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I fell in love with Seamaster Cosmic.
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JamieG
·As I found out the other day; a Cosmic is very different to a Cosmic 2000. Nevertheless, I do love my 2000
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rob#1
·The Seamaster Cosmic was introduced in 1967 and was produced into the early/mid 1970s.
Lots of options on these, hand wind and automatic, no date/date/day-date, stainless steel and gold plated, lots of dial variations. Beware of refinished dials, especially black ones.
Not to be confused with the later Seamaster Cosmic 2000, which is a completely different and unrelated watch.
Actually the first vintage Omega I purchased a long time ago and I still have it.
Love the split in the hands’ lume plots and the way they match the indices - very funky. Is it just the styling over other period Seamasters that make these Cosmic?
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Sgt_Bilko
·I had one of these but sold it a couple years ago. It had no date and a manual wind Cal 601 movement that kept great time and there is very little that can go wrong with these.
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Slowpoker
·I had one of these but sold it a couple years ago. It had no date and a manual wind Cal 601 movement that kept great time and there is very little that can go wrong with these.
Amazing example, it looks really clean and the leather really complements it.
Was it restored by some chance?
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Sgt_Bilko
·Amazing example, it looks really clean and the leather really complements it.
Was it restored by some chance?
As far as I could tell it was just a lovely original piece that had seen very little use and it was viewed by a couple watchmakers who definitely would have said something if they thought it was restored. A couple of the lume markers had partially worn away, but otherwise it was really excellent and came to me via a dealer in Zurich. Under heavy magnification you can see a few tiny marks on the dial, but they weren't normally visible to the eye.
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Slowpoker
·As far as I could tell it was just a lovely original piece that had seen very little use and it was viewed by a couple watchmakers who definitely would have said something if they thought it was restored. A couple of the lume markers had partially worn away, but otherwise it was really excellent and came to me via a dealer in Zurich. Under heavy magnification you can see a few tiny marks on the dial, but they weren't normally visible to the eye.
Wow, clean and original. You really hit the jackpot with that. Shame about the lume but I'm sure it isn't a big loss as I doubt the lume would still be very strong with this watch anymore.
Honestly in my opinion those marks just add character to the watch, even if it can't be seen without magnification.
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Sgt_Bilko
·In the dark there was no sign of life at all from the lume as you would expect on a 50 year old watch. It's not unusual to see lume markers that have started to perish on watches of this age and I would rather keep them original.
It was a lovely watch and nothing wrong with it at all, but when viewing my collection it just wasn't getting any wrist time, so I reluctantly moved it along. Most of the blame could be attributed to the 1966 Constellation I picked up around that time 😉
It was a lovely watch and nothing wrong with it at all, but when viewing my collection it just wasn't getting any wrist time, so I reluctantly moved it along. Most of the blame could be attributed to the 1966 Constellation I picked up around that time 😉
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Njnjcfp88
·Honestly both of these are stunning watches, the dials just look so simple and clean. That's really what a watch should be.
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Magnix
·Nice dial but unfortunately someone took it from a 601 watch and cut a date window with the kitchen scissors.
Ow wow... not mentioned it yet but it can be true.... there is a quartz movement inside.. will try to get the dial off the movement and have a look at the back of the dial..
If so; its the end of the dial.👎... I think a 613 movement doest have the date window on the same place...
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Rochete
·Ow wow... not mentioned it yet but it can be true.... there is a quartz movement inside.. will try to get the dial off the movement and have a look at the back of the dial..
If so; its the end of the dial.👎... I think a 613 movement doest have the date window on the same place...
Not on on the same place. At 3, yes, but considerably farther from center. You said it all already, if there is a quartz movement inside dial had to be adapted.
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Speedmasterfan88
·Great watches and an equally great entrance into vintage Omega.
Solid movements and a lot of dial variants to choose from.
Don't cheap out on cosmics though, some can be found for "little to nothing" but will often lack the appeal of a nice conserved case and dial which can be bought for only bit more with some patience and luck.
Happy hunting!
One of my former watches, sold here some time ago:
Cheers,
Max
Solid movements and a lot of dial variants to choose from.
Don't cheap out on cosmics though, some can be found for "little to nothing" but will often lack the appeal of a nice conserved case and dial which can be bought for only bit more with some patience and luck.
Happy hunting!
One of my former watches, sold here some time ago:
Cheers,
Max
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Njnjcfp88
·Great watches and an equally great entrance into vintage Omega.
Solid movements and a lot of dial variants to choose from.
Don't cheap out on cosmics though, some can be found for "little to nothing" but will often lack the appeal of a nice conserved case and dial which can be bought for only bit more with some patience and luck.
Happy hunting!
One of my former watches, sold here some time ago:
Cheers,
Max
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Eve
·Brilliant watches, I couldn't recommend them highly enough. As mentioned above, the only downside is they are difficult to open but they make up for it with stunning designs
For a second i thought maybe its the same watch, but then realised that the crosshair on my one is crossing the word COSMIC.
My wife never wore a watch before, but doesnt take this one off the wrist 😀
I also suspect those Cosmic dials are so well preserved since you need a special tool to open the case.
I hope the service by omega for this one will not cost me a fortune though..
