Fell in love with this Omega triple date but have some questions

Hey y'all I recently fell in love with a Omega Triple Date (1750034). However I have some questions about it.
Pictures:


1 Does anyone has experience with the movement (1150)?
2 Is it true this watch was only sold in Italy? If so why?
3 I know gold is softer than steel and all but the bezel looks really unsharp is this normal for a watch that is from 1995 or did this watch see a lot of wear and tear?
4 Is there anything else I need to know regarding this watch and/or movement?
5 Finally I cannot find a whole lot regarding price of this watch. I found 2 on Chrono but they are in far better condition how much does value go down with 'worse' condition? (Seller is asking 1.8k eur)

Hey @thim123

2 - Not sure... sounds like something a seller might say to add mystique, but then it is not uncommon for Omega to have made watches for specific markets, or specific retailers. The seller is likely confusing this with the Italian Market Speedmaster professional.

3 - Gold is softer than steel, as you say, but this looks to have been well worn, rather than been a watch for special occasions. The side shot shows quite a lot of scuffing on the crystal, which tells you about the way this watch has been worn

4 - It's worth talking to an Omega trained/authorised watchmaker to understand the service implications and cost before you buy the watch. Depending on where you are in the world, the folks here should be able to recommend you a watchmaker or two.

5 - Can't really help you on price as these aren't something that I've seen for sale all that much... it might be worth talking to the people selling the better ones, to see how close they'd come to the price this seller is asking.

General rule of thumb is to try and buy the best available version of a model that you can afford.

As a side note, looking at the inside of the lugs, this watch was on a bracelet - you can see the indentations that it left behind - and the buckle supplied with it now is not the type that would have been supplied with this watch if it were on a strap.

And I think the full reference is DA 375.0034/PIC 3330.20 - so it should look like this:

Thanks a lot for the replies! Good to know about the bracelet aswell. @tyrantlizardrex I believe there are two versions one with black in the numerals on the bezel and one without. But I'll try to redo my research with the refnr u gave me.

Overal thanks a lot guys 😀!

I think they all started out with the black in the numerals - more worn examples tend to not have it, or partially have it.

Like this (on the extreme end but illustrates the point):



Stock images of the watch as new always have it. 👍

@tyrantlizardrex aah I see. This caused a lot of confusion for me. Thanks for clearing that up. Was not aware that the black would disapear so well and just leave the indentations.

I'd guess they used some sort of enamel paint - it's really common to see metal bezels (on all sorts of brands and ages of watches) where the paint has worn away over time. 👍

The movement? It should be the Omega-ised version of the Valjoux/ETA 7751 which is a complex little beastie so any hint of "could do with a service/minor adjustment" may add significantly to your purchase costs.
If this one looks like a bargain I'd want to know why and I'd want sight of the movement.
Triple Dates crop up in all the usual places, the blue sunburst dial being the market favourite over the pearl dial. It is the Reduced case so you're looking at a 39mm watch.
I think this would look much better on the correct bracelet, you're unlikely to find one of them at any kind of acceptable price: I'd keep looking for the full kit personally.
The photo is of the same 7751 movement in an apprentice piece.

Hi @thim123,
Omega call that Model “The Golden Gate Chronograph”.
Here’s a link to the user manual, sorry it’s in German, but I’m sure you’ll be able to figure the main points out.
http://www.old-omegas.com/goldengatede.html

http://www.old-omegas.com/usa91.html

Cheers

Longbow

@tikkathree Yes I do like the original bracelet aswel. Like someone previously mentioned I'll keep on looking for the best possible quality.

@Longbow thanks for the site link 😀 . I'm already searching through it for maybe an alternative refnr that I also like.

Thanks again 😁 !

I can’t comment on the serviceability of the 1150 (moonphase), but I can give some insights into how robust its sibling 1151 (triple date non-moonphase) movement is.

The 1151 lives inside my Speedmaster Day-Date.


I’ve owned this one since 2005 and used it exclusively everyday upto circa 2011. It was my first and only Omega = clueless pillock wrt respecting date change times avoiding strong magnetic fields and water resistance.

Round about 2011 I started to get issues with the register at 6 o’clock incorrectly resetting; so it was packed off to Omega. The repair cost

and it came back with the following bag of bits


Unfortunately in 2013 the month indicator started to stick in the halfway position, so it went back to Omega under warranty and came back in what felt like a 100% new watch. I actually started to wonder if they had swapped the entire movement but numbers all match so I guess not.

Since it’s had a fair amount of wrist time since then I sent it back off to Omega last year for its latest service, after which it will get a lot less use/more pampering.


What I want to illustrate by this little story is that you should not jump headlong into ownership without considering the ongoing costs and take care to respect the rules concerning what time of day to make date changes.

In most other respects as Archer pointed out its robust.

Little update concerning reference numbers/PIC codes:-
Two-tone 18k/Steel on leather is DA 175.0034 PIC 3730.30
As above on two-tone bracelet is DA 375.0034 PIC 3330.20

As far as I can work out this model was introduced with the “Significant Moments” Trademark in 1990 and was discontinued some time before 2004.

Which books/magazines are these pictures from?