We get a fairly solid 160-200 visitors a day atm, and we're just happy to let this forum slowly grow, we're in no hurry, and in no danger of going anywhere at all!

 

+1. In it for the long-haul.

 

Google seems to crawl ΩF really aggressively. Some of those "visitors" are the Googlebot thrashing threads.

 

I'm very glad to hear you guys like ΩF.

We're actually growing much faster than the other big watch forums did when they started out, so things will only get better

 

Steve only guys ever been banned are tea leaves trying to flog counterfeit Nikes and iPhones. Interestingly we haven't had any real assholes come visit, which may have something to do with us being more Omega focused than Rolex focused, but who's to say (in fairness I do own a Rolex and most Rolex guys are ok, its just the arrogant few that rate their beat-up Date-Just or Sub as being superior to everything from an Omega to a Patek that give the rest a bad name).

Thing is we already know about the location of a lot of vintage Omegas, some are in the Omega museum, some are under Dennis's bed or Desmond's vault, some are being manufactured or frankened together by tricky South Americans and a huge number, possibly even the biggest number are still on the wrists of old men, in boxes, drawers, garages, safe deposit boxes, and briefcases, some in good shape, some immaculate, most tired, and many beat-up, waiting to be picked out, identified, and given a thumbs up or down as to whether or not restoration and return to service is viable.

According to Desmond's reference works, there are somewhere in the world:

• 1.3 Million (1,300,000) Omega watches featuring the Cal 300 series bumper movements
• 1.0 Million (1,000,000) Omega watches featuring the Cal 50x series automatic movements
• 5.8 Million (5,800,000) Omega watches featuring the Cal 55x 56x and 75x series automatic movements

Giving a total of 8.1 million. To put that in perspective, in 2010 Rolex received approximately 600,000 chronometer certificates.
What guess would you make as to the number still out there? Hard to even imagine really. That figure doesn't include the chronographs, which are a big segment of Omega production too.

 

They certainly are spectacular

The only section of the site we're more strict about is the sales forum. If people want to advertise here for free, their ads should feature decent photos and make things easier for prospective buyers.

 

Well we're up to 400 now, which is not bad given we're coming up on the site's first birthday next month

 

Great to hear.

Our growth rate is also more rapid than other popular watch forums when they started up.

We're very open to any suggestions and criticisms here. Any of you guys are welcome to speak up at any time. Don't be shy