Hello. My name is Daniel I'm from Germany and mainly collecting automatic vintage watches from all kind of makers. A smaller area of interest are old electric wristwatches. This is the point where I want to start here. I already showed the following watch at "uhrforum.de". The opinions go from "Frankenwatch" to "Prototype". It is a vintage electronic watch, most likely from the 70s, that looks like this: I would appreciate every hint regarding the market and/or the purpose the watch was made for. What I already know is: -it looks very similar to an Omega 1230 movement -the electronic unit looks different (discrete electronic parts instead of a integrated circuit, PCB in front of the coil, not behind) -there is no Omega reference number stamped into the case back -there is no Omega tag and no space for such a tag on the movement bridge -there is no Omega collection name (e.g. 720, Megasonic, Constellation) on the dial Regards, Daniel
Welcome to the forum. Hard to tell but indeed a prototype comes to mind. You could try contacting the museum about it.
If this is indeed a genuine prototype, I think you have a very cool watch on your hands. I like the overall aesthetic- nice austere dial and an interesting handset.
I'm inclined to think it may be a prototype. There's enough contemporary Omega DNA in the case style and the Ω symbol and the script/font on the dial. Also, your motor looks to still have plenty of oil in it, maybe they were a lot more thorough with a prototype. Maybe contact Paul at Electric Watches (http://electric-watches.co.uk/).
Thanks for your answers. I already tried to contact Paul regarding pictures of a lot of Omega f300 and Meagsonic (>60 piece) which he could add to his database. But he does not respond. I don't even know if he received the messages I sent through his contact page I do not have his email address. So I don't think it makes a difference with this topic. After your feedback I will try to contact Omega directly. Thanks.
Might be worth giving Tony Coe, the owner of Swiss Time Services a shout... he's been working on Megaquartz equipped omegas for 30+ years... and has a little stash of prototypes.
Well that's a first. New user comes on and people with respected opinions start agreeing with prototype. If I had a dollar for every time this went the exact opposite way I'd have a nice prototype watch lol.
I guess the big difference is, they're normally trying to sell some hashed together pile of rubbish... whereas this looks a lot like a prototype of a megaquartz movement... more agricultural than the finished products for sure, but semi recognisable.
Hi all Yes its a prototype, I have three prototype Megaquartz which are series 0. I am completely comfortable its a legit prototype, nice catch. All of my megaquartz's are slightly different from firstly each other and secondly the production watch, these were basically the test beds for refining what was at the time a very experimental technology. Its a nice thing Best wishes tom
Priceless...as in there being no market for it. Now you may chance upon a collector who might want to add it to his pile but...any pics to share? Too bad the OP never bothered to say if he'd contacted the museum or heard back from them.
Yea that’s the sort of unfortunate thing, its historically significant and interesting but it really isn’t worth much to anyone that isn’t a diehard collector of obscure electric Omegas and Tom already has 3 so that’s him out of the bidding.
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