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A trio of 18K White Gold Devilles?

  1. dsio Ω 2

    dsio Ash @ ΩF Staff Member Jul 6, 2014

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    They're US case not Swiss case, but three 18K White Gold DeVilles?

    Wonder what the story is

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/58-18K-soil...348184461?pt=Wristwatches&hash=item233d0e058dPurchases made through these links may earn this site a commission from the eBay Partner Network

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  2. dsio Ω 2

    dsio Ash @ ΩF Staff Member Jul 6, 2014

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  3. gatorcpa Ω 2

    gatorcpa ΩF InvestiGator Staff Member Jul 6, 2014

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    Don't know if they are brokering a collection or just purchased a bunch of nice vintage stuff, but take a look at some of the other things that this seller has for sale:

    http://www.ebay.com/sch/junefang/m.html?item=151348191227&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562Purchases made through these links may earn this site a commission from the eBay Partner Network

    A couple of cases and a lot of Omega signed crystals are there also.

    Someone must have had a fetish for 18K Seamaster Devilles. The "Asprey" dialled example is interesting. That's a British store selling an American cased watch? Maybe they had a US branch back then? They do now.

    A couple of these will go into my "watch" list.
    gatorcpa
     
  4. MSNWatch Ω 2

    MSNWatch Vintage Omega Aficionado Staff Member Jul 6, 2014

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    This seller sells fake cases.
     
  5. gatorcpa Ω 2

    gatorcpa ΩF InvestiGator Staff Member Jul 6, 2014

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    I know the Constellation case isn't good. Which other ones are bad in your opinion?
    gatorcpa
     
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    scotty Jul 6, 2014

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  7. gatorcpa Ω 2

    gatorcpa ΩF InvestiGator Staff Member Jul 6, 2014

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  8. dsio Ω 2

    dsio Ash @ ΩF Staff Member Jul 6, 2014

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    Are the WG Deville cases suspect or just his others? It'd explain a lot if they were being manufactured
     
  9. gatorcpa Ω 2

    gatorcpa ΩF InvestiGator Staff Member Jul 6, 2014

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  10. MSNWatch Ω 2

    MSNWatch Vintage Omega Aficionado Staff Member Jul 6, 2014

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    The cases look legit but they're not models I have focused on. However if even just one item for sale is a fake makes the other items suspect and personally makes me want to stay away.
     
  11. Stewart H

    Stewart H Honorary NJ Resident Jul 6, 2014

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    Experience shows that there will always be another one just around the corner.
     
  12. gatorcpa Ω 2

    gatorcpa ΩF InvestiGator Staff Member Jul 6, 2014

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    Anyone can be fooled once. If I start seeing multiple fakes, I run the other way.

    I just though I was missing something here.
    gatorcpa
     
  13. X350 XJR Ω 1

    X350 XJR Vintage Omega Aficionado Jul 6, 2014

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    Does anyone else find it odd for a white gold case to have yellow figures and hands? Yes, its not that uncommon on a ss case but with the great premium for the18K wg it seems strange.

    Also something is clearly amiss with this one...

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  14. gatorcpa Ω 2

    gatorcpa ΩF InvestiGator Staff Member Jul 6, 2014

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    Black, rusty hands on this one as well.

    I'm not liking this seller so much anymore.
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  15. mondodec

    mondodec Editor Constellation Collectors Blog Jul 6, 2014

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    Mike and Gator are right to be suspicious. I suspect that all the cases are 6610 in the white gold, and of course case 6610 housed the cal 560. Both the Ross stamp and the Omega symbol look wrong to me. I wouldn't be surprised at all if the cases were fake. I suspect all are frankens at best.

    Chiz

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  16. Selbo

    Selbo Jul 6, 2014

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    I posted a rant about eBay shill bidding a few weeks ago and the source of my frustration was this very same seller. And the watch was the quadrant dial now relisted. I am not surprised to see it again. I wouldn't touch a listing from this seller with a 10 foot pole.
     
  17. pitpro

    pitpro Likes the game. Jul 6, 2014

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  18. diamondjim

    diamondjim Jul 7, 2014

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    Also this seller is registered on another E-bay site not the U.S.