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OllieOnTheRocks
·Dear Omega Forums,
My name is Oliver - and I thought a good place to start my journey on your site was by introducing myself.
With a background in design and engineering, watches appeal to me as the embodiment of many of my values. Whilst beauty is subjective, we cannot deny the sheer magnificence of the engineered timepiece and when this is coupled by a well designed and considered dial - many of these I would happily describe as masterpieces, the perfect balance between aesthetics and function. With my desire for elegance, I am undoubtably drawn towards vintage watches, and particularly those produced in the 40s, 50s and 60s.
I started collecting vintage watches 4 years ago, after a brief search online to buy myself a new watch. Quickly I discovered that for a similar price to a branded fashion watch I could buy myself a real piece of history. My first watch was an Omega Geneve 14702 cal 552 in gold plaque - and what a beauty it was, the two tone dial, the large stick indices that reflected the light and brought your attention to the cursive "geneve" and cross hair that delicately decorated its face. Its serial dated it to 1959 and 57 years later, in 2016 its heartbeat was still ticking. I was immediately in love, and needless to say I was a convert - I was now a vintage watch collector.
Today, I have watches by Omega, Longines, Wittnauer, Rotary and Baume&Mercier. Omega remains a brand that I hold dear and consistently brings me joy. My latest purchase was a Tiffany signed Omega 30T2-RG which I will be making a post about in the next couple of days - I'm hopeful that the dial is real, but I will leave that for the experts!
Thank you so much for having me, I look forward to joining your discussions and taking this journey that we all enjoy so much together! Be safe and talk soon!
Oliver
My name is Oliver - and I thought a good place to start my journey on your site was by introducing myself.
With a background in design and engineering, watches appeal to me as the embodiment of many of my values. Whilst beauty is subjective, we cannot deny the sheer magnificence of the engineered timepiece and when this is coupled by a well designed and considered dial - many of these I would happily describe as masterpieces, the perfect balance between aesthetics and function. With my desire for elegance, I am undoubtably drawn towards vintage watches, and particularly those produced in the 40s, 50s and 60s.
I started collecting vintage watches 4 years ago, after a brief search online to buy myself a new watch. Quickly I discovered that for a similar price to a branded fashion watch I could buy myself a real piece of history. My first watch was an Omega Geneve 14702 cal 552 in gold plaque - and what a beauty it was, the two tone dial, the large stick indices that reflected the light and brought your attention to the cursive "geneve" and cross hair that delicately decorated its face. Its serial dated it to 1959 and 57 years later, in 2016 its heartbeat was still ticking. I was immediately in love, and needless to say I was a convert - I was now a vintage watch collector.
Today, I have watches by Omega, Longines, Wittnauer, Rotary and Baume&Mercier. Omega remains a brand that I hold dear and consistently brings me joy. My latest purchase was a Tiffany signed Omega 30T2-RG which I will be making a post about in the next couple of days - I'm hopeful that the dial is real, but I will leave that for the experts!
Thank you so much for having me, I look forward to joining your discussions and taking this journey that we all enjoy so much together! Be safe and talk soon!
Oliver
