No idea if its original or not but this just looked amazing under the halogen lighting at Brisbane Vintage Watches and I had to snap some pics:

 

$2950

 

Its a 2846 Cal 501 14K solid gold case

 

I think the $1200 or so price is more an ebay price - it looks like a nice black textured dial. His price is typical of what the asking dealer price is.

 

Nice watch...price is not for me though! I'll stick with my SS date at 6.

 

Looks like $1500 or something for the gold capped Pie Pan.

 

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So tempted to make an offer on this bad boy just so I can nick the 14K bracelet and flip the head...

 

That poorly redialed head may be difficult to flip for a decent price, making that an expensive bracelet for 14k.

 

If it is going where I suspect it is going then I would wait for a period correct omega bracelet with the right endlinks - perhaps even a beads of rice bracelet in 14 or 18k gold or a stretch bracelet (like those in the early speedmasters) also in gold with 18mm endlinks. These do come up from time to time and are worth waiting for.

 

Yea it is, ideally I'd love to somehow score one of those very early brick bracelets with flush endlinks for standard lug models but a BOR would be great too, I just literally have never seen one on the bay unattached to a watch (and normally when there's a bracelet they overprice the hell out of them).

 

Bringing back some old posts for interest.