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Congrats to the 2699 Observatory Enamel Dial Buyer from Italy - and some discussion

kaplan
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Beautiful watch even with its flaws, I was thinking of contesting but didn't want to ruin the fun of another collector for a watch I'm not directly passionate about

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https://www.omegawatches.com/es/stories/the-observer

^ I do wonder if this watch is another "Omega Museum Project" - the dial is weird and the price is just off the charts, but don't get me wrong, I wholeheartedly believe this watch is worth around $200k too and the $20k recent sale was an interesting fluke for something so rare

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^ the one Omega has, dial logo is quite different
 
SWmania
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logo seems like it can be fixed back, just need to find a good donor dial maybe??
 
iamvr
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I had the chance to hold on for real last year. It was offered for CHF 33k if I remember correctly.

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iamvr iamvr
I had the chance to hold on for real last year. It was offered for CHF 33k if I remember correctly.

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That is a different watch. Compare the star alignment.
 
iamvr
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cristos71 cristos71
That is a different watch. Compare the star alignment.

Ah I see it now, same alignment with the museum example, but different to the one from the auction house.
 
Caliber561
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I was tempted, but I just didn't know enough about this variant of 2699 so was somewhat wary of bidding higher.
 
DON
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Lovely enamel work, but really hate the Omega logo position. Thats what ruins it for me

Think it would have been nicer in the 12:00 position. Nice open space for it as the 12 index
 
kaplan
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Survived a water intrusion, hands changed, but I'd say 80% condition - ie. in good condition, sad that they didn't even relume the hands, I recently bought the exact same NOS hands

I had stupid remarks about Omega's polished/curvy logo and purchase price, going deeper into the model, I see that the oval logo is used on some models for some reason, I personally quite like the bottom placed logo with sharper edges

These are Cloisonne dials
The Seamaster is actually the Neptune dial

There's a flower dial too, but I didn't dig deeper to see whether there are others in the same style
 
Caliber561
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kaplan kaplan
Survived a water intrusion, hands changed, but I'd say 80% condition - ie. in good condition, sad that they didn't even relume the hands, I recently bought the exact same NOS hands

I had stupid remarks about Omega's polished/curvy logo and purchase price, going deeper into the model, I see that the oval logo is used on some models for some reason, I personally quite like the bottom placed logo with sharper edges

These are Cloisonne dials
The Seamaster is actually the Neptune dial

There's a flower dial too, but I didn't dig deeper to see whether there are others in the same style
Well, don't forget to note that the dial is cracked in the bottom right quadrant.
 
jaegodylan
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I was watching the auction live and the auction house seemed surprised at the result.
 
Mark020
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Unbelievable that the auction house still did not provide a hi res naked dial pic
 
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