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X350 XJR
··Vintage Omega AficionadoWe've all seen them, sellers calling shit dials patina, let's see what you find. 🙄
Sorry But That's NOT Patina - Show Us Your Worst eBay Sightings...
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ahsposo
··Most fun screen name at ΩFAnother thread that will have an infinite number of possible entries...
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noelekal
··Home For Wayward WatchesFind it?
I bought it.
A few years back I picked up this woebegone Zodiac off of Ebay with a dial that looks like someone threw up on it for something like $15. I like Zodiac for some reason. Already have four of them and felt that this one needed a berth in the Home For Wayward Watches.
Runs great and keeps good time. Pretty low on the servicing list so I haven't worn it much.
I bought it.
A few years back I picked up this woebegone Zodiac off of Ebay with a dial that looks like someone threw up on it for something like $15. I like Zodiac for some reason. Already have four of them and felt that this one needed a berth in the Home For Wayward Watches.
Runs great and keeps good time. Pretty low on the servicing list so I haven't worn it much.
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Deafboy
··His Holiness Puer SurdusPatina = Damage
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Henneth
·Seller describes it as beautiful patina 
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WYO_Watch
·“One of the clicker knobs below the crown came loose, condensation got in, and now the dirt has dusted the white face of the watch after it dried out. The watch tech at the jewelry store I worked at said he could open, clean, and polish the white face and sapphires back to like new shine, but I would never have anyone besides Omega to open the watch for authenticity purposes! Just needs some TLC from a watchmaker or horologist!”
Yep just needs some TLC 😁 $2600
Yep just needs some TLC 😁 $2600
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Mac5
·Described as "Good Vintage Condition". I'd had to see bad vintage condition. Only $150! LMAO!
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S.H.
·Slighly OT but I just saw this one in the latest 'talking watches' at Hodinkee, described as "remarkably honest" 😜:
"It was worn by a British-born, French-speaking former Green Beret who took the watch on several JANUS trials - a series of experimental, open-sea, very deep dives in conjunction with COMEX and French navy. These worn watches are "holy grails" to dive collectors and it took years for Reza to find one in honest condition. His is remarkably honest and the warmth and vibes of this particular watch are really incredible. "
WTF? Rusty = honest?
"It was worn by a British-born, French-speaking former Green Beret who took the watch on several JANUS trials - a series of experimental, open-sea, very deep dives in conjunction with COMEX and French navy. These worn watches are "holy grails" to dive collectors and it took years for Reza to find one in honest condition. His is remarkably honest and the warmth and vibes of this particular watch are really incredible. "
WTF? Rusty = honest?
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STANDY
··schizophrenic pizza orderer and watch collectorSlighly OT but I just saw this one in the latest 'talking watches' at Hodinkee, described as "remarkably honest" 😜:
"It was worn by a British-born, French-speaking former Green Beret who took the watch on several JANUS trials - a series of experimental, open-sea, very deep dives in conjunction with COMEX and French navy. These worn watches are "holy grails" to dive collectors and it took years for Reza to find one in honest condition. His is remarkably honest and the warmth and vibes of this particular watch are really incredible. "
WTF? Rusty = honest?
I like it.
Owning it from new and wearing it like this is cool. But buying a watch that probably didn’t work and servicing it and leaving it looking like above for the story is a bit cheesy in my book.
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KingCrouchy
·Slighly OT but I just saw this one in the latest 'talking watches' at Hodinkee, described as "remarkably honest" 😜:
"It was worn by a British-born, French-speaking former Green Beret who took the watch on several JANUS trials - a series of experimental, open-sea, very deep dives in conjunction with COMEX and French navy. These worn watches are "holy grails" to dive collectors and it took years for Reza to find one in honest condition. His is remarkably honest and the warmth and vibes of this particular watch are really incredible. "
WTF? Rusty = honest?
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J.P.JONES
·Find it?
I bought it.
A few years back I picked up this woebegone Zodiac off of Ebay with a dial that looks like someone threw up on it for something like $15. I like Zodiac for some reason. Already have four of them and felt that this one needed a berth in the Home For Wayward Watches.
Runs great and keeps good time. Pretty low on the servicing list so I haven't worn it much.
Hermetic...
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140dave
·Upgrade your dial today to one with Rare Tropical Patina!
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pIoNeErOfThEnILe
·Slighly OT but I just saw this one in the latest 'talking watches' at Hodinkee, described as "remarkably honest" 😜:
"It was worn by a British-born, French-speaking former Green Beret who took the watch on several JANUS trials - a series of experimental, open-sea, very deep dives in conjunction with COMEX and French navy. These worn watches are "holy grails" to dive collectors and it took years for Reza to find one in honest condition. His is remarkably honest and the warmth and vibes of this particular watch are really incredible. "
WTF? Rusty = honest?
honest in the sense that so many vintage rolex have been doctored.
from the bezel inlay to the dial...the fraud out there is of epidemic proportions
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DeepBlue
·Just as it left the factory 50 years ago
