Dear all, I just made offer and accepted on this Centenary www.ebay.com.sg/itm/390638706699?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649#ht_1570wt_808Purchases made through these links may earn this site a commission from the eBay Partner Network the seller is reputable. However I would like to get your opinion since Kyle raise to my attention that he never see one with fab print at bottom. thanks
I was quite skeptical when I saw it yesterday as it says only "fab". Mike will probably have a better idea. Looks like it is sold. Did you get it?
Nice! Mine had "fab Suisse" on the dial which was correct..(something to do with the import, origin of casing the gold?) I think maybe your "Suisse" might have rubbed off? Mine had a little bit age. But I paid about £800 for it so I think I did well...
That dial has been cleaned - probably mechanically with rodico. This resulted in the "suisse" being rubbed off and if you look closely at the rest of the printed letters (at least from the pictures) don't look that crisp to me.
I can see what you mean: You can see how the marker at 7 looks slightly worn, or aged around, as if that was how it was before it was cleaned. And the minute track is slightly faint.. Compared to my dial which hasn't been cleaned.
If you look closely, you can see an accumulated amount of gunk around some marker edges as dablitzer mentioned - areas perhaps that the rodico couldn't pry loose? That being said the dial still looks pretty decent with one but - was the dial re-lacquered or not since this is almost never done right and you end up with a dial like the centenary here: http://omegaforums.net/threads/omega-centenary.6805/
That's a nice watch. You can kill someone with it if you throw it at their head. movado made a lot of solid dials in the mid fifties. mini bricks. Not many survived the smelt. they weren't kidding when they said you like gold haha
It's still a nice watch IMO. Just worth being cautious as its quite a bit of money. The case is nice, too.
Alex - did you spot that was your 2,000th post? You really should get a Mars Bar or something . . . Back on topic. If it were me, I just know that the missing "Suisse" would bug me forever. Especially on something this special. And how did anyone manage to rub it out but leave the minute track intact?
By the way - I decided to change my avatar, I hope nobody minds. The privy / dunny joke was a good one, but I think we had played it long enough
Just noticed it myself. Was off-line since early last night. Nice one - thought you were Desmond for a minute.
Desmond has a rather more posh Connie than mine, which I could not lay claim to. Mine own is pretty much the same as this avatar.