Hi all,
I’ve actually been a member on here for over 3 years but it’s recently been pointed out that I’ve yet to introduce myself.
I’m 34 and work in the NHS in the UK. I live in Yorkshire. I’ve a long term passion for cars and a more recent passion for watches. I’m not particularly interested in how they work, a theme that traverses both cars and watches, but I like how they look and I love the stories behind some of the watches I own.
I have a wife, an 18 month old daughter and a second child in the way.
My first Omega was a second hand Seamaster 300M purchased in 2011 when I was 27. I was chuffed with the watch but I’d mistakenly bought the mid size so in 2012 I bought the same watch but in the larger size (42mm I think). Both watches came with all original paperwork and boxes etc.
In October 2016 I purchased my third Omega, the famed Apollo 13 Silver Snoopy Award. This was again purchased second hand, above RRP but was unworn with all stickers and boxes etc. This was a wedding present to myself and it went unworn until March 2017 when I first wore it for our wedding day.
Fast forward to October 2018 and I purchased my 4th second hand Omega - the Apollo Soyuz meteorite. I really am beginning to get the bug with these watches by now, and am very fond of space/moon watches in particular. When I tell friends about them they love the stories that accompany these pieces. This particular watch was a steal; the box was damaged but present, all the guarantees were in good condition. I managed to buy an A1 condition box for this watch a few months later. I paid around £450 which makes it an expensive empty box (my wife thought I was mad) but to me it was important to have something in grade A condition.
In June 2019 I was lucky enough to put a deposit down on what will be my first ever brand new Omega; an Apollo 11 50th anniversary watch. I was invited to an Omega evening as part of a supercar club that I’m a member of and managed to see it in the flesh. Looks great and I can’t wait to receive mine.
Some pics below.
Where it all began. My first Omega.
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With it’s bigger brother.
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The holy grail
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Apollo Soyuz meteorite.
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The one I’m waiting for: my first brand new watch.
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Thanks.
Rob
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