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dsio
··Ash @ ΩF
Always good to see someone avoid a dodgy seller or buy with protection, its never a good feeling when someone signs up and tells us I paid $xxxx by wire and never got the watch.
Mistakes you made before finding Omega Forums
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NGO1
·Before OF, I though all SpeedMasters look the same.
After a year of reading, I now know all SpeedMasters look the same.
After a year of reading, I now know all SpeedMasters look the same.
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mydeafcat
·OF saved me from paying the DNT*.
In 2017, to compliment my beloved 2254 bought new 9 years earlier, I was about to pull the trigger on a polished to butter, frankened birth-year Omega. I never even considered to seek out sites like OF.
Thankfully, my scrolling took me here rather than to ownership of a POS. My first vintage was instead a SM30 linen dial from 1963 (made in my birth year but dated the following); I was enabled by a comment from Troels, no less. Talk about a confident way to begin. The movement is pristine, but the hands are pitted. Not perfect but I love it all the same.
I reckon my biggest mistake was not giving full consideration to time: the books that would remain unfinished, the ones that would never get started, and the 000s of hours that would seem to disappear after I found OF.
*dreaded noob tax
In 2017, to compliment my beloved 2254 bought new 9 years earlier, I was about to pull the trigger on a polished to butter, frankened birth-year Omega. I never even considered to seek out sites like OF.
Thankfully, my scrolling took me here rather than to ownership of a POS. My first vintage was instead a SM30 linen dial from 1963 (made in my birth year but dated the following); I was enabled by a comment from Troels, no less. Talk about a confident way to begin. The movement is pristine, but the hands are pitted. Not perfect but I love it all the same.
I reckon my biggest mistake was not giving full consideration to time: the books that would remain unfinished, the ones that would never get started, and the 000s of hours that would seem to disappear after I found OF.
*dreaded noob tax
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arturo7
·With OF I've got about a dozen really cool watches.
Without OF I'd probably have about four questionable watches but not know know any better.
That's a win, right?
Without OF I'd probably have about four questionable watches but not know know any better.
That's a win, right?
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airansun
·I would argue that I’ve made waaaay more ‘mistakes’ since joining than before...
This, this, this. Although my worst mistakes were thirty years ago...
Example 1
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Example 3
(Sorry about my fingers. These are old photos, before OF taught me better manners.)
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Archer
··Omega Qualified WatchmakerNot that I would call it a mistake, but I didn't own any Omegas when I joined here, and now I have a few...
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mjb
·I don't know if I made any mistakes that would have been rectified by OF had I known about it first... but you guys certainly are a bunch of enablers. So it's all kind of a wash...
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140dave
·I would argue that I’ve made waaaay more ‘mistakes’ since joining than before...
#enablement #aint #cheap
A little knowledge with a little experience can be a dangerous combo. I am at the stage where I "think" I know things but still making mistakes, just becoming less expensive. (See thread on my recent bracelet purchase as further proof of my noob taxes still being paid) 🤦
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pmitchjr
·sometimes I think finding this site was the mistake...
I just got 3 more watches from a member this morning.. lol
I just got 3 more watches from a member this morning.. lol
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JwRosenthal
·sometimes I think finding this site was the mistake...
I just got 3 more watches from a member this morning.. lol
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Lostpuppy116
·I learned that speedmaster reduced is not just a "smaller" speedmaster moonwatch. And that you can join the forum without buying an Omega (not a mistake, just an assumption I made about membership). Thanks OF!
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Waltesefalcon
·A pie pan Constellation that was a redial and had a badly over polished dog leg case. Surprisingly, I was able to sell it for what I had in it even with disclosing its issues after holding onto it for a few years.
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wilderbeast
·I went to Austin Kaye With Mrs Beast to look for a nice vintage Omega as a tenth anniversary present. I still love the watch very much:
But it didn’t take me long after finding OF to realise it was a redial and that 1956 Seamasters rarely look quite like that. Luckily, I’d never part with it and I love that it is such a presentable, wear-without-fear piece. And Mrs Beast also loves it.
OF is responsible for all the original vintage purchases made since then...
But it didn’t take me long after finding OF to realise it was a redial and that 1956 Seamasters rarely look quite like that. Luckily, I’d never part with it and I love that it is such a presentable, wear-without-fear piece. And Mrs Beast also loves it.
OF is responsible for all the original vintage purchases made since then...
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JwRosenthal
·I went to Austin Kaye With Mrs Beast to look for a nice vintage Omega as a tenth anniversary present. I still love the watch very much:
But it didn’t take me long after finding OF to realise it was a redial and that 1956 Seamasters rarely look quite like that. Luckily, I’d never part with it and I love that it is such a presentable, wear-without-fear piece. And Mrs Beast also loves it.
OF is responsible for all the original vintage purchases made since then...
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hmss007
·Not really a mistake, as I've built a great relationship with my local boutique, but paying full retail price for my first Omega. I could have saved lots of money and used it to purchase more watches.
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3nicewatches
·Coming up with what I considered the perfect username for me in perpetuity for joining Omega Forums
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Kronos Infinity
·Coming up with what I considered the perfect username for me in perpetuity for joining Omega Forums
lol 3nicewatches with an profile picture of 4 watches!
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JwRosenthal
·lol 3nicewatches with an profile picture of 4 watches!
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split-time
·I have always loved the irony of that handle in this place. It’s like being on a diet and meeting up with friends as the Cheescake Factory for dinner....sure, just a salad.
