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·Sometimes you just have to have a bit of luck.
I was recently offered a watch collection for sale. The watches had been in a safe deposit box for over 25 years. After the owner passed away, the heirs were informed by the bank that there was still a safe deposit box available. The heirs knew nothing about the watches in the safe deposit box and were very surprised about the contents of the safe deposit box. I was lucky enough to be offered the collection. I didn't know at the time that there was a very special watch among them. For me, a CK2998-4 was the real reason to buy the collection. I had seen in the pictures that there was a Seamaster among them, but it was not clear to me what it actually was. As it turned out, this watch is a prototype of the Seamaster1000. I have not been able to find out much about this watch except what you can read at Omegaprototypes.com and Omegaseamaster1000.com. Fortunately I got help from a collector friend of mine who knows a lot more about these watches than I do. The next step was to open the watch to see what type of caliber was inside. I was expecting a cal.1000 but it was a cal.552. All the gaskets had melted and needed to be replaced. Only for the crown my watchmaker could not find a suitable replacement. There are also no engravings on the case of the watch, only a number engraved by hand on the outside. It looks like this is not one of the watches that was delivered to Comex. However, the serial number is very close to that of the Comex watches. What happens to the watch? I currently wear it often and enjoy it. However, I have written to Omega to see if they are interested in the watch as I have learned that Omega no longer has any. I think that this watch belongs in a museum, as it represents an important step in the development of diving watches. Untill now there is no response from Omega......
I was recently offered a watch collection for sale. The watches had been in a safe deposit box for over 25 years. After the owner passed away, the heirs were informed by the bank that there was still a safe deposit box available. The heirs knew nothing about the watches in the safe deposit box and were very surprised about the contents of the safe deposit box. I was lucky enough to be offered the collection. I didn't know at the time that there was a very special watch among them. For me, a CK2998-4 was the real reason to buy the collection. I had seen in the pictures that there was a Seamaster among them, but it was not clear to me what it actually was. As it turned out, this watch is a prototype of the Seamaster1000. I have not been able to find out much about this watch except what you can read at Omegaprototypes.com and Omegaseamaster1000.com. Fortunately I got help from a collector friend of mine who knows a lot more about these watches than I do. The next step was to open the watch to see what type of caliber was inside. I was expecting a cal.1000 but it was a cal.552. All the gaskets had melted and needed to be replaced. Only for the crown my watchmaker could not find a suitable replacement. There are also no engravings on the case of the watch, only a number engraved by hand on the outside. It looks like this is not one of the watches that was delivered to Comex. However, the serial number is very close to that of the Comex watches. What happens to the watch? I currently wear it often and enjoy it. However, I have written to Omega to see if they are interested in the watch as I have learned that Omega no longer has any. I think that this watch belongs in a museum, as it represents an important step in the development of diving watches. Untill now there is no response from Omega......
