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  1. VetPsychWars Wants to be in the club! Oct 23, 2018

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    https://www.omegawatches.com/watch-omega-de-ville-co-axial-chronometer-45315100

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    Quite the ordeal to get this one. Great price on eBay, about $1500. Sold as keeping great time! Yeah, my furry butt...

    30 seconds a day slow. Hands were messed up. Half the lume on the dial was gone. Movement would not start on its own from hack.

    Bastard.

    Off to Omega MIami it went. Came back with new hands, free. Too bad it was running 15 seconds a day fast. At this point I specified the new dial because I noticed the lume issue.

    The bracelet is brand new, $1550ish. $386 for the dial, $550 for the service... Oy. Ah well, they updated the usual parts in the 2500B, bracelet is new, dial is new, hands are new, mainspring is new... I got what I want and I'm keeping it until I'm dead, so the price is not as important to me as it might be to others.

    This style bracelet goes back to the 50s and Seamaster and Constellation Grand Luxe. We call it the brickwork bracelet. Not really armadillo.

    Tom
     
  2. ConElPueblo Oct 24, 2018

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    Not something you see everyday!

    Congratulations on finding "The One" :thumbsup:
     
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  3. Renton Oct 24, 2018

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    wow, very interesting piece. congrats and wear in good health!
     
  4. VetPsychWars Wants to be in the club! Oct 24, 2018

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    Watching “Castle” on ABC was good for watch watching. Stana Katic wore a Speedmaster and Nathan Fillion wore one of these.

    Tom
     
  5. oddboy Zero to Grail+2998 In Six Months Oct 24, 2018

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    Mine has the white dial . Also have back, grey and green diala in the parts bin . :)
     
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  6. rob#1 Oct 24, 2018

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    That is a beautiful watch :thumbsup:. Is that a GMT complication?
     
  7. oddboy Zero to Grail+2998 In Six Months Oct 24, 2018

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    Yes, it is.
     
  8. Archer Omega Qualified Watchmaker Oct 24, 2018

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    There aren't any upgraded parts for the 2500B, so you might be confusing that with the upgraded parts for the C version...
     
  9. VetPsychWars Wants to be in the club! Oct 24, 2018

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    They changed that intermediate escape wheel. You're right, I got confused. It was probably just worn enough, as they changed the pallet too.

    Tom
     
  10. gbesq May 14, 2021

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    Stunning watch. Congrats.
     
  11. Foo2rama Keeps his worms in a ball instead of a can. May 14, 2021

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    24 hour GMT hand notice the small writing on the inner dial going from 0-24 hours.

    it’s not the same watch as the original post.
     
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  12. kaplan May 15, 2021

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    Hope OP doesn't see this, lol

    The unknown future is always a pain, you spend 2X on something, then something better comes along for 1.5X