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Found a mint 1938 enamel dial scarab in a box today...

Spoonta66
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Found this old 1938 Omega scarab today, I forgot just how mint condition the enamel dials stay if they don't get broken. Makes it look brand new.

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Omega "Scarab" ref. CK 615, 32mm, 1938, 26.5 SOB T2

A little bit of dust on it and it needs a service because it hasn't been wound in over 10 years. I forgot just how gorgeous the old enamel dials were!

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chrisinohio
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Oh my. That is lovely.

So it's been in a box somewhere for 10 years and you didn't realize it?
 
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chrisinohio chrisinohio
Oh my. That is lovely.

So it's been in a box somewhere for 10 years and you didn't realize it?

I have about 200 more I haven't unpacked yet from 35 years of impulse buys and watch hoarding 馃ぃ, maybe 150 of them are vintage Omega if I remember correctly? I usually wear them for a while and Squirrel them away but I'm finally sorting them at the moment.
Anything cool I find I'll put up for sale here because the boss wants me to clear out the ones I don't wear.
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chrisinohio
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Spoonta66 Spoonta66
I have about 200 more I haven't unpacked yet from 35 years of impulse buys and watch hoarding 馃ぃ, maybe 150 of them are vintage Omega if I remember correctly? I usually wear them for a while and Squirrel them away but I'm finally sorting them at the moment.
Anything cool I find I'll put up for sale here because the boss wants me to clear out the ones I don't wear.
That sounds like fun! Christmas in July.

Do post any other goodies.
 
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That sounds like fun! Christmas in July.

Do post any other goodies.
Mostly watches, but I do have bags of gemstones as well after years of refining gold from broken antique jewellery. I have no idea what most of them are but I do know there is a good handful of diamonds, sapphires, star sapphires, some rubies, some emeralds, a few hundred natural pearls etc.
 
chrisinohio
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Wow! That's amazing. I hope you get to go through it all satisfactorily. As I get older, one of my fears is that after I die family will just come in and throw everything in a bin. Trying to make sure I sell enough to have a good time and leave a few precious heirlooms behind.
 
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