It’s been a while since I’ve seen one of these on the forum. Many have been on the hunt for one of these in good condition for some time. After much patience...
Very nice piece! It's one of my grail watches, but I feel I need to learn more before being able to pull the trigger for one. @Rasputin do you know good resources outside of OF to read and learn more about the Centenary? Thank you
@mondodec 's essay above, @Robert-Jan 's article : https://www.fratellowatches.com/the-omega-centenary-from-a-collectors-perspective/ This OF thread is worth the read in case you missed it: https://omegaforums.net/threads/centenary-2500-jub-serial-numbers.12752/
Lots here: https://omegaforums.net/threads/centenary-2500-jub-serial-numbers.12752/ A shame John stopped updating that great list of his....
Thanks to all of you for your help! @mondodec thanks Desmond, your essay started my hunt for the Centenary and I learned a lot about my Ref 2374-3. @Rasputin thank you for those great links, missed both before.
A most excellent and informative article which was much appreciated by me when I was looking for a Centenary (ended up with 2)
Newbie to this forum and just bought my own holy grail a few days ago. Would have been totally lost without Desmond and his fantastic Constellation blog. So far it is believed that this is the French made case with the 3010 jub movement. It has fixed lugs and of course, it is written fab suisse instead of Swiss made. The seller claimed that the dial is untouched and I guess it is correct.
Ref this Centenary for sale in Bordeaux https://www.paulbouyssou.fr/product/omega-centenary/ The description states that it is just like mine a case made in France for the French market. Does anyone know if it still was optional to have Swiss made written on the dial? Where French made gold cases also exported to other markets? Another question is if the second hand really is correct? I would for sure like to have a display box in silver if that was how my watch was presented to the original owner...