2017-10-09. When Bukowskis ordered the new one I don't know.
2017-10-10, in an email:
"
Thank you for your request for an extract from the archives.
In order to help me in my research, could I ask you to send me some pictures of your watch, specifically of the front of your watch (dial side).
Thank you in advance for your help."
Why is this so strange?
So you ordered the extract 2017-10-09.
And the mail from OMEGA returned just one day later, 2017-10-10?
I hope that the buyer has bought what he wanted...
This thread alone is enough to scare me off from vintage Speedys altogether. Just... yikes.
Bukowski's sold for hammer price 260,000 SEK
https://www.bukowskis.com/en/auctions/610/33-omega-speedmaster-chronograph-ultraman
....
This thread alone is enough to scare me off from vintage Speedys altogether. Just... yikes.
Btw, the picture in my avatar is the watch with the white hand on, and the picture I sent to Omega when ordering the extract, so they could not know from the picture that the watch had an orange hand. Someone here insinuated that that is how and why they put that information in the extract.
Why did you send a picture at all? That is not part of the normal extract process. Curiouser and curiouser...
Is the flaking paint on the red hand near the central pinion a concern or a good sign?
There is some discussion at present over the integrity or otherwise of the extract process, which is supposed to in theory offer a verified record of what Omega hold in their archives, without reference to the current state of the piece. It has been suggested that records for the Ultraman were in fact not as complete as they are assumed to be. The fact you were asked for a picture does nothing to calm my worries over this. It is not usual at all and rather plays into the hands of those that say that influence can be brought to bear on what is printed on extracts. I do accept your point that you sent it with a different hand but you have to ask why Omega would need to see the watch if they already know all they need.
So you ordered the extract 2017-10-09.
And the strange mail from OMEGA came just one day later, 2017-10-10?
For what it is worth, I once ordered an extract online and entered an incorrect serial number by mistake.
I received a similar e-mail from the Omega museum asking to re-verify the serial number and send pictures of the watch.
I'd be worried about where those flakes of paint have ended up.
