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Mark020
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Interesting question….
 
jaegodylan
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Likely breeze right though.. I doubt the authenticity of their Authenticators
 
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I agree the listing is a little misleading, and the price is absurd, but I'm wondering what people here think the authenticators SHOULD say about the watch. The eBay listing calls it what it is: Watchco. The seller doesn't doesn't say "vintage Seamaster" or "1968 Seamaster" etc. Every part in the watch was made by Omega. The authenticators' job is to catch Rolex cases made in China, repainted dials, replica bezel inserts and the like. None of that applies here. It's true the watch didn't come out of the the Omega factory--but the parts did.
 
JwRosenthal
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I’m not sure what the issue is that would warrant a raised eyebrow. It’s a “Watchco” style (technically only a Watchco if it was actually assembled by Watchco AU) SM300 made with factory parts. Like @wsfarrell mentions, the seller doesn’t claim it to be anything but.
And the seller can ask anything they want - doesn’t mean they are gonna get it. I think this is more an unreasonable expectations issue than an authentication issue. It should sail through authentication- it is an Omega.
 
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Well, how many people out there actually know what the term "watchco" means? Sure, OF regulars do but an awful lot of people out there might be misled by the much more well-know terms "Omega" and "100% Authentic" and the "Seamaster 300" etc. I think the term "watchco" is actually kind of "embedded" in a way as to be easily missed, even. The lister could have easily added that the watch is made up of genuine Omega service parts paired with a vintage movement, of some such, if he wanted to be truly upfront about it all. I think it falls on the misleading side of the line, myself.

Now, how the Ebay authentication police will read all this is an open question.
 
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timoss timoss
Well, how many people out there actually know what the term "watchco" means?

There is a watch shop in my town that had a couple dozen vintage and modern used Omegas the last time I was in there - one of which was a watchco style Seamaster 300. The guy working the counter had no idea what a “watchco” was or what it meant.
 
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sonicosa sonicosa
There is a watch shop in my town that had a couple dozen vintage and modern used Omegas the last time I was in there - one of which was a watchco style Seamaster 300. The guy working the counter had no idea what a “watchco” was or what it meant.
Did they price it as if it were a vintage piece?
 
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Did they price it as if it were a vintage piece?

I don’t think I asked the price because their prices are ridiculous. I did ask about a Chronostop and it was $4200. I think it was the one with the internal rotating bezel, but still…
 
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timoss timoss
Well, how many people out there actually know what the term "watchco" means? Sure, OF regulars do but an awful lot of people out there might be misled by the much more well-know terms "Omega" and "100% Authentic" and the "Seamaster 300" etc. I think the term "watchco" is actually kind of "embedded" in a way as to be easily missed, even. The lister could have easily added that the watch is made up of genuine Omega service parts paired with a vintage movement, of some such, if he wanted to be truly upfront about it all. I think it falls on the misleading side of the line, myself.

Now, how the Ebay authentication police will read all this is an open question.

I believe that if you can afford to spend $8k on something without doing any reasearch at all, you can afford to overpay rather severely.
 
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I’m not sure what the issue is that would warrant a raised eyebrow. It’s a “Watchco” style (technically only a Watchco if it was actually assembled by Watchco AU) SM300 made with factory parts. Like @wsfarrell mentions, the seller doesn’t claim it to be anything but.
And the seller can ask anything they want - doesn’t mean they are gonna get it. I think this is more an unreasonable expectations issue than an authentication issue. It should sail through authentication- it is an Omega.

I don't follow the prices these things typically get now, but since the supply of cases has been cut off, I would expect that the historical prices that people are used to are long gone for these.

When I clicked on the link and read the auction, it seemed to be properly described to me. The image posted by the OP shows the description being very different from what is actually listed on eBay when I click on the link. The title was edited on Dec. 5th, so if the seller responded to this thread and revised it, I'd say good on them.
 
JwRosenthal
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These things have been hovering in the $3.5-4K range for a while, sometimes as low as $2.7-3k for lightly worn. But I agree, Omega slamming the door shut on the 300 for good (so they say) is gonna make these things fairly valuable in no time. We used to scoff at a vintage one bringing $10k, now that seems to be the norm.
 
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