkt
路Had water gotten into the case?
Amazing story!
Amazing story!
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