You can buy a nice strap with a 18k omega buckle from Omega Boutiques still. Not vintage but they still look similar and are guaranteed authentic not like the eBay minefield.
Here is a gold plated
http://www.ofrei.com/page572.html
On a vintage watch with 19mm lug width, the buckle size should be 16mm or 14mm. You'll not find the exact info about the buckle size on a catalog, even tody they do not advert it... The only chance you have is to find someone that was in the business 50 years ago, and who remember which buckle size it cames with.
Do they expect to ever sell them at these prices?
Quite honestly, I would buy the modern Omega repro of the 50s buckle and have it plated. First, you know it's Omega, and you can get the plating to match your watch.
L lehippi"Got the call" yesterday. Here's the buckle on my connie. I think it's a great alternative if you don't want to wait and hunt around for a vintage one.
In my record, plaque G is pretty normal. Like Gator I have never seen a plaqué or buckle. But I own or have seen plenty of plaqué g which I think are genuine.
I have read on several French sources that the G mean "galvanoplastie" - which is kind of the same as electrolysis. That would make sense as the French law concerning hallmarks is not fond of English terms or initials (so g would not mean gold here).
But this does not come from an official source (customs or any other government source). So I take that with a grain of salt, as concerning this topic I prefer to refer to official texts.
By the way, I shall add that plaqué or is a precise hallmark for the French law. A "doré" item can have as low gold as 1 micron, but plaqué must be 3 microns for jewels and 5 for watches. And in my record, 10 microns would actually be the low side for watches. Most often, good pieces would have 20 microns, and the best (Lip for instance) could have as much as 40 microns. (Not to mention Swiss Made Omega with 80 microns).
I do not know the standards for buckles. But at least, 3 microns - as I do not think bucles belong to the same regulation as watches.
B bbozicSo what you are saying is that this buckle is original? Do you have any clue what era they are from? Looks like a 40’s type of shape buckle but with the omega logo attached on it.
Went through the whole thread to find anything similar to these EK buckles I have. But quoting the above in case this is a sign these are incorrect or just odd examples.
EK "Plaque OR G" buckles.
Few weird things:
1. They both have different marks, "EK Pat" version seems to have wrong EK logo, and no spacing between words.
2. Slightly different profiles
3. Slightly Different Omega logos
4. "Pat +" version has flaking plating, while "EK Pat" version has fading "plating"
The "Pat +" version seems legit. The "EK Pat" version seems less so.
Haven't seen any fake EK buckles in this thread (Or I missed it) so maybe this is an example of what to look for.
Any thoughts?
It is an original Omega buckle, not to worry! I think I may have made a post with my one somewhere within this thread. Nonetheless, here it is again.
