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··Prolific Speedmaster HoarderI have sold several watches, and while I have bought some, in general my whole collection is refining, and its feeling good - to have less watches, but more interesting ones that I will wear - even if its only once a year. The other thing I noticed while reducing my collection is that I stopped sharing watches here, and this forum needs to see our watches, or else we loose our way. (I believe)
Here is one I bought several years ago - by accident. Funny that, how this accidental purchase remains the only standard 1970's speedmaster in my collection. The other two are the Soyuz and the Alaska, hardly daily wearers.
Its a 145.022-74 in the correct serial range. I have not applied for an extract as it would cost me about 5% of the total cost and I am happy with what I know. The sharp eyed will spot a non standard Chrono and an original 1171 bracelet but non standard hand made end links.
The watch I saw at the tail end of my buying a few years ago. I even promoted it on my blog as the most attractive speedmaster on ebay that I had seen for a while, and that someone among the perhaps six people who had emailed me that week looking for a good watch should buy it. No one bid and I got it for very little money.
I think what put people off was that when bought it had a non standard chrono hand.
Matching a genuine Omega hand to existing hands is possible, but it is a bit of a time consuming thing to to perfectly. So in my watchmakers drawer was this non standard, non Omega hand and it slotted right on after it was serviced. My thinking was I would find an original hand that matched, but while using this I thought it looked so good that I have not had the urge to change it.
With all vintage collecting, I prefer to find, buy and wear things that amuse me. I am not here to please the rabid perfectionists, though I do like a fine watch, rather to please my self.
So this watch after all the culling, remains, with its wrong chrono and hand made endlinks. Here you can easily see the unmmarked hand made endlinks - must find some originals. The dust cover is original, which is nice as these are also a pain in the butt to source.
It is a -74, marked in the non pearlage back
Inside, I serviced it and the movement is lovely and clean:
So there you have it, one of my everyday watches, with all its faults, but then I find if you try live only with perfection, there leads the road to discontent.
Here is one I bought several years ago - by accident. Funny that, how this accidental purchase remains the only standard 1970's speedmaster in my collection. The other two are the Soyuz and the Alaska, hardly daily wearers.
Its a 145.022-74 in the correct serial range. I have not applied for an extract as it would cost me about 5% of the total cost and I am happy with what I know. The sharp eyed will spot a non standard Chrono and an original 1171 bracelet but non standard hand made end links.
The watch I saw at the tail end of my buying a few years ago. I even promoted it on my blog as the most attractive speedmaster on ebay that I had seen for a while, and that someone among the perhaps six people who had emailed me that week looking for a good watch should buy it. No one bid and I got it for very little money.
I think what put people off was that when bought it had a non standard chrono hand.
Matching a genuine Omega hand to existing hands is possible, but it is a bit of a time consuming thing to to perfectly. So in my watchmakers drawer was this non standard, non Omega hand and it slotted right on after it was serviced. My thinking was I would find an original hand that matched, but while using this I thought it looked so good that I have not had the urge to change it.
With all vintage collecting, I prefer to find, buy and wear things that amuse me. I am not here to please the rabid perfectionists, though I do like a fine watch, rather to please my self.
So this watch after all the culling, remains, with its wrong chrono and hand made endlinks. Here you can easily see the unmmarked hand made endlinks - must find some originals. The dust cover is original, which is nice as these are also a pain in the butt to source.
It is a -74, marked in the non pearlage back
Inside, I serviced it and the movement is lovely and clean:
So there you have it, one of my everyday watches, with all its faults, but then I find if you try live only with perfection, there leads the road to discontent.
