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gur8sing
·Great post with very useful info. Much appreciated.
About Omega buckles
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mfromger
·Thank you @tamura and @SkunkPrince !
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OneTwo
·Thanks @omegastar for starting this thread! Extremely helpful when researching buckles for my vintage Omegas!
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Zapatta
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tamura
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nitediver
·I just came across your reference post and hats off for your excellent research. What a variety of Omega buckles...mind boggling! But then, considering the many decades, style and variation of watches produced by Omega, it is actually not surprising there are so many differnt type of buckles out there.
thank you for sharing your knowledge!
Best,
Stefan
thank you for sharing your knowledge!
Best,
Stefan
Size matters.
When I refer to a size, I refer to the size inside the buckle, which is the size of the strap that fits in. All the buckles pictured in this thread are 16 mm. except when mentioned otherwise.
In vintage Omega buckles, there are 3 sizes for men’s straps, 14;16 and 18 mm. 14 mm is a bit small and requires a strap arched from 18 to 14 mm. It is not a very modern strap and is very difficult to find. If you have a big wrist it will give you a boyish look.
16 mm is the most desirable because it will fit modern straps 18-16 mm.
18mm is so rare that you can forget about it and use your energy to find an Ed White speedy.
A very rare 18 mm gold-plated buckle by AW. (Below the 16 mm GM. )
The rule
The rule would be that there are no rules. You can find genuine buckles with any combination of marking. But there is a general trend towards two markings.
Swiss for where it was made.
Acier inox., plaque G, 0,750 for the metal used.
This trend does not disqualify any buckle and one has to learn how to recognise genuine buckles from fakes that you see 99,9 % of the time on sale on Ebay.
There are so many exceptions and that EK. buckle that annoyed me a lot because it broke all my theories, but you always need exception. I believe that early buckles were not signed properly or nobody cared.
The same with different markings
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OmegaAlpha
·Thanks for the pictures, I have bookmarked this page!
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Nacoga
·First of all, this thread is brilliant. Full of insight and information and incredibly interesting! A huge thanks to Omegastar and the contributors for making it happen.
I am adding to it with a couple of pictures of a buckle that recently came into my possession, and which I doubt is authentic. However, I wanted to post said pictures here to get a second opinion. What do you guys make of it? Real? Fake? Either way, I'd love to hear your thoughts.
Best,
NaCoGa
I am adding to it with a couple of pictures of a buckle that recently came into my possession, and which I doubt is authentic. However, I wanted to post said pictures here to get a second opinion. What do you guys make of it? Real? Fake? Either way, I'd love to hear your thoughts.
Best,
NaCoGa
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tamura
·Hmm. looks fake to me..
real ones
real ones
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gerdson
·Awesome 😀
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masek
·Hi all,
This is truly a great thread!
I bought a couple of old Omegas from my local watchmaker and on the straps I got two identical buckles. Can you help me to identify if these are original or fake?
This is truly a great thread!
I bought a couple of old Omegas from my local watchmaker and on the straps I got two identical buckles. Can you help me to identify if these are original or fake?
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lehippi
·Was wondering if anyone could give me some guidance with this buckle... pictures aren't great. Allegedly an 18k 16mm buckle. Seems to have all the four hallmarks (750, swiss, AW, déposé). There are two things that are throwing me off, first the space between the hallmarks seems to be too small. Second, the overall profile seems to be a bit different when compared to the AW 18k buckles in OP's original post. Any thoughts?
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Bourne1984
·Thanks for starting and the great research opportunities, really useful
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SkunkPrince
·If that buckle is 18K, I think the pin should be stamped that way as well, which I have seen multiple times but not 100% consistent.
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bmpennington
·Great post, I know much more about buckles now thanks!
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lehippi
·If that buckle is 18K, I think the pin should be stamped that way as well, which I have seen multiple times but not 100% consistent.
Here's the buckle I'm looking at:
And here's the buckle from OP:
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gatorcpa
··ΩF InvestiGatorI see nothing wrong with the above buckle. If you have any doubts, take it to a jeweler and run a test on it.
gatorcpa
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wwhntr
·Looks right to me. I, personally, haven’t seen hand stamped fakes. Doesn’t mean it hasn’t or won’t be done!
I see very little wear to buckle edges or underside markings. You may just have a near nos desirable buckle!
I see very little wear to buckle edges or underside markings. You may just have a near nos desirable buckle!
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