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accidentes
·Hi folks, I hope to get your help with checking this piece’s authenticity, and overall condition for an asking price of $450, please and thank you
Authenticity check - Omega Geneve 136.041 cal 613
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ErichKeane
·Condition is so-so (the case is a bit beat up, but perhaps not enough to notice while wearing, also can't be polished out because it is filled, not solid gold), and based on the state of that case gasket (and how some of it has slipped into the movement), it desperately needs a service.
Dial/hands are original looking, and crown perhaps is too. Case back is obviously heavily modified.
As far as value: Gold-filled ones go for less than steel, AND this one has a printed logo instead of applied logo. Looks like steel/applied logo can go for ~$450-$500 in about this condition, so I'd consider this one overpriced, but only slightly so.
NOTE: As I said, this NEEDS a service (as will most watches you buy: unless you can ABSOLUTELY trust the seller/it comes with extensive documentation, always buy watches anticipating a need for a service), so figure another $300-$400 on top for that.
Dial/hands are original looking, and crown perhaps is too. Case back is obviously heavily modified.
As far as value: Gold-filled ones go for less than steel, AND this one has a printed logo instead of applied logo. Looks like steel/applied logo can go for ~$450-$500 in about this condition, so I'd consider this one overpriced, but only slightly so.
NOTE: As I said, this NEEDS a service (as will most watches you buy: unless you can ABSOLUTELY trust the seller/it comes with extensive documentation, always buy watches anticipating a need for a service), so figure another $300-$400 on top for that.
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Spruce
··Sunburst dial fanAs @ErichKeane says, nice enough but slightly overpriced.
My suggestion, as a collector who currently owns three 041s - and loves the design and case shape (they wear bigger on the wrist than other 34/35mm watches) is to look out for an automatic.
I’d go for either the 552 no date or the quick date advance 565. Both movements are extremely reliable. And get the applied logo rather than the printed dial version
Here are a couple of mine
My suggestion, as a collector who currently owns three 041s - and loves the design and case shape (they wear bigger on the wrist than other 34/35mm watches) is to look out for an automatic.
I’d go for either the 552 no date or the quick date advance 565. Both movements are extremely reliable. And get the applied logo rather than the printed dial version
Here are a couple of mine
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dsio
··Ash @ ΩFYea as mentioned definitely real but these gold plated ones have to be perfect or you need to forget it really as they wear through the plating easily.
The Klingon case-back logo with Chinese characters is certainly interesting, I knew their space program was advancing in leaps and bounds but didn’t know they’d already made first contact with the empire decades ago.
The Klingon case-back logo with Chinese characters is certainly interesting, I knew their space program was advancing in leaps and bounds but didn’t know they’d already made first contact with the empire decades ago.
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mountainunder
·The kanji on the case back seem to indicate, as in this thread, that the watch was presented in 1972 as a graduation gift from the Yomiuri Ikuei Scholarship Foundation.
Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to make out the name of the recipient.
https://omegaforums.net/threads/can-someone-translate-this-chinese-or-japanese-please.176583/
michael e ·
Thread 'Can someone translate this Chinese or Japanese please?' ·
I have just done a simple repair on this cal 1370, the back is quite interesting, I wondered if anyone could translate it please?
Thanks, Michael
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Thanks, Michael
Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to make out the name of the recipient.
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accidentes
·Thanks for the input everybody! And the case back inscription is pretty interesting, I don’t see clearer pictures to share.
Thanks again!
Thanks again!
