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·On a recent trip to London, I had a chance to stroll through the famous Burlington Arcade. While there are a fair number of jewelers with interesting watches in their windows (something that has apparently remained consistent since the Arcade first opened), one shop’s windows in particular caught my eye. On the right corner as you approach the Arcade from the north stands Somlo London, a watch dealer specializing in vintage Omegas.
This may not be news to the members of this forum, but Somlo is, according to the two gents I spoke to in the shop, the only vintage watch seller officially licensed by Omega. That apparently means that they are uniquely able to pull extract information from Omega’s archives—the Constellation Grand Luxe you can see in one of my photos, I was told, is slightly discounted because it has a non-original service movement, a fact confirmed by Omega HQ—and get certain rare parts for repairing vintage watches in need of them.
My pictures and description hardly do the shop justice. If you’re ever in London, it’s a must-see, worth visiting just to see the case of rare Speedmasters they’ve got.
(I’m realizing now that this reads like an ad, but I swear that I wasn’t paid for this. Although, they did promise to let me know if they ever get their hands on an 18kt 7077 bracelet…)
This may not be news to the members of this forum, but Somlo is, according to the two gents I spoke to in the shop, the only vintage watch seller officially licensed by Omega. That apparently means that they are uniquely able to pull extract information from Omega’s archives—the Constellation Grand Luxe you can see in one of my photos, I was told, is slightly discounted because it has a non-original service movement, a fact confirmed by Omega HQ—and get certain rare parts for repairing vintage watches in need of them.
My pictures and description hardly do the shop justice. If you’re ever in London, it’s a must-see, worth visiting just to see the case of rare Speedmasters they’ve got.
(I’m realizing now that this reads like an ad, but I swear that I wasn’t paid for this. Although, they did promise to let me know if they ever get their hands on an 18kt 7077 bracelet…)
