Omega Geneve advice

Hi Filip,

… and welcome to OF.

I’m a Geneve fan and think your potential purchase looks fine.

Hopefully it’s got a very reliable 565 movement and you should check that out.

I have a preference for 565s (date) and 552s (no date) automatics, rather than the later 10** movements. Parts are readily available and the movements comparatively easy to service. For a £600 purchase, I’d expect to have evidence of a recent service and, if it hasn’t, have a look around on eBay or Chrono24, where these are frequently less expensive.

For servicing you would send it to a recommended local watchmaker, not Omega, and could expect to pay around £150 plus parts, postage and tax.

A stainless steel case is a good choice and looks in good condition.

The hands and dial are fine for a fifty+ year old watch.

The T on the dial indicates tritium was used for the luminosity.

That said, if that’s the watch you’ve fallen for I can’t see any good reason not to buy it. Let us know

Late 60s/early 70s Geneve models like this are at the bottom of the pecking order in Omega terms, but that one seems to be in excellent condition and it an attractive piece. The caseback finish in particular is rarely seen as unmarked as that. I like it. With a lower value model like this, the mechanical condition is all important. £600 running well or better still with proof of a service is good value. £600 never touched and in need of an immediate £300-£500 spend is much less so. This is a more or less fixed cost with a 3 hander at least so you can see that the service status becomes much less of a factor with a £6K watch than a £600 one.

I think the price is a bit high. I sold two of these, head only in the last couple of months. One in decent condition for £350 and one in lovely condition for £450.
Also bear in mind you may have import duty to add on top of the purchase price of its being shipped to the UK