De Ville OMEGA18kt Gold First Co-Axial Escapement

SydKid · Jan 29, 2023

I came across one of these with a blue dial in excellent condition for $10K. I'm still smitten a month later and haven't found its equal online. It's twice as much as I've paid for a watch. Is this De Ville worth it? Opinions and pushes in either direction are welcome.

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Annapolis · Jan 29, 2023

Do you find it attractive? It’s certainly of historical interest, but I’m really put off by the dial: too much text, a dog’s breakfast of indices… I’m also not a yellow gold person, though.

Point is, I’d only buy it if I really liked the idea of wearing it. If money were no object, sure—owning a watch for historical interest could be fun. But I don’t have 10k to spend on a watch I wouldn’t want to wear, and this one leaves me cold. But to each their own!

SydKid · Jan 30, 2023

Annapolis
Do you find it attractive? It’s certainly of historical interest, but I’m really put off by the dial: too much text, a dog’s breakfast of indices… I’m also not a yellow gold person, though.

Point is, I’d only buy it if I really liked the idea of wearing it. If money were no object, sure—owning a watch for historical interest could be fun. But I don’t have 10k to spend on a watch I wouldn’t want to wear, and this one leaves me cold. But to each their own!

Thank you, Annapolis. Good points. The dial is busy. I really like the gold-blue combo (not just on this watch) and the slight piepan dial - it was impressive in person. I've been looking for a Constellation 2852 with kite indices (who hasn't been looking for one?!), without luck, so I was thinking this might be an alternative without as much vintage upkeep. Thank you again for the input - it's been truly helpful to get other perspectives.

bradurani · Jan 30, 2023

Case looks polished. Can't be sure without more photos, but I have a hunch it was rather heavily polished in fact.

pkincy · Apr 30, 2023

What is the referrence? I have both the WG and YG limited editions (999 each) with this dial in white. I hadn't seen a blue dial in this series. There is a platinum model of 100 pieces with a dial that Watchbase calls Bronze but I call Salmon. The WG is 5941.31.31. The YG is 5911.31.22 and the Platinum model is 5921.61.31.

dsio · May 1, 2023

There are a lot more of these than were originally intended, Omega re-released them in a lot of additional forms some of which were nicer than the original. Personally my favorite is the Ref 4531.32 in steel with no date and less writing

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/256038951594

pkincy · May 1, 2023

Thank you. I do like that 1601/943 Armadillo bracelet as well.

De Ville OMEGA18kt Gold First Co-Axial Escapement

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