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·Hello Forumers,
There are several reasons why OF is such a great and successful forum.
On the one hand it is the number of resident experts and the great knowledge provided for free.
On the other hand it is the great generosity of some of the members and 2 of them I want to name today.
You might remember the movement/dial combo @smorrisonmd showed in May when he searched a large chronometre case to match with it.
As his search was not successful I reached out to him and asked if he was ready to sell it to me.
He asked for my shipping address. When I wanted to know how much I owed him including shipping charges he did not accept any payment and said he wanted to give something back for the knowledge and information he received from the OF over the years. What a generous gesture!
Now I was lucky to find a housing for the orphaned movement/dial combo. It is a case CO 2637 which - going by ODB - should house a cal 351 though. As we know the Omega data base is not complete by any means, so there might be the possibility that ref 2637 had also cal. 352 inside. For the time being it is a wearable and nice looking solution until I might find a case of ref 2517 or similar - but this means maybe waiting for decades...
For now I only have to find a matching second hand to make it complete
So I want to thank @smorrisonmd also "officially" here on OF and not only privately - he made my day in May.
An another generous member should be mentioned here: @MtV
We had a nice meeting at my home this summer and had endless talkes about watches and were looking through some pieces from my collection...
He recently offered decagonal crowns in the FS section and when I approached him for some information about which references could benefit from these crowns he spontaneously offered to send me 2 of them for free.
What a kind and generous fellow member. Many thanks to you too!
Now I have to dive into my vault to dig out the Connies with the wrong crowns to make them right.
This is one reason why OF is such a great forum and why I enjoy being a member...
Erich
There are several reasons why OF is such a great and successful forum.
On the one hand it is the number of resident experts and the great knowledge provided for free.
On the other hand it is the great generosity of some of the members and 2 of them I want to name today.
You might remember the movement/dial combo @smorrisonmd showed in May when he searched a large chronometre case to match with it.
As his search was not successful I reached out to him and asked if he was ready to sell it to me.
He asked for my shipping address. When I wanted to know how much I owed him including shipping charges he did not accept any payment and said he wanted to give something back for the knowledge and information he received from the OF over the years. What a generous gesture!
Now I was lucky to find a housing for the orphaned movement/dial combo. It is a case CO 2637 which - going by ODB - should house a cal 351 though. As we know the Omega data base is not complete by any means, so there might be the possibility that ref 2637 had also cal. 352 inside. For the time being it is a wearable and nice looking solution until I might find a case of ref 2517 or similar - but this means maybe waiting for decades...
For now I only have to find a matching second hand to make it complete
So I want to thank @smorrisonmd also "officially" here on OF and not only privately - he made my day in May.
An another generous member should be mentioned here: @MtV
We had a nice meeting at my home this summer and had endless talkes about watches and were looking through some pieces from my collection...
He recently offered decagonal crowns in the FS section and when I approached him for some information about which references could benefit from these crowns he spontaneously offered to send me 2 of them for free.
What a kind and generous fellow member. Many thanks to you too!
Now I have to dive into my vault to dig out the Connies with the wrong crowns to make them right.
This is one reason why OF is such a great forum and why I enjoy being a member...
Erich
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