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SOLD Vintage Omega 38mm Jumbo - 1940s - Ref. 2505 - Cal. 30T2

  1. westmtn May 19, 2017

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    For sale is a lovely 38mm Reference 2505. Rarely do you find these in this condition. It must have been sitting in a safe for the last 70 years.

    Dial & Hands - All original and in excellent condition with rose gold markers and hands.

    Case & Crown - Case is stainless and in great condition. It's a very nice and wearable 38mm sans crown with 18mm lugs. Crown is signed and appears to be original. Inside caseback is signed 2505-24.

    Crystal - Unsigned crystal is in excellent condition. I have seen this model with a lower profile crystal so there may be an option to swap it out at service.

    Movement - Caliber 265 is clean and running well. 11 million serial number dates the watch to the second half of the 1940s. Service history unknown.

    Strap & Buckle - The watch is fitted with a custom made Horween "antique" leather strap and signed omega buckle. This strap was around $100 new and fits my 7" wrists on the center hole.


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    Asking $1,450 shipped CONUS.

    DHL International express for an extra $50.

    You can look me up under the same name on ebay.

    References here:
    https://omegaforums.net/threads/favorable-westmtn-feedback.43698/
    https://omegaforums.net/threads/westmtn-is-a-okay.45307/
    https://omegaforums.net/threads/westmtn-knows-how-its-done.53460/

    Thanks OF.
     
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  2. UncleBuck understands the decision making hierarchy May 19, 2017

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    I just verified that the thumbprint on the caseback is Jimmy Hoffa's!

    Seriously, that is a beauty, a modern size but a vintage watch. I love it.
     
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  3. westmtn May 19, 2017

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    Watch is sold. Thanks OF. :thumbsup:
     
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  4. dougiedude Carpe horologium! May 19, 2017

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    OMG! ::love::

    Saved on a new purchase by an early bird, no doubt...

    Congrats to the seller and to the 'quick-draw-McGraw' buyer!

     
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  5. oddboy Zero to Grail+2998 In Six Months May 19, 2017

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    I would have been fighting you Doug!
     
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  6. bigsom May 19, 2017

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    Ahhhhhh how did I miss this
     
  7. dougiedude Carpe horologium! May 19, 2017

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    I have to quit looking at it... just too frustrating, cuz we missed a real beauty!
     
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  8. westmtn May 19, 2017

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  9. dougiedude Carpe horologium! May 19, 2017

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  10. dougiedude Carpe horologium! May 20, 2017

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  11. Matty01 Port Adelaide's No.1 Fan May 20, 2017

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    Look alright to me (to my relatively untrained eye) apart from hands.

    Are they difficult to source? Im quite keen on it... apart from never having bought from Argentina before...

     
  12. dougiedude Carpe horologium! May 20, 2017

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    I honestly know very little about this reference.

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    My comment about the hands was based only on their length; notice the minute hand goes well beyond the minute track, and the hour hand goes all the way to the minute track. This, to me, indicates they are probably replacements, but maybe a search (or a more knowledgeable Omegaphile :)) would reveal that I am wrong!
     
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  13. westmtn May 20, 2017

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    I don't like the subdial either. It may be original but that would be the first I've seen done like that.
     
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  14. Matty01 Port Adelaide's No.1 Fan May 21, 2017

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    Thanks to you both gents, good reasons to keep a distance!