Recommended Vintage OMEGA WATCHES (only) On EBAY (NOT for Inquiries)

Al13

I'm far from the 200 posts, but I think it's a nice example so I'll put it here.
Connie 168.005 cal. 561

https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-OMEGA-CONSTELLATION-14K-SOLID-GOLD-STEEL-CAL-561-AUTOMATIC-MENS-WATCH/283862138895?hash=item421780800f:g:XGIAAOSwjQteqOWs&LH_Auction=1

larryganz

Pics hide how well-polished it might be. And not a single "face on" picture of the crown's "VISIBLE WEAR FROM AGE". Still, if the price doesn't go up much more I might have wanted it. It's one year earlier than my birth year, and I'm giving my gold capped birth year Seamaster to my son next week...

Al13

I'm far from the 200 posts, but I think it's a nice example so I'll put it here.
Connie 168.005 cal. 561

https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-OMEGA-CONSTELLATION-14K-SOLID-GOLD-STEEL-CAL-561-AUTOMATIC-MENS-WATCH/283862138895?hash=item421780800f:g:XGIAAOSwjQteqOWs&LH_Auction=1

larryganz

Pics hide how well-polished it might be. And not a single "face on" picture of the crown's "VISIBLE WEAR FROM AGE". Still, if the price doesn't go up much more I might have wanted it. It's one year earlier than my birth year, and I'm giving my gold capped birth year Seamaster to my son next week...

Al13

It's not perfect clearly, but the current seems really fair.

Peemacgee

gold cap cases are never as sharp as SS but this one is really quite well-polished.
There are almost no facets showing on the lugs.

what is of interest is the ‘missing text’ dial in a 168.005 case - but the movement does show that it was produced on the cusp of the reference change.

UncleBuck

You think the "Solid Gold", "14k hallmark", etc. has some confused about it being capped?
It's not a collector's piece but the movement looks ok and will make someone happy.......just not me.

UncleBuck

Snipes may push this over $2k....

Must be the super rare "Frog legs" instead of the more common.

larryganz

People are gonna spend $2,000 on that old watch, and for $3,299 there is a fantastic 2yr old Planet Ocean 8500 with orange bezel in the FS section. There is a plethora of Moonwatches out there for just anther $1K. It just takes a little bit of a stretch to get to the next step up.

Peemacgee

I agree, $1900 (£1530) is a crazy price for this watch - it’s a $1000 watch at best.

Meanwhile on this side of the pond a very good SS example sold for a little over £1130 - which was a good result for the seller IMHO.

However, whist I understand your value-reasoning, some of us don’t want a modern PO or Speedmaster and wouldn’t see these as a ‘step up’ from a vintage Constellation. 😉

larryganz

I was just making a point at how ridiculous the price got up to.