Well here's few Omegas that's at my bench right now. Just to show you, what can come up.. First is Omega 267. To my understanding this is caliber, where Omega does not supply bushing for upper barrel pivot. Here's the result. Someone really smacked the goods out of this bad boy. At this moment I wish I had a lathe. If Archer is reading this.. Did Omega ever later on started to supply these bushes? Unfortunately these kind of closing marks are not that scarce and that's not good. Next one is the classic 565. I started wondering, why the going train drags a little bit. The reason was found under the barrel. Somehow, somewhere, something bent the mainplate. Barrel was dragging the dent all the time.
May I ask how much each if those movements weigh in grams? Trying help a fella determine gold content of his watch. Thanks in advance.
That doesn't sound good... you're not an accessory to a gold melting job are you? That kind of offense could result in a lifetime ban around these parts.
Well if we are talking about an 18k 80s integrated bracelet with a poor dial and an 80s automatic movement, guilty as charged. However the guy was looking for a ballpark estimate of value I told him smelt +50% max. In order to know what smelt is then one would have to know what all the parts weigh. ... If it was a vintage Connie I was talking about smelting I'd probably ban myself.
I haven't weight'd the movements & I think I lack enough accurate scale to give you reasonable value.