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  1. matteo.mm84 Mar 19, 2014

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    Hi to all! I write from Italy. If is possibile, I want know same information about this watch (also the value) because I have not found anything on web.
    Thank you,
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    P.s. caliber 565
     
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  2. matteo.mm84 Mar 20, 2014

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    no one?
     
  3. Hijak Mar 20, 2014

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    A cal 565 is from the 1960s...I can't do it now but later I can try to look it up in AJTT. Seeing the inside of the case back and clearer pictures would be helpful also.
     
  4. cicindela Steve @ ΩF Staff Member Mar 20, 2014

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    Yes you can can't you:thumbsup:
     
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  5. Hijak Mar 20, 2014

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    There is no reference to a Golden Mercury De Ville in AJTT and the only other mentions of it I've seen are on auction sites with the watches being in Italy. And then there's this that may be helpful...

    http://www.uhrmageriet.dk/artikler_om_ure/golden_mercury

    Like I mentioned above, seeing more of your watch with clear pictures will be so much more helpful!
     
  6. matteo.mm84 Mar 20, 2014

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    ok, tomorrow I post some photo! thank you all
     
  7. Tire-comedon First Globemaster Mar 20, 2014

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    Mine from 1966 with cal 711 :

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    I couldn't find more explanation on the deville golden mercury.
     
  8. cicindela Steve @ ΩF Staff Member Mar 21, 2014

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    Somewhat surprising perhaps is to learn that Omega felt an occasion worthy of a special commemorative watch was when they received the Golden Mercury prize in 1965.
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    The Golden Mercury prize is the equivalent of an Oscar for commerce. Today the organization resides in Paris and appears to mainly give the award to larger east European companies following the fall of the Iron Curtain.
    Back in the sixties Omega got the prize for "their exemplary activities favoring the Italian economy and the efficiency of their sales network". Only issued once annually worldwide the Golden Mercury award was considered quite an achievement. The photo at right shows Omega's prize, the inscription on the plinth tells the story. The award caused the official Omega importer for Italy at the time, Carlos De Marchi, to have Omega make a small series of 200 special watches made in 1966 to celebrate the occasion. The watches were not individually numbered as we would expect today of a limited edition watch. Yet the serial number of this particular watch has allowed Omega Vintage Information (OVI) to clearly identify it as one of the De Marchi watches. (Omega photo.)
     
  9. matteo.mm84 Mar 21, 2014

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    Thank you!
     
  10. dsio Ash @ ΩF Staff Member Mar 22, 2014

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    I love how after all this time there are still pieces like this we haven't seen before
     
  11. matteo.mm84 Mar 22, 2014

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    other photo...
     
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  12. Hijak Mar 22, 2014

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    I'm sorry to say but this might be a redial.:( Let's let some others chime in but the wording on this dial looks awfully suspect to me.
     
  13. matteo.mm84 Mar 22, 2014

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    It's difficult, because this watch was bought new by my grandfather ... but everything is possible!
     
  14. LouS Mrs Nataf's Other Son Staff Member Mar 22, 2014

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    I have to agree with you - some pretty shaky printing.
     
  15. mac_omega Mar 22, 2014

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    redial for sure!
     
  16. matteo.mm84 Mar 23, 2014

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    what is not original?
     
  17. Privateday7 quotes Miss Universe Mar 23, 2014

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    Uh..oh....... explanation is long. I'll take short but probably not the most accurate
    Redial is a process of using original dial plate, scrub off the all the paint and re-apply layers of new paint again as close as the original as possible.
    Few redial resemble original quality. Most are not good and even very bad.

    So it uses original dial plate but certainly not original paint applied by manufacturer.
     
  18. matteo.mm84 Mar 23, 2014

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    thank you!
     
  19. matteo.mm84 Mar 23, 2014

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    it's difficult find an original dial plate?
     
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