..... that I don't think I've ever had as much fun reading posts in a forum about a brand I have no freaking clue about. It's like a laid back class with a platoon of cool teachers.

 

Agree completely, fascinating stuff! There goes the bank account.

 

Thanks very much for providing this forum for us Zenithites/Zenitistas/whatever we are. An excellent place to focus on the vintage.

Every time I draw a bead on a nice cal 321 moon watch, the Golden Squirrel of Distraction runs by in the form of an El Primero. Someday...

...but I do have this warty little thing, bought on a whim at a pawn shop:

 

Not probably. Already.

 

The arrowheads are white. Don't tell me I have a knack for Omegas. Well, this should expose me as a fraud... something's missing:



How do I get me one of those little gold buttons with the igloo and the stars to pop in here?

 

That little guy lives in my back yard tree.



He usually plays games with me by tossing an awesome AP or JLC out right after I've bought a nice but less graily piece, causing me to do budget contortions to snag it. Sometimes he even kills my piggy bank altogether by telling the Watch Gods to offer up 2 or 3 of my dream watches nearly simultaneously.

 

Get a shot of the inside of the caseback and keep your eyes peeled on eBay for a NOS or nice conditioned replacement. They do pop up now & again for quite a few references.

I like it.

 

I agree that since the caseback is ruined anyway to go for the display back.

I disagree with the blanket statement about all 2892-A2's being less attractive than Connie bumpers though.

 

Yeah, I believe the case back is marked 2852, and it's a 505. Interesting idea, the display back. Very interesting. I've been looking for Connie case backs on eBay, and there have been quite a few NOS ones coming out of Australia, but not the right one yet. Any way to pop out the medallion from another case back and reinsert without ruining everything?

 

The irony is that I tried to start with Omegas back in 2006, but didn't realize what I was getting myself into. My first automatic watch was a restored Constellation with a 561 and rose gold markers/hands, supposedly from 1968 (anyone remember OmegaLord?). Of course I came to realize that the numbers don't match and this model may never have existed. Clearly OEM parts, just not from the same watch. After that, I gave up for a few years until I started into Zenith in 2009.

 

This is my smart-arrsery

 

No, no, no! We don't settle for knock-offs and copies here - we want authentic originals!