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Omega Ranchero Authenticity Help Needed
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Vintagewtchzilla
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Thread lcks pics
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·That really pops on the BOR bracelet. Stunning model.
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gbesq
·That really pops on the BOR bracelet. Stunning model.
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Vintagewtchzilla
·So nice I’d probably be afraid to wear it! 🙁
that’s in my gf responsibility cuz it’s way too small for my wrist 😀
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Rman
·@Reno7 Agree the dial appears original.
Having a pro relume the hands to match would be money well spent IMO.
The Railmaster wears a lot chunkier than the Ranchero, the latter is more of a sporty dress watch. Rancheros shine on the original bracelet and bonus points for the push button slide-adjust clasp.
Having a pro relume the hands to match would be money well spent IMO.
The Railmaster wears a lot chunkier than the Ranchero, the latter is more of a sporty dress watch. Rancheros shine on the original bracelet and bonus points for the push button slide-adjust clasp.
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·No problem. Use the magnifier symbol top right of your screen (I'm on laptop just now). Click that for search function. Three rows down, you can search on an individual's OF handle. Good for you, Wouter uses his name for that. Then, you get a feel for who they are, and their interactions.
PMs - click mail symbol top right.
And... welcome aboard!
Thank you so much for help 😀
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Reno7
·Should I be worried about the watch not having a lume in its hands? And , if I wanted to re-lume it, would that devalue the watch?
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·@Reno7 Agree the dial appears original.
Having a pro relume the hands to match would be money well spent IMO.
The Railmaster wears a lot chunkier than the Ranchero, the latter is more of a sporty dress watch. Rancheros shine on the original bracelet and bonus points for the push button slide-adjust clasp.
How much does it cost to re-lume that hands?
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·I’m inclined to think it’s genuine. Price is in the ball park, but again, without high resolution photos of the dial, it’s difficult to assess. Crown is correct, but it looks like the case has been polished (again, better photos would help). Movement looks decent. Keep in mind that the lume on this watch is radium, which is highly radioactive and has a 1,600 year half life. That’s an issue for some and not a concern for others.
Should I be worried about the radium lame? How dangerous really is it?
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TexOmega
·google radium poisoning and why you need geiger readings.....then, you decide how to proceed if you buy it.
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NotAClue
·Yes very nice, almost perfect 😉
For the sole purpose of learning why is it not just perfect? Hands' lumen? The case looks perfectly acceptable.
It is a beautiful watch @Vintagewtchzilla! Congrats 😀
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·For the sole purpose of learning why is it not just perfect? Hands' lumen? The case looks perfectly acceptable.
It is a beautiful watch @Vintagewtchzilla! Congrats 😀
Saying that, I’m not convinced that this model was sold with a signed crystal when new as I’ve yet to find evidence that they were, whether all or some.
Omega list their part as 5005 for the 2990 case, which is also a Seamaster case, did the Seamasters come with a signed crystal and the Ranchero not ? Did some Rancheros receive a signed crystal update at a post sale service ?
I’ve only ever seen 1 NOS Ranchero and the photos didn’t show a signed crystal. The dealer couldn’t confirm post sale whether the crystal was signed or not. If they were signed the crystal would have had a flat foot logo
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·Should I be worried about the radium lame? How dangerous really is it?
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·I've been on the path of restoring my own black dialled ranchero, which came with incorrect hands, incorrect crown, and an unsigned crystal (probably not correct because the tension ring fully obscured the Swiss Made text at 6.
The hands on the example the OP is considering are correct, although how they lost their lume is a mystery. However, hands that can be relumed is much better than incorrect hands as the right hands don't come up for sale very often at all.
The dial also looks original to me.
Good rancheros don't come up often, but the price of €4000 is perhaps high, given the hands will need reluming? Not that that is an expensive job, it's just that a relumed watch will always go for less than a fully original watch.
Reluming the hands won't devalue the watch, as it can always be removed or redone in the future.
The hands on the example the OP is considering are correct, although how they lost their lume is a mystery. However, hands that can be relumed is much better than incorrect hands as the right hands don't come up for sale very often at all.
The dial also looks original to me.
Good rancheros don't come up often, but the price of €4000 is perhaps high, given the hands will need reluming? Not that that is an expensive job, it's just that a relumed watch will always go for less than a fully original watch.
Reluming the hands won't devalue the watch, as it can always be removed or redone in the future.
