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·Hi Forum Friends!
Here is a watch that came up for an auction a couple of weeks ago.
The first thing that hit was - HOW the hell can a watch become so trashed?
The dial and hands looked really awful, and the bezel had a lot of scratches and marks/dings.
But the estimate was low ( 5400€/ 5650$ with the premium),
so maybe this could be a fun project?
I asked the curator for a picture of the dial, since this might be a perfect dial for a relume.
And when I got it, there was no use going forward…🙁
The dial was very bad, with marks and stains, and also some extra lume that had been added…
So I dropped this watch.
And didn't ask for more pictures.
But I followed the auction, and the biding ended under the estimate, so no winner.
But during the day or following day, somebody must have called in and bought the watch.
And it went for the low estimate!
My thoughts on this watch:
Dial is very poor, and would be very hard to work on.
Hands could be good with a relume.
The bezel had seen a lot of action, fair here, but still attractive!
The case and case back had lots of marks (some deep dents) and scratches, but the edges looked good,
some brushing still visible and polished during a service, so maybe fair/ minus good?
There were the fat and short (nice…!) pushers, and a service crown.
The crystal was really scratched, so I couldnt see any Omega logo.
No movement pictures, but the watch was in need of a total service!
The serial nr checked in correct for this watch.
Following Speedmaster101 price chart (thanks again @Spacefruit ) this one would be between poor and fair (IMO),
3350€/3500$ - 4300€/ 4500$.
I actually wasn't going to do a post on this watch but since there has been some discussions here
on the Forum regarding low quality watches that were going to be dismantled/butchered for parts,
i thought that this one could be one of these?
Somebody might have had a nice dial and a set of hands?
Or what do you Guys and Gals think?
Here is a watch that came up for an auction a couple of weeks ago.
The first thing that hit was - HOW the hell can a watch become so trashed?
The dial and hands looked really awful, and the bezel had a lot of scratches and marks/dings.
But the estimate was low ( 5400€/ 5650$ with the premium),
so maybe this could be a fun project?
I asked the curator for a picture of the dial, since this might be a perfect dial for a relume.
And when I got it, there was no use going forward…🙁
The dial was very bad, with marks and stains, and also some extra lume that had been added…
So I dropped this watch.
And didn't ask for more pictures.
But I followed the auction, and the biding ended under the estimate, so no winner.
But during the day or following day, somebody must have called in and bought the watch.
And it went for the low estimate!
My thoughts on this watch:
Dial is very poor, and would be very hard to work on.
Hands could be good with a relume.
The bezel had seen a lot of action, fair here, but still attractive!
The case and case back had lots of marks (some deep dents) and scratches, but the edges looked good,
some brushing still visible and polished during a service, so maybe fair/ minus good?
There were the fat and short (nice…!) pushers, and a service crown.
The crystal was really scratched, so I couldnt see any Omega logo.
No movement pictures, but the watch was in need of a total service!
The serial nr checked in correct for this watch.
Following Speedmaster101 price chart (thanks again @Spacefruit ) this one would be between poor and fair (IMO),
3350€/3500$ - 4300€/ 4500$.
I actually wasn't going to do a post on this watch but since there has been some discussions here
on the Forum regarding low quality watches that were going to be dismantled/butchered for parts,
i thought that this one could be one of these?
Somebody might have had a nice dial and a set of hands?
Or what do you Guys and Gals think?
