I need some advice from some of you omega experts. I'm in the market for a seamaster, and I was thinking of a plain seamaster but I'm finding a lot of mint Planet Oceans for under $3000 on ebay. I was wondering why there are so many mint planet oceans on ebay to see if they are legitimate, because if they are mint, then I'd rather have planet ocean than a regular seamaster. Here are some examples: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Near-Mint-O...-Steel-Auto-Watch-w-Box-Papers-/111432847991?Purchases made through these links may earn this site a commission from the eBay Partner Network http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pristine-Om...2ed53110c0pt=Wristwatches&hash=item19f1ea5277Purchases made through these links may earn this site a commission from the eBay Partner Network http://www.ebay.com/itm/OMEGA-Seama...281579043?pt=Wristwatches&hash=item2c89454423Purchases made through these links may earn this site a commission from the eBay Partner Network
Those are Planet Ocean 2500s, the Planet Ocean 8500 is the new one and is a more expensive model, there's nothing wrong with the 2500, but after the new model came out there was a lot of old stock in inventories of the 2500 and a lot of owners around considering upgrading.
dsio thanks for your response. I thought that those coaxial ones are new but didnt' realize that there was a newer version. So as the new ones are going for $4000+ in grey market mint 2500s for under $3000 is not a bad deal?
The 2500 is still a great watch, and many 2500 owners love them. Given Seamaster Pros like the sword hand 2254.50 can exceed 2k in nice shape I don't think its unreasonable.
You can probably find a BNIB/LNIB PO 2500 for just a little over $2k, but you need to have the patience. It all depends on how much you research.
a little over $2k would be a huge stretch, you can't even get a LNIB Seamaster Pro for that kind of money
What do you have to say about the listings below? The cards are missing in the second one. http://forums.timezone.com/index.php?t=tree&goto=6794783&rid=0#msg_6794783 http://forums.timezone.com/index.php?t=tree&goto=6790079&rid=0#msg_6790079
No, they're not I'm afraid, the two sellers rated them at 94% and 95% respectively. The TZ grading system goes: 100% - LNIB 100% - 98% Mint 93-97% Near Mint The first one has softened edges on the lugs where its been polished to remove scratches from the case.