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Post Your 1st Vintage Omega!
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mementomori1983
·Wow, a lot of Cosmics. Calling them "starter" vintage Omegas is really true. Surprised I haven't seen more Seamaster De Villes.
😜
This is technically my second vintage Omega, but I got it 3 days after the Cosmic. So I'd say both of them qualify as my "first" 😁
1964 Seamaster De Ville:
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adam78
··Adam @ ΩFSo many of you must have done your research first -- so many of these are such beauties!
About 6 years ago I bought these two, in quick succession...I should have kept the cal. 355, as it was flipped around so often, after I sold it to Dennis a couple of years ago, that I got dizzy! And I miss it. I just sold the cal. 354, and it's currently languishing in Indonesian customs, waiting for its next owner.
About 6 years ago I bought these two, in quick succession...I should have kept the cal. 355, as it was flipped around so often, after I sold it to Dennis a couple of years ago, that I got dizzy! And I miss it. I just sold the cal. 354, and it's currently languishing in Indonesian customs, waiting for its next owner.
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Jpilks
·First and currently only vintage omega watch. Geneve Calendar 503. This is not my picture as I had arranged with my watchmaker to send it in straight away to get the hour hand sorted out. I will post more pics when its finished.
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Steve
·My first and only journey into vintage watches was this Omega 9ct Geneve which I have recently sold. This was a very nice clean watch dated 1954, but at 34mm it just looked and felt to small on my wrist.
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SeanO
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NT931
·Here's my first, which according to an Extract of the Archives is a CK921 with a T17 movement.
In hindsight now I think it's a redial, and the crown isn't right, but it was pitched to me as 'original dial' and I fell in love with it.
When it finally arrived I wasn't prepared for the small size, and my wife asked me (with some suspicion) why I had bought a ladies' watch. She must have thought I was having an affair, and that the watch was meant for my (non-existent) mistress! With its fixed lugs and my skinny wrists, I struggled to find short-length open-ended straps (settling for a lizard strap with the unmanly name of 'Princess' from Hirsch).
Quite an experience for a 1st vintage. It remains one of my favourite watches, and one I wear for special occasions. And the T17 still has a 52-hour reserve 😀
In hindsight now I think it's a redial, and the crown isn't right, but it was pitched to me as 'original dial' and I fell in love with it.
When it finally arrived I wasn't prepared for the small size, and my wife asked me (with some suspicion) why I had bought a ladies' watch. She must have thought I was having an affair, and that the watch was meant for my (non-existent) mistress! With its fixed lugs and my skinny wrists, I struggled to find short-length open-ended straps (settling for a lizard strap with the unmanly name of 'Princess' from Hirsch).
Quite an experience for a 1st vintage. It remains one of my favourite watches, and one I wear for special occasions. And the T17 still has a 52-hour reserve 😀
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ulackfocus
·but it was pitched to me as 'original dial'
Many sellers will call a dial original if the slab of metal is the one that came with the watch originally. Collectors only call it original if the paint is original too. It's semantics.
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Lex4TDI4Life
·Many sellers will call a dial original if the slab of metal is the one that came with the watch originally. Collectors only call it original if the paint is original too. It's semantics.
Unless a listing says "never refinished/restored", the term "original" is just puffery.
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NT931
·Yep! Classic newbie mistake on my part! 😲
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ulackfocus
·Yep! Classic newbie mistake on my part! 😲
As mistakes go, that wasn't a bad one at all. See mine on page 1. 😬
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mac_omega
·Here's my first, which according to an Extract of the Archives is a CK921 with a T17 movement.
In hindsight now I think it's a redial, and the crown isn't right, but it was pitched to me as 'original dial' and I fell in love with it.
When it finally arrived I wasn't prepared for the small size, and my wife asked me (with some suspicion) why I had bought a ladies' watch. She must have thought I was having an affair, and that the watch was meant for my (non-existent) mistress! With its fixed lugs and my skinny wrists, I struggled to find short-length open-ended straps (settling for a lizard strap with the unmanly name of 'Princess' from Hirsch).
Quite an experience for a 1st vintage. It remains one of my favourite watches, and one I wear for special occasions. And the T17 still has a 52-hour reserve 😀
IMHO this dial is NOT redone, it looks just as a nice original example to me - as far as I can tell from this picture...
Could you manage to take a large high res. picture without glass/case? They are easy to take apart...
Then I might be able to tell you more.
kind regards
erich
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Jpilks
·My first and only journey into vintage watches was this Omega 9ct Geneve which I have recently sold. This was a very nice clean watch dated 1954, but at 34mm it just looked and felt to small on my wrist.
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kyle L
··GrasshopperI agree with Erich, it looks like a nice original watch to me. Crown does look replaced though. They are really nice watches!
Here's my first, which according to an Extract of the Archives is a CK921 with a T17 movement.
In hindsight now I think it's a redial, and the crown isn't right, but it was pitched to me as 'original dial' and I fell in love with it.
When it finally arrived I wasn't prepared for the small size, and my wife asked me (with some suspicion) why I had bought a ladies' watch. She must have thought I was having an affair, and that the watch was meant for my (non-existent) mistress! With its fixed lugs and my skinny wrists, I struggled to find short-length open-ended straps (settling for a lizard strap with the unmanly name of 'Princess' from Hirsch).
Quite an experience for a 1st vintage. It remains one of my favourite watches, and one I wear for special occasions. And the T17 still has a 52-hour reserve 😀
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MMMD
·My first Omega, purchased on a whim at a pawn shop.
Man I wish someone had clued me in to the fact that these things are supposed to have a gold medallion on the back, not just a shallow circular depression. 😀
Man I wish someone had clued me in to the fact that these things are supposed to have a gold medallion on the back, not just a shallow circular depression. 😀
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kyle L
··GrasshopperMy first Omega, purchased on a whim at a pawn shop.
Man I wish someone had clued me in to the fact that these things are supposed to have a gold medallion on the back, not just a shallow circular depression. 😀
Still a very nice purchase as long as you got it for the right price. Those White arrowheads are nice! 😀
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MSNWatch
··Vintage Omega AficionadoStill a very nice purchase as long as you got it for the right price. Those White arrowheads are nice! 😀
Not just nice - those white arrowhead connies are very uncommon - I would say for every 50 arrowhead dials you see in steel cases, 1 will be in white gold and the other 49 will by yellow gold. Nicer even if it is a true piepan dial with the white gold arrowhead markers.
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Gavin
·My first Omega, purchased on a whim at a pawn shop.
Man I wish someone had clued me in to the fact that these things are supposed to have a gold medallion on the back, not just a shallow circular depression. 😀
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MMMD
·Not just nice - those white arrowhead connies are very uncommon - I would say for every 50 arrowhead dials you see in steel cases, 1 will be in white gold and the other 49 will by yellow gold. Nicer even if it is a true piepan dial with the white gold arrowhead markers.
Wow, this thread is like therapy. Thanks guys, I'm feeling better about this purchase all the time... will feel even better if the right case back comes along some day. 😀
