Hello Omegoids,
Taking the advice from the old souls here, I watched and waited, bayed in many different languages and nights of searching, but now I have the object of my latest affection: an Omega Chronostop De Ville cal 920. Omega apparently only made 61,00 of these movements and only for use in Chronostops. The style was made exclusively for the Italian Market Di Marchi by Fontana and it dates to around 69-70. It's in great nick with the tiniest amount of rusting on one of the needles. At 41mm it wears big in comparison to my other vintage watches , more like a diver really, but I just LOVE the grey burst.
I've only see three other Chronostop De Villes come up in my time searching (most are geneves) so I'm pretty certain this is a pretty rare bird. The fact it came in a period vintage Omega box with an Omega plaque inside was just a great bonus. The only downside is the bracelet won't adjust bigger and I can just slip it over my hand. I think someone here said something about this. Italians must have had tiny hands in the 70's. At 437 Euros I'm delighted, probably the best Omega deal I might ever get and all because it only showed up on bay italy.com and not on any of the main sites despite clearly marked as such!! This one is a keeper..no doubt. I think it'll be a long slow buy and sell of other lesser vintage watches in order save towards a speedy in the dim and distant future, my WAS (watch acquisition syndrome ) is slowing down! Your thoughts....?
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