Helo, my Name is Jacek from Germany... and im new here, my english is not so good i have two vintage RAF Omega watches... please see the pics... watvh this are rare ? how is the price if i want to sell it ? Thank You ! and the next one... thank you !
You have a '53 and a Weems there, pretty rare, better post here for better information; http://www.mwrforum.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?2-Main-Forum
The hands and dial are not original on the Weems. Good point, it has a locking system. Most of them don't have this crown.
Hi Jacek, Two very desirable pieces. The first is an Omega Pilot or Omega RAF, with what's called a thin arrow (TA) dial that I believe to be one of the Bienne (Omega) restored examples rather than the highly prized, original TA. The second is a Weems with replaced dial and handset, also highly coveted, but with obvious flaws. Crude prices would be $1200-2000 for the first and $1500-2500 or so for the Weems.
I was typing jsut as Tire-C was; he's right, the locking crown difficult to find on most all of the Weems.
depends, jacek. the 1953 omega has the factory replacement dial. the next best thing to the original TA dial. that should bring more than pointed out. the weems has problems with very hard to find parts, if somebody wants that original. if you want to repaint the dial, talk to causemann in Deutschland. good luck ! BTW: what is your family name? I think, we know each other.....kind regards. achim
logisch, jacek. war ueber 30 jahre in muenchen. vorher 20 jahre in berlin.jetzt 13 jahre in australien. LG. achim
The caliber number is in the same range although not close to the one of mine. The case serial number is very close to the one of mine. Just for your information, here is a picture of mine, with original hands and dial, but replacement crowns :
rgd. the crowns: have a look at the JLC forum. one of the german moderators had crowns manufactured to the original design a few years ago. gone now. but a wanted to buy may get you the right ones...... kind regards. achim
Cool Achim, dann ist das durchaus denkbar, dass wir uns kennen ich lebe nämlich in München und sammle seit 25 Jahren Uhren