Hi everyone, I am trying to find a decent BOR for my Connie that won't break the bank. I have found these two on eBay and was wondering if either looks legit?

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Thanks

 

Both look fine to me though I expect the prices to rise once the auction ends.

 

Finding end links for the second BOR may not be easy. Also, BOR end links are temperamental sods and the ones on the first BOR may or may not fit your watch. It's essential to do the research and find out which ones are right for your watch and which ones are on this BOR. Sorry but I don't know where you should look, or whether the absence of numbers means the BOR / links are not genuine. I only know that buying a nice BOR doesn't mean it's going to fit your watch!

 

Here's the nub of my question: "It's essential to do the research and find out which ones are right for your watch"

Let me tell you, google is NOT my friend in this search.

For Speedmasters there's a nice chart of bracelets and endpieces. A very nice chart.

I have yet to locate such a chart for Connies and Seamasters. My "research" is limited to trying to locate watches for sale on eBay with attached bracelets. This is very frustrating and hit and miss.

Do you have a better suggestion?

 

I have yet to locate such a chart for Connies and Seamasters. My "research" is limited to trying to locate watches for sale on eBay with attached bracelets. This is very frustrating and hit and miss.

Do you have a better suggestion?[/QUOTE]

Start a 'post your Connie/ Seamaster BOR end links' thread?

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But ask for specific watch references with them

 

I'm simply pointing out that without knowing which links you require, there's a significant chance of ending up with the wrong ones. I think I made it fairly clear in my original post that I do not know where to find this information. Someone else may do better. It might very well be on this forum somewhere, but I'm not the one who needs to do the looking.

 

All righty, then.

 

That's a really good idea.

 

So with BORs the end links are just as important as the bracelet itself? I am guessing that only certain end links will fit properly on certain references? If I obtain the correct end links for my watch will they work with any BOR or will they only work with certain ones?

 

Of course not. Did you really think it'll be that easy?

 

"Of course not. Did you really think it'll be that easy?"

What can I say, I was hoping. What I was really hoping for was that I could either get the correct end links and then find a BOR, or get a BOR and then find the correct end links.

 

Shouldn't be a problem if they are Omega end links, assuming of course that they are for the standard 7 or 9 bead width BOR.

 

The end links are specific to the case reference of the watch and the BOR they are to fit to.

My BOR coded 1037 (no.29) needed end links coded 570 which are the correct end links for my Connie case reference 168.005 and fit the 1037 bracelet. It originally came with 609 end links which were for a different case reference but were still correct for the 1037 bracelet.

How did I confirm this? I emailed Omega in the UK and then confirmed this with a parts supplier who confirmed that was the correctly coded end links required and they were correct for that specific BOR.

It wasn't all that difficult to find out the correct answer!