Omega Speedmaster Review: Does Everything Look Correct?

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Hi, what do you think about this Speedmaster, (I think it's a ref. 3520.50.00)? Does everything look fine to you? The bracelet is stamped Omega, but I’m not sure if it’s the original one. How much would you value it at? Thanks.

 
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Everything looks correct to me. Probably original hands as well, or at least, old hands. Looks like these go for about $2k at the low end (for even pretty good ones), but no more than ~$3k in some rare cases (looks like mostly in the UK). Bracelet looks original enough.

Plenty for sale on Ebay, but most are listed more than their value.

They are nice enough watches. I don't like the bezel design, I think it loses a big part of the Speedmaster aesthetic, and I think the dial is way too busy, but thats just up to preference.
 
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It looks legit but It may be best if you tell us what price is being asked of you rather than asking what we would value it at since there are a multitude of ways to price a watch and the asking price is usually the most important.

ps I'd want to see better less blown out photos before buying that. The dial lume looks like tritium but the lack of contrast makes the hand look like grotty Superluminova, or perhaps tritium on the way to being patinated ie dirty. Better photos will help. Ask for them.
 
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It looks legit but It may be best if you tell us what price is being asked of you rather than asking what we would value it at since there are a multitude of ways to price a watch and the asking price is usually the most important.

ps I'd want to see better less blown out photos before buying that. The dial lume looks like tritium but the lack of contrast makes the hand look like grotty Superluminova, or perhaps tritium on the way to being patinated ie dirty. Better photos will help. Ask for them.
Asking price 1300USD, plus I should pay 22% import to Italy, this is included:

 
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So $1600 landed? Yes that sounds OK. It does look like the hands are a little grubby near the centre but if the price is right maybe you can live with a bit of patina. Bear in mind you may have to service it sooner rather than later, but being a 7751 derived movement you have more options than those with the modular Reduced models.

Note while that is a late 80s/early 90s Omega box, it's probably not the one the watch came with which would have been the red type that disintegrates and would have matched the card wallet in colour. That wouldn't really bother me. You can't wear a box.
 
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So $1600 landed? Yes that sounds OK. It does look like the hands are a little grubby near the centre but if the price is right maybe you can live with a bit of patina. Bear in mind you may have to service it sooner rather than later, but being a 7751 derived movement you have more options than those with the modular Reduced models.

Note while that is a late 80s/early 90s Omega box, it's probably not the one the watch came with which would have been the red type that disintegrates and would have matched the card wallet in colour. That wouldn't really bother me. You can't wear a box.
THis one is for sale on C24, year 1998, for about 1800USD, is this the same exact reference?

 
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THis one is for sale on C24, year 1998, for about 1800USD, is this the same exact reference?

Yes but that has the later SuperLuminova lume which actually still works but has less character perhaps.