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··Ash @ ΩFThese include "skeleton" "art deco" "pilots" and any other description of Omega watch that is 48-52mm or thereabouts in size and manual winding.
These watches are often claimed as legitimate Omega vintage pieces, the reality is that they are made the following way:
To make it clear, from a collector's perspective, these watches are junk, even if the movement is an Omega movement, the moment you start engraving OMEGA into bridges, writing OMEGA on dials that were never made by Omega, and selling them as a vintage oddity, you are defrauding the public with a counterfeit product.
PLEASE if you are considering one of these, or anything else that you are unsure of, create a thread and ask someone for assistance before spending your money.
The following are examples of these junk frank-Omegas:
These watches are often claimed as legitimate Omega vintage pieces, the reality is that they are made the following way:
- A cheap, common, old Omega pocket watch movement is serviced to the point of running, and regulated.
- Some sort of cheesy decoration or art-work is done, in some cases they are "skeletonized" in other words, someone drills holes in the movement and dial and does some engraving work to make it look the part, in other cases they draw really large numerals and claim they were pilot's watches, in other cases they use abstract designs to make them look "art-deco" period.
- A cheap, stainless steel case with lugs for attaching a strap or bracelet is used as the case for the movement.
- A cheap strap is added.
To make it clear, from a collector's perspective, these watches are junk, even if the movement is an Omega movement, the moment you start engraving OMEGA into bridges, writing OMEGA on dials that were never made by Omega, and selling them as a vintage oddity, you are defrauding the public with a counterfeit product.
PLEASE if you are considering one of these, or anything else that you are unsure of, create a thread and ask someone for assistance before spending your money.
The following are examples of these junk frank-Omegas:
