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  2. ironmandreamer Mar 6, 2020

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  3. Archer Omega Qualified Watchmaker Mar 6, 2020

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    Well, clearly they have the PIC right for the serial number, but they have simply noted the dial variation based on your photo, and not based on what the watch is supposed to have. The 37111060 is the all yellow dial variant shown here on the brown strap...not what you were sold.

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    So to me, this is most certainly not an extract from the archive, but something issued to reflect what the photos you sent to them contained.

    The extract process gets murkier all the time...
     
  4. ironmandreamer Mar 6, 2020

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    Archer, I don’t know anything that would allow your thoughts to be challenged but the Extract has both a production date and city where the watch was first sold so some level of research must have been done to justify the CHF120 charge.

    I’ll be keeping the watch now and be comfortable wearing it which wasn’t the case when I got it.
     
  5. Archer Omega Qualified Watchmaker Mar 6, 2020

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    If you are happy with the watch, that's fine. It has the wrong dial on it for the serial and model, but this isn't exactly a hugely collectible series of watches, so the impact on actual value will likely be minimal if anything at all.

    My issue is more about what the extract process is - if this were truly an extract from the archive, it would say the dial was fully gilt (yellow) like the one in the photo with the brown strap on it. The fact that they have cited the white dial, which is for a completely different model (PIC) tells me they just looked at the photo you sent and used that for the dial colour, and ignored what the watch should have on it.

    The requirement to send a photo has never made any sense to me for a true extract from the archives. All they should really need for the is a serial number...

    Whatever this process is, it's not really an extract from an archive, but a combination of some information from the archive and what they see in the photos you send them.
     
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  6. ironmandreamer Mar 6, 2020

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    I took this catalogue page said to be 1991 off the net. I emailed the person who built the website but didn’t get a reply.

    I used to race and collect old bicycles. There is some great information online but it seems anyone with original Omega catalogues wants to sell them at ridiculous prices.
     
  7. ironmandreamer Mar 6, 2020

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  8. ironmandreamer Mar 6, 2020

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    Archer, 3711.20, what does this number represent in the pictured catalogue and could this be my watch model?

    Thanks for your continued assistance.
     
  9. Archer Omega Qualified Watchmaker Mar 6, 2020

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    Which of the references starting with 3711.20 are you referring to?

    37112001
    37112002
    37112003
    37112004
    37112006
    37112007
    37112008
    37112009
    37112010
    37112011
    37112012
    37112016
    37112020
    37112033
    37112050
    37112051
    37112052
    37112053
    37112056
    37112058
    37112060
    37112080
    37112098
    37112099

    Please listen carefully...your watch is a 37111060 with the wrong dial on it. I can't make this any clearer than I have multiple times already.
     
  10. ironmandreamer Mar 6, 2020

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  11. ironmandreamer Mar 6, 2020

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    OK Archer, I’ll end the conversation here. Thanks for your input. I’m not a slow learner. I was simply looking at the watch in the catalogue with the black leather strap that mine looks identical too ...
     
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  13. Archer Omega Qualified Watchmaker Mar 6, 2020

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    Yours looks identical to a 37112001. However Omega has confirmed that your watch is actually a 37111060...with the dial from a 37112001.