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Omega Seamaster XVI finally has come out of sock drawer.

  1. Privateday7 quotes Miss Universe Mar 13, 2015

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    Sweet watch. Good luck with your sales !!!
     
  2. marturx Mar 13, 2015

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    List it on eBay with the last photos you took. Publish the link to the auction here. I will bid for sure, even if I´m pretty sure I won´t stand a chance given the currently overrated USD :(
     
  3. ONEWATCH Irony embodied Mar 13, 2015

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    All I did was get down on the floor in front of the north facing picture window. Used the flower setting and tried to keep the camera still. I like the idea of a book. It really did spend the last 35 years in the sock drawer. Business conditions precluded wearing it and I never really wore bling except for business. Nice to her all the great comments. I'll try for some more pictures either today or Sat. No more floor as it is to painful to get back up.

    Thanks

    Rich
     
  4. ONEWATCH Irony embodied Mar 13, 2015

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    Since I am asking all these questions, why not one more. In doing my homework I found a blog by Desmond at Omega Constellation Collectors. I follow the directions to get his email but no luck finding it. Can anybody help me?

    Thanks

    Rich
     
  5. ulackfocus Mar 13, 2015

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    Desmond is a member here - screen name "mondodec". Search him under the MEMBERS link at the top center of the page, and send him a private message. He'll get an email notification. Please keep in mind that he's semi-retired so cut him slack on his response time and don't pepper him with questions.
     
  6. cicindela Steve @ ΩF Staff Member Mar 13, 2015

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    Desmond is a member here, perhaps we can entice him to show up.

    @mondodec
     
  7. MSNWatch Vintage Omega Aficionado Staff Member Mar 13, 2015

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    @mac_omega is probably the top expert on this reference and owns some of the finest examples known to exist. Unless I'm mistaken it is of special interest to Erich.
     
  8. mondodec Editor Constellation Collectors Blog Mar 14, 2015

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    Happy to entertain any questions via PM. Yours looks like a US example with the two tone dial. I cant actually see the markings on the movement although the rotor seems to indicate 17 jewels. This will most probably be a cal 470 example and will probably have OXG on one of the bridges.

    Cheers

    Desmond
     
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  9. Ko1892 Mar 14, 2015

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    WOW!! NICE :thumbsup:
     
  10. ONEWATCH Irony embodied Mar 15, 2015

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    Some additional photos for your opinions. IMG_20150314_165318_193.jpg IMG_20150314_165516_024.jpg IMG_20150314_165546_389.jpg IMG_20150314_165628_266.jpg IMG_20150314_165719_249.jpg IMG_20150314_165736_389.jpg
     
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  11. gatorcpa ΩF InvestiGator Staff Member Mar 15, 2015

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    To my knowledge, everything is as it should be. Which is a bit unusual in and of itself, as these watches tend to be messed with quite often.

    Very much like the Constellations.
    gatorcpa
     
  12. TexOmega Mar 15, 2015

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    Ouch!!!

    ::censored::::censored::




    My chin just hit the floor.
     
  13. ONEWATCH Irony embodied Mar 16, 2015

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    It might be a couple of weeks before I get photos of the inside. Sometimes I have to work. Grandson has spring break next week and we are going to get the 1973 M/C ready for sale. He is playing in two baseball leagues and I am the official yeller. Then, I have to set up with the local jeweler for the inside photos and of course take him and a mutual friend to lunch. I will post here when it goes on ebay. I will not sell private here just because the administrators have been so helpful.

    I thank everyone for the encouragement they have given me and will keep checking back.

    Thanks

    Rich
     
  14. ONEWATCH Irony embodied Mar 18, 2015

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    Just an update. Finally have a lunch date set for April 10th. That was the first date the three of us could get together. I will be taking pictures of the inside of the watch that day and will try and post then. For those who have shown interest in the watch, save up your dollars, euros, whatevers as we are getting closer to it coming on the market.

    Thanks again

    Rich
     
  15. ulackfocus Mar 18, 2015

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    Nice promo. ;)
     
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  16. ONEWATCH Irony embodied Apr 8, 2015

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    Well, about that lunch date to get the inside photos. The jeweler has come down with a case of shingles. I would not wish that on anyone. The new date for the lunch/photos is now the 17th of April. In closing, keep saving what ever it is you save. Not much longer.

    Thanks for your patience.

    Rich
     
  17. CanberraOmega Rabbitohs and Whisky Supporter Apr 15, 2015

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    Two days to go......
     
  18. RLC Apr 15, 2015

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    The suspense is better than Hitchcock......:eek:

    Bob
     
  19. ulackfocus Apr 15, 2015

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    Which is exactly what a seller wants. I bet he's got at least a couple dozen guys tuned in to what's going to happen.

    3 or 4 years ago, I'd have bought that watch already. ;)
     
  20. RLC Apr 15, 2015

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    .............3 or 4 years ago, I'd have bought that watch already. upload_2015-4-15_9-52-21.png

    "Time will bring to light whatever is hidden; it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor."
    Horace

    Bob