Hi, I'm new here, and I hope that you can help me.
Since always I wanted to be a happy owner of Omega's watch. Unfortunately, cost of them is to high, so for a long time they were out of my range. To solve this out I thought about buying an old vintage Omega. Lately I have found two models, which seems to me to be interesting ones. Nonetheless I heard a lot about fake Omegas and naturally I would like to avoid the situation whereas I become an owner of this kind of "watch" instead of Omega. Here is my request - please help me to decide whether are these two types are worth to buying or is it better to look for something else. In short - what experts think about them? It's clear to me that belts are not original, but that is propably all I can said about them.

The first one is Omega Geneve from 67', cal. 613 and it costs ca. 450$.
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The second one is Omega Seamaster from 56', cal. 267 and it costs ca. 400$. (By the way, could you tell me what is the main difference between these two types of mechanisms?)




I will be grateful for every help.
Yours MacSen

 

Don't like either to be honest. Both are heavily polished and the crispness on the case edges is gone. The second watch is a service replacement dial - you can tell by the Ω symbol. That should have the applied metal, and that shape on the dial now wasn't used until the 70's. I'd have to check on the first one but I suspect it may be a redial. The SWISS MADE is too far apart, but there were exceptions to that rule. There are a TON of these that were redialed, but an original should look like this:

 

Have a look at the sales forum here. I think there are a couple in that price range, from trusted sellers.

 

Hi Dennis - as they say, "every day is a day at school" so with that in mind....

The 'Omega' script on the first one looks uneven to me - does it look that way to you?

 

Thanks for help. Now I know how many detail are important

 

+1
If I hadn't just bought the same watch on eBay, I'd have been all over it.

 

Hi again,
I'm still searching and lately I have found this Seamaster on eBuy. I like colour of it and that it is the Seamaster :]. What experts think about it?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/OMEGA-SEA...es_Watches_MensWatches_GL&hash=item35c384e2e7Purchases made through these links may earn this site a commission from the eBay Partner Network

 

I thought so too..I don't think that's a bad watch.

 

Thanks everyone for helpful replies.

@ Dablitzer: Do you know where I can get brown strip like the one on your picture?

 

As a response to
"I would go for this one in a heartbeat: http://omegaforums.net/threads/omega-seamaster-day-date.3119/"

Correct me if I am wrong but to my knowledge that case should have a radially brushed bezel.
regards
JE
Here is my chronometer version of the same watch. NOS (before I used it). At one time I had three NOS in my lap: