cristos71
·I've purchased from Omega Enthusiast before and had a positive experience -- good communication, watch was accurately described, and prompt shipping from Canada. His prices were expensive three years ago. and they've definitely escalated in the meantime, much more than the market as a whole.
Then again, if Omega Enthusiast can sell watches using IG and get multiples of what they would sell for on OF, then it sounds like he's figured out how to take advantage of a market inefficiency. Bravo for that if he has customers willing to pay those asking prices. Obviously his buyers aren't those willing to haunt the forum sales listings looking for sub-US$1000 30mm movement watches.
I think a more interesting question is whether Omega Enthusiast (and guys like him) will start paying higher prices for watches he buys to clean up, service, and sell given his increasing profit margins from sales on IG and other platforms. Will that buying behaviour start to drive up prices for 30mm movement and similar vintage Omegas? Perhaps -- though Omega made A LOT of those watches, so there is abundant supply.
Agreed, I say fair play to him. I wouldn't buy a watch from him due to his prices, but he does have nice stock, he does have nice internet presence, he does really make the effort with his vids on YouTube and he does generally seem to care about what he does, says and sells.
So if I was a newbie from that neck of the woods looking for a nice vintage Omega then I think he'd be way up on the top of my list of where to find one.