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路Hello OF,
Been a fan of Omega watches since I was a kid, with the dream of one day owning a vintage straight lug Speedmaster, but didn't really take the dive into learning more about the brand until early last year. My great Uncle, who was very prominent in my life, passed after a pretty prolong battle with cancer and upon helping my family sort through the house he had lived in for nearly 70 years, my mother found a plastic bag full of watches and asked if I wanted them. Having always had a fascination with watches I said "I'd be happy to put them in safe keeping and figure out what he had there, maybe even restore one."
There were a handful of smaller vintage dress watches; Seiko, a Rolex Celini (turned out to be a fake), Defender, a Bulova Accutron, to name a few, but hidden in the contents of the bag were two vintage Omega watches (both serial 10,xxx,xxx).
Definitely a bittersweet moment as I would have rather been able to learn the story of the watches from my Uncle himself but it had me off to the races to learn what I could about his timepieces. And in the process I may have picked up a few vintage pieces myself 馃槈.
Been lurking on here for the last year or so but glad to find this forum and to recently sign up as a member. Looking forward to meeting you all and will post photos as the journey unfolds.
Been a fan of Omega watches since I was a kid, with the dream of one day owning a vintage straight lug Speedmaster, but didn't really take the dive into learning more about the brand until early last year. My great Uncle, who was very prominent in my life, passed after a pretty prolong battle with cancer and upon helping my family sort through the house he had lived in for nearly 70 years, my mother found a plastic bag full of watches and asked if I wanted them. Having always had a fascination with watches I said "I'd be happy to put them in safe keeping and figure out what he had there, maybe even restore one."
There were a handful of smaller vintage dress watches; Seiko, a Rolex Celini (turned out to be a fake), Defender, a Bulova Accutron, to name a few, but hidden in the contents of the bag were two vintage Omega watches (both serial 10,xxx,xxx).
Definitely a bittersweet moment as I would have rather been able to learn the story of the watches from my Uncle himself but it had me off to the races to learn what I could about his timepieces. And in the process I may have picked up a few vintage pieces myself 馃槈.
Been lurking on here for the last year or so but glad to find this forum and to recently sign up as a member. Looking forward to meeting you all and will post photos as the journey unfolds.
