Greetings from Canada - Just purchased my "grail watch"

[ae86guy]

Greetings from Edmonton, Canada.

Long time Omega fan and lurker on this forum. Finally decided to make my first post after I had the pleasure of picking up my "grail watch" from a well known member/moderator on this forum - I'll let him chime in here if he wishes . The watch is a late 90s 3572.50.



One thing that makes this watch a bit special is the inclusion of the T dial - as I understand it, early 357X references could come with tritium dials as they were being phased out in the late 90s. This one hasn't yet observed the more "desirable" yellow patina that some have, but I'm hoping that might change with time? In any case, it makes the watch more interesting in my opinion. I love the fact that it has a hesalite crystal but I can still view the beautiful 1863 movement through the back on this reference.


Here is my 1954 reference 2639 I purchased from "Omega Enthusiast" in December 2021. It doesn't get much wrist time but I love the creamy aged dial.


My 1965 165.002 Seamaster I've owned for about 5 years. This one's in a bit rougher shape but it's the watch that got me into Omega. Purchased from a local hobbyist watchmaker, it still keeps good time and looks great in my opinion.


Lastly, the watch that needs no introduction this past year. I am lucky enough to have a close relative that lives in Toronto and thus has access to a Swatch boutique. He picked up Saturn for himself and was able to also snag me Mercury a few days later.

Anyways, just wanted to introduce myself and show a couple of my watches. Comments welcome!

Edited: Oct 9, 2022

 

[bananapeanut]

Nice Omega collection. The Speedy is definitely a worthy grail. Congratulations!

 

[X350 XJR]

Welcome to the Forum.

You're hooked, no turning back.

 

[Scarecrow Boat]

Let’s see your AE86 too . You might enjoy the numerous car threads too

 

[ae86guy]

Scarecrow Boat

Let’s see your AE86 too . You might enjoy the numerous car threads too

Gladly.


This one's my pride and joy, though lets just say I've owned more ae86s than Omega watches (I have a collecting problem).

I taught myself to weld and "restored" this one with my father as a Covid project. Well over 400 hours worth of metal work in order to get the car to this point. Where I live in Canada, rust is a major issue with all these older cars as they use salt on the roads during the winter to melt the snow. You can see the progress on my Instagram here if you're curious.

 

[Scarecrow Boat]

ae86guy

Gladly.


This one's my pride and joy, though lets just say I've owned more ae86s than Omega watches (I have a collecting problem).

I taught myself to weld and "restored" this one with my father as a Covid project. Well over 400 hours worth of metal work in order to get the car to this point. Where I live in Canada, rust is a major issue with all these older cars as they use salt on the roads during the winter to melt the snow. You can see the progress on my Instagram here if you're curious.

I can't "like" this post enough. I love AE86's and yours looks great! That's a huge project and transformation and sounds like it would have been a fun project with your dad. Thank you for sharing!

 

[ae86guy]

Scarecrow Boat

I can't "like" this post enough. I love AE86's and yours looks great! That's a huge project and transformation and sounds like it would have been a fun project with your dad. Thank you for sharing!

Thank you for the kind words! Long Live Lil Sebastian!

 

[mahomes]

Welcome to the forum and congrats on your new speedy! Really liked that 2639 too, I’ve been eyeing one myself for a while now.

 

[ae86guy]

mahomes

Welcome to the forum and congrats on your new speedy! Really liked that 2639 too, I’ve been eyeing one myself for a while now.

Thanks! There's something about a manual wind, time only vintage Omega from the 40s-50s that is just unbeatable in my opinion!

 

[Omega-Q]

Congratulations & welcome to the forums! Beautiful watch(es)

 

[guaranteed.rohu]

Lovely watch congrats!

 

[mahomes]

ae86guy

Thanks! There's something about a manual wind, time only vintage Omega from the 40s-50s that is just unbeatable in my opinion!

Wholeheartedly agree, the case is also bigger than the standard 34-35mm cases with is quite rare

 

[Mcb87]

ae86guy

Greetings from Edmonton, Canada.

Long time Omega fan and lurker on this forum. Finally decided to make my first post after I had the pleasure of picking up my "grail watch" from a well known member/moderator on this forum - I'll let him chime in here if he wishes . The watch is a late 90s 3572.50.



One thing that makes this watch a bit special is the inclusion of the T dial - as I understand it, early 357X references could come with tritium dials as they were being phased out in the late 90s. This one hasn't yet observed the more "desirable" yellow patina that some have, but I'm hoping that might change with time? In any case, it makes the watch more interesting in my opinion. I love the fact that it has a hesalite crystal but I can still view the beautiful 1863 movement through the back on this reference.


Here is my 1954 reference 2639 I purchased from "Omega Enthusiast" in December 2021. It doesn't get much wrist time but I love the creamy aged dial.


My 1965 165.002 Seamaster I've owned for about 5 years. This one's in a bit rougher shape but it's the watch that got me into Omega. Purchased from a local hobbyist watchmaker, it still keeps good time and looks great in my opinion.


Lastly, the watch that needs no introduction this past year. I am lucky enough to have a close relative that lives in Toronto and thus has access to a Swatch boutique. He picked up Saturn for himself and was able to also snag me Mercury a few days later.

Anyways, just wanted to introduce myself and show a couple of my watches. Comments welcome!

thanks for sharing your Omegas and welcome to the Forum. Just as you I am also very new here they are beautiful including with Mercury

 

[jyles_baldemor]

ae86guy

Greetings from Edmonton, Canada.

Long time Omega fan and lurker on this forum. Finally decided to make my first post after I had the pleasure of picking up my "grail watch" from a well known member/moderator on this forum - I'll let him chime in here if he wishes . The watch is a late 90s 3572.50.



One thing that makes this watch a bit special is the inclusion of the T dial - as I understand it, early 357X references could come with tritium dials as they were being phased out in the late 90s. This one hasn't yet observed the more "desirable" yellow patina that some have, but I'm hoping that might change with time? In any case, it makes the watch more interesting in my opinion. I love the fact that it has a hesalite crystal but I can still view the beautiful 1863 movement through the back on this reference.


Here is my 1954 reference 2639 I purchased from "Omega Enthusiast" in December 2021. It doesn't get much wrist time but I love the creamy aged dial.


My 1965 165.002 Seamaster I've owned for about 5 years. This one's in a bit rougher shape but it's the watch that got me into Omega. Purchased from a local hobbyist watchmaker, it still keeps good time and looks great in my opinion.


Lastly, the watch that needs no introduction this past year. I am lucky enough to have a close relative that lives in Toronto and thus has access to a Swatch boutique. He picked up Saturn for himself and was able to also snag me Mercury a few days later.

Anyways, just wanted to introduce myself and show a couple of my watches. Comments welcome!

Beautiful watches! The dial on that first one is so clean