The most elaborate / expensive version of a cheap vintage Omega you’ll find

I really often recommend these watches to people and especially new collectors as they have a lot going for them, later series Calibre 565 movements that are very solid, a decent size and wrist presence, a tendency to be in good condition due to the decent water resistance and front loading case… but most of all they’re cheap and not as cool or special as a piepan or even a Seamaster so you get a lot for your money in a Cosmic whether steel or gold plated…

but then they’re not all steel or gold plate and they weren’t always the cheap and cheerful model. Omega did in fact make an 18K solid gold variant with a full gold bracelet similar to the BA145.022 bracelet.

I really have no idea what one of these will go for as I haven’t seen one on bracelet in a very long time and I really don’t even know the buyer for a pimped out grand luxe style Cosmic but I’ll saving the photos here for the future and curious to see what the auction ends at. The reference I believe should be BA 166.036

https://www.ebay.com/itm/403107177461?epid=23046023598&hash=item5ddb0f63f5:g:rXYAAOSwczRhJ2fu&LH_Auction=1

Unless there are two serious collectors out there with a strong interest in Cosmics, I can't see this ending up costing more than gold value. What an oddball!

Yes, it's got melting pot written all over it

The thing I wonder is, is it similar to the BA145.022 bracelet or is it in fact the same as the BA145.022 just with different endlinks? If it’s the later then it could save a very special Speedy but it’s not easy to really tell

Roll the dice and let us know!

If that's the case then really well worth saving!

The end links are clearly different and I think this Cosmic bracelet is also short a few links as it appears to have a bracelet extension fitted. But it does look like it could be correct and if you have the gold Speedy.....

If the end pieces are 19mm, maybe it's also for one of those solid gold Sparkle Seamasters with the 75X or 56X movements. ☕

Agree if it was head only you’re talking scrap value.

The bracelet makes it interesting but the end links are going to be a massive problem. I can’t imagine anyone’s buying it to put on another Cosmic so if the buyer wants it for a round cased seamaster or similar, where the hell do you find gold end links to match?!

I was just typing that, yea the handy thing about gold is the relatively simple endlink design would be easy work for a goldsmith if they had an example to go off

A good working jeweller could certainly make some end links but thick gold sheet isn’t cheap, certainly more than scrap, and combined with their time means it won’t be cheap to make. Ultimately they’ll still be aftermarket as well.

nevertheless a lovely bracelet, even if a solid gold Cosmic is a massive oxymoron