Morning everyone I picked up this lovely little trinket recently at auction, I have a real soft spot for the sport/ dress watches of the 50's and think personally at the moment that are hugely underrated. I know there are some real experts on bumpers on the forum, I am very much just beginning my journey in to these fabulous watches but have learned a lot about how special they are from people like @Tom Dick and @Baden Harrison and other forum members, there are some stunning examples within the community. Anyway, as mentioned I have not only developed a real love for the design of these watches but also the bumper automatic movements, I am fortune at own a few and have seen some amazing examples in peoples collections and about six months ago saw Tom's 343RG bumper seamaster two tone which I fell in love with, I wasn't looking at it and in fact was buying a Speedmaster when I found this gem at auction and whilst its clearly 'led a life' I think its originality gives it real curb appeal. The case is showing some capping wear, which I may have STS laser weld or might wait for another 2577 case to come up but the dial (although aged and patina'd) is lovely (I learned a valuable lesson right here in the community about the value of original dials) and I think the RG movements in these bumpers are really quite special things. So here is my recent acquisition, wondered if anyone else fancied showing off theirs Thanks Tony
Nice pick up Tony, lol... I'm sure you only bought this to wind me up as I wouldn't sell you mine I think there is a real cult around bumpers and RG's but I agree the value isn't were it should be, with the exception of 30T2 RG's but then when compared to a Patek of the period (imho) the 30T2 is a better watch for a fraction of the cost
And it's not an RG but as it's a jumbo, rose gold and with this dial this definitely deserves showing
Hi @Fattony I totally agree.... I have a very deep "like" to these timekeepers here is a old article I wrote... http://www.watchprosite.com/page-wf.forumpost/fi-677/ti-516451/pi-3123906/ The sad part is photobucket recently killed all external links.. and I am now having problems downloading using the " DOWNLOAD ALBUM " LINK.... here are a few photos till i can sort it all out best bill
Some stunning watches there @Bill Sohne , thanks for sharing. Considering that at the time theses chronometre's were real 'top flight' watches within the Omega ranges I am still amazed at how reasonably these beauties can be had, especially as there seem to be relatively few outstanding examples out there (although I have no doubt the forum will continue to prove me wrong)
I have my late grandfathers Seamaster bumper, untouched, unserviced and currently a safe queen. I should give my watchmaker a call. I had a second Bumper in gold that I sold not to long ago... sadly due to a recent hardware crash all my older pictures are gone ... . All I can come up with atm is this cropped pic from my instagram, the bumper is on the top right corner. Grandad's Seamaster: The one I sold: Cheers, Max
Thanks for sharing, some amazing watches there. @jumpingsecond I love your 30T2RG, I have seen @Tom Dick 's Jumbo French 18K one and it is one of the most special Omegas I have ever seen