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Hi, welcome aboard!

It is because we love them so much we jealously keep them 馃榿

Joke aside, I think you can find more than that in the private sales sections. The 1st subforum is for dealers (with not a lot of Omegas and mostly speedies), the other is for private sellers. On the first 2 pages (100 topics), about 1/3 are Omegas, and only a few are Speedies. You can find Proplof, Seamaster, Chronostop, Geneve, Constellation, and also 30T2 馃榾

Most of the discussions in OF are about Omegas, but also because plenty are opened by newcomers looking for info about a specific watch (and as long as it is nicely asked, there are always members coming with the right answers).
Now, most members are loving watches in general. They have deep knowledge about several other brands and they do not hesitate to share that knowledge. I guess that love is reflected in the sales section too
 
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Hi, welcome aboard!

It is because we love them so much we jealously keep them 馃榿

Joke aside, I think you can find more than that in the private sales sections. The 1st subforum is for dealers (with not a lot of Omegas and mostly speedies), the other is for private sellers. On the first 2 pages (100 topics), about 1/3 are Omegas, and only a few are Speedies. You can find Proplof, Seamaster, Chronostop, Geneve, Constellation, and also 30T2 馃榾

Most of the discussions in OF are about Omegas, but also because plenty are opened by newcomers looking for info about a specific watch (and as long as it is nicely asked, there are always members coming with the right answers).
Now, most members are loving watches in general. They have deep knowledge about several other brands and they do not hesitate to share that knowledge. I guess that love is reflected in the sales section too

Many many thanks. I spent a sad couple of hours last night looking at Seamasters and Constellations on eBay. I have never seen such a collection a...junk(?)...in my life. And the ways they used to disguise the bad quality of the dials was very inventive...never showing the watch head on so that you can judge the dial with a level eye, instead having them upside down, in very wide shots, bad focus, or very oblique angles. And the dirty movements...I would be embarrassed to say I owned a watch in that condition.

Looking forward to seeing much better examples, here.
 
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Hello everyone and thank you for the warm welcome. Went browsing in your for sale section and was very surprised at how few Omega's I found there...mostly various Speedmasters. Non-Omegas had to be 90% of the listings...if not more. Wondering why that is. I would think that this forum would be the ultimate shopping place for the widest variety of Omegas, and the cream of the crop and with great vetting by the forum experts. I think we all realize how rich we would all be if we had kept all the watches we have owned over the past 20 or so years. Is there a seperate forum here for Omega parts?

That's because we're all busy selling off our non Omega watches to fund the purchase of more Omegas.
 
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Thank you all for the welcome. I'm still learning my way around the place. My first two purchases are on their way to me. One from Las Vegas will be here in a few days. The other, from South American, could take a month if customs becomes a hang up. Both the sellers have very good feed back...but you never know until it is in your hands. My biggest concern, from what I've read and heard, will be moisture intrusion into the case. My second is finding a solid Omega repair place in the Los Angeles area. My immediate thought, if moisture appeared under the crystal, or the watch was inadvertently submerged, would be to use the same process when my cell phone or hearing aids got wet. Pop them open and submerge them in a bowl of uncooked white rice...which will begin absorbing the moisture right away. That would at least contain the damage until I could get the watch to a technician.

And thoughts on this, or directions were to turn will be appreciated.
Hello from another new member. In response to your looking for an Omega repair in Los Angeles area, a vintage Omega collector I know recommended to go to Feldmar over on Pico Blvd in Los Angeles. I just got my 1946 Omega CK 2414 (calibre 28 SC) back from a service where the watch was fully disassembled and I am very happy with the work they performed. Took about seven weeks all in all for the service, as the watch was previously very neglected, but to me it was worth the wait as the timepiece is a family heirloom that I inherited.

I'd be curious to hear from other members who have had omegas serviced by Feldmar as I can only speak to my experience.
 
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