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hoipolloi

·Aug 20, 2020·Vintage Omega Connoisseur

Recently, most of watches I buy are from Asian market.

Here are what I received today.

How about you?

Hoi.

 

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janice&fred

·Aug 20, 2020

Oh baby!

 

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JwRosenthal

·Aug 20, 2020

Lovely! Which model is the Co axial?

 

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hoipolloi

·Aug 20, 2020·Vintage Omega Connoisseur

JwRosenthal

Lovely! Which model is the Co axial?

It is a Seamaster 300, I think.

 

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Mossback

·Aug 20, 2020

Congratulations, nice bunch of watches. My first vintage Omega came from Japan.

 

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Spruce

·Aug 21, 2020·Sunburst dial fan

hoipolloi

Recently, most of watches I buy are from Asian market.

Here are what I received today.

How about you?

Hoi.

Very nice watches. Is there a particular watch website that you’d recommend or is it just that you’ve bought watches from Japan through eBay or C24 or ....?

I bought this from a seller in Japan and am very pleased with it.

As I mentioned elsewhere, it was offered at £561 on C24 but another seller also offered it at double the price on eBay. I assumed that the second seller had intended to buy it from the first and then sell it on if he found a buyer.

The C24 seller was very fair and helpful and also provided the documents from his ‘overhaul' of the watch.

 

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qazwsx1

·Aug 21, 2020

Nice watches

 

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ConElPueblo

·Aug 21, 2020

Very nice selection! The arrowhead Constellation is a fantastic piece, but isn't that Seamaster a jumbo version? 37-38mm?

 

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hoipolloi

·Aug 21, 2020·Vintage Omega Connoisseur

1_Arrowhead 14393. Head only, 1180 usd. Facebook. Vietnam.
2_168.005_564. Head only 1200 usd. Facebook Vietnam.
3_ Seamaster 300 co axial. Used with box and paper 3280 usd Facebook Vietnam.
4_Seamaster 166.011.(36mm) Leather strap with correct buckle 695 usd. Closer. Ebay. Japan.

The ones from Vietnam were sent to me by DHL as gift, shipping cost is about 50usd.
The Seamaster from Closer is free shipping but I had to pay @100 usd for tax.

 

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STANDY

·Aug 21, 2020·schizophrenic pizza orderer and watch collector

hoipolloi

4_Seamaster 166.011.(36mm) Leather strap with correct buckle 695 usd. Closer. Ebay. Japan.

Dibs

 

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krogerfoot

·Aug 21, 2020

Nice pairing with BOR bracelets. What's the size of the 166.011? The photo makes it look like it's no bigger than the Constellations.

Sometimes when I think, gosh, I wish I were even poorer, I look around for an oversize Seamaster here in Japan, but fortunately for my family I haven't run across an irresistible buy yet.

 

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Eve

·Aug 21, 2020

hoipolloi

1_Arrowhead 14393. Head only, 1180 usd. Facebook. Vietnam.
2_168.005_564. Head only 1200 usd. Facebook Vietnam.
3_ Seamaster 300 co axial. Used with box and paper 3280 usd Facebook Vietnam.
4_Seamaster 166.011.(36mm) Leather strap with correct buckle 695 usd. Closer. Ebay. Japan.

The ones from Vietnam were sent to me by DHL as gift, shipping cost is about 50usd.
The Seamaster from Closer is free shipping but I had to pay @100 usd for tax.

No risk no fun i guess 😀
At the currents shipping delays i am worried sending unensured, othewise the tax makes it not so cheap..

 

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mr_smith

·Aug 21, 2020

hoipolloi

How about you?

I picked up my 2254.50 from elady (Japan)...

 

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hoipolloi

·Aug 21, 2020·Vintage Omega Connoisseur

krogerfoot

. What's the size of the 166.011? The photo makes it look like it's no bigger than the Constellations.

It is 36mm

 

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krogerfoot

·Aug 24, 2022

hoipolloi

It is 36mm

I just got a 166.011, purportedly 36.5mm, and though it's very handsome on a BOR, my impression remains that it's an extremely subtle difference in size from the 166.010/168.024 models that I'm used to. In other news, 1.5mm continues to not be a large quantity.