Overpolished POS - Can You Top Speedmasterfan88's Find??

jumpingsecond

This comment reminded me about an interesting thing I learned recently. Italy has an elite Police Unit dedicated to identifying and recovering lost works of art: https://www.npr.org/sections/parall...oing-fight-against-pillage-of-priceless-works

They were recently seen in action repatriating this ancient piece of marble mosaic that was once a part of Caligula's love boat- recently found being used as a coffee table in a manhattan art dealers apartment:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/19/...ulas-ship-once-a-coffee-table-heads-home.html

maxbelg

This must feel really good in the hand, like a pebble you want to skip across a pond.....

ConElPueblo

I can wholeheartedly recommend The History Blog, which brings news such as this regularly. It was recommended elsewhere on OF last year or so, where I learned about it

Lucasssssss

I would like to submit this bar of soap on eBay at the moment: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Omega-Au...374550?hash=item1c97a6c9d6:g:8lQAAOSwkLhaBsiQ. Sold by Collector_Investments, ironic.

ConElPueblo

Well, you have chosen to pick on the one Omega reference - the right honorable Omega Seamaster 166.067 - that actually is supposed to look like a bar of soap 😉



(picture from www.poshtime.com)


Mind-boggling, I know!

cicindela

You guys are rather harsh. You can plainly see he followed Omega's polishing instructions, as outlined in the refurbishment manual.

sky21

What in the world is going on with that caseback?? Is that actually the result of a polishing attempt? And is that really the point where they stopped and thought, yeah that's the look I was after, it's perfect!!

BenBagbag

For you dog-leg connie lovers out there: