Omega 300 advice

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redpcar

·Jan 3, 2022

Agreed.
25 years ago, it was the right price.
Can you get a photo of the extract?
Are you both in Europe? Face to face transaction would be best.

 

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pmontoyap

·Jan 3, 2022

Jukebox63

Hi,

thanks for that advice. I stumbled over this searching for a Ranchero. I saw this and thought it would probably be worth a little more but wanted an opinion from the experts on this forum. I am no Omega expert at all. So apologies again if anyone feels I have waisted your time. I will contact the seller and see how real this deal is. Thanks to everyone again for the info and advice provided.

Make sure the seller takes PayPal, even if you have to add the fees. If the payment is by wire only that would raise another red flag.

 

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NGO1

·Jan 3, 2022

That’s most likely a bait.
If seller is advanced enough to create a sale; take semi-professional photos and owns an extract, he/she knows what’s the watch is worth.
proceed w extreme caution.

 

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Jukebox63

·Jan 3, 2022

Hi the seller just sent me this pic of the extract. Thanks again to everyone.

 

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Seaborg

·Jan 3, 2022

Too good to be true...
My guts say it's a scam.

 

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kox

·Jan 3, 2022

This watch is a well known example. Issue no. #225
Last discussed here on OF in 2019, were it traded a couple of times in auctions.
https://omegaforums.net/threads/w10-sm300-assistance-with-value.96661/

Be very careful, and please post a link to the sellers add if public

 

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Jukebox63

·Jan 3, 2022

redpcar

Agreed.
25 years ago, it was the right price.
Can you get a photo of the extract?
Are you both in Europe? Face to face transaction would be best.

Hi yes both in Europe… however I am in Austria and the watch in the UK…. It is manageable. Let’s see how it goes. Thanks for feedback and see pic of extract below.

 

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watchlovr

·Jan 3, 2022

Looking at the pictures from the previous thread, not the obscure, off-centre ones from here, it looks all correct and in great condition to me.
It may seem cheap to some, unfortunately the market greatly prefers the T dialled models.
That may change in which case this would be a good gamble.
I particularly like the correctly centred last line of engraving, missing the /A which would knock it then off-centre.
(/A being for an official Omega /MOD change to screw down crown)

 

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jantjewgm

·Jan 3, 2022

If this is real, buy it. But be careful and try to do some research on the seller since it’s almost to good to be true.

 

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Tad

·Jan 3, 2022

As mentioned previously there’s no way a seller would order an extract without researching the value. Tread carefully!

 

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Dash1

·Jan 4, 2022

Just ask him for some current pictures of the watch, rather than the ones he has reused from the previous thread on this watch. My bet is that he can’t. Walk away.

 

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perenowell

·Jan 4, 2022

Exact, ask him a photo with your name on a paper or something special.
Or find someone in the UK to buy it nd send it to you.

But it seems a little weird...