Suggest you order an Extract of the Archives from Omega. It will cost around $150 USD (not sure what the currency is where you are at). The turn-around time for these now seems to only be a couple/ few weeks. It will confirm the movement and case were together originally, at least. If so, the case and movement could possibly net a couple thousand USD. The dial might be trickier -- if it is a real dial it could possibly fetch about the same.
I'm actually looking for one of these at the minute and my old man lives near Brighton, so under normal Circumstances I would have been getting in touch to ask for more info and possibly negotiate a deal.
Unfortunately, the dial does negatively impact both value and collectability as originality is almost always preferred so I'm probably out of this one.
I would echo some other comments that given the dial (especially the T) an extract would help, along with clear shots of the rest of the watch from various angles.
To be clear, this watch is still worth a few thousand, just not the 5-6+ it would have been were it all original.
Sorry I thought I was replying in the spirit of theforumthread
@Spiny Norman as has been indicated before I believe, the watch has value but not as much as if it was all original. I don't really understand how Omega would have used a "T" dial on a civilian watch. Hopefully the extract might help.
My point is that I am sick of people being roasted on here for being new members asking about their watches. Some of which, like this one are very interesting.
Now the fact that they maybe selling offends some members, but also may interest others. I think potential buyers should be well reminded that you are an easy target for scammers if you enter into such a transaction with an unknown new member and it would be unwise to take any risks or trust the genuine nature of the watch or seller at face value.
On the other hand giving new members a hard time seems unfair and unfriendly.
Oh and the dial on that watch if genuine is very desirable.
How hard would it have been to just give this poor sucker a ballpark price.
FFS if I knew I would have told him in my post a page ago.
We can steer a newbie away from a redial 3x a day or tell a one poster it is fake we can help a guy with a avatar out.
I'm actually looking for one of these at the minute and my old man lives near Brighton, so under normal Circumstances I would have been getting in touch to ask for more info and possibly negotiate a deal.
Unfortunately, the dial does negatively impact both value and collectability as originality is almost always preferred so I'm probably out of this one.
I would echo some other comments that given the dial (especially the T) an extract would help, along with clear shots of the rest of the watch from various angles.
To be clear, this watch is still worth a few thousand, just not the 5-6+ it would have been were it all original.
As an aside....is it known for sure whether Omega or the MOD printed the circle T on the dial?
It isn't that complicated, Spiny Norman (I'm a big Monty Python fan, by the way). The veterans here aren't just running a free appraisal service. Otherwise, they would be deluged with requests like yours. If you take a bit of time and search this site, plus maybe one or two others you will soon find out about, you will learn a lot more about your particular model. Come back and contribute what you have learned and they will be happy to discuss it with you. I know nothing about such things, and even I know your watch is valuable enough to be worth the effort.
My point is that I am sick of people being roasted on here for being new members asking about their watches. Some of which, like this one are very interesting.
Now the fact that they maybe selling offends some members, but also may interest others. I think potential buyers should be well reminded that you are an easy target for scammers if you enter into such a transaction with an unknown new member and it would be unwise to take any risks or trust the genuine nature of the watch or seller at face value.
On the other hand giving new members a hard time seems unfair and unfriendly.
Oh and the dial on that watch if genuine is very desirable.
How hard would it have been to just give this poor sucker a ballpark price.
FFS if I knew I would have told him in my post a page ago.
We can steer a newbie away from a redial 3x a day or tell a one poster it is fake we can help a guy with a avatar out.
