i've been considering for one of these for a while and have seen this. Has anyone ever seen a 1760016 with this colour to the dial?? I haven't and I find it kind of interesting! Seller is in Mexico but seems legit and it's been offered at sub £1k. Case looks clean with a few small scratches here and there. 1045 movement apparently recently serviced. few scratches to rotor but looks ok. Any input from anyone with experience of this model would be most appreciated. Thanks guys. Serial number is 39 million mark dating watch around 1975. Omega bracelet stamped and manufactured by Joske's under Omega licensing agreement to circumvent the tariffs in the Latin American Market during the 1970's
Maybe it used to be a black, brown or grey dial and the sun has baked it into a...not sure what colour dial. It looks intresting, if not exactly nice. The price on these varies quiet a bit. I haves seen them being offered from 800 pound to 1800 pound depending on condition. The only reason I would buy this one is because I like the dial, if you are planning to move it on in a few years you might find very few people share your love of the dial unless it is in fact a very rare model.
Thanks @dialstatic @lillatrollI I think it's correct that these only came with black, grey and blue dial options? i know little about the dial ageing process...would you say this is not a natural aged dial? thanks. i don't think it's overly a rare watch.. but for around £800 i though it looked ok.
If it has spent its entire life in Mexico it could well be the case. Also, these aren't the most faked/unnaturally aged dials...
It's cool-looking for sure. If this were a pre-moon Speedy, it'd prolly go for $10k or something It's kind of interesting though that the subdials are fresh. That would make more sense to me if the paint was different (reacting to real or artificial aging differently). So maybe originally a blue dial after all? They had black subdials, too iirc.
I would say that it has aged naturally over time. If you really like it it buy. For the price you are not going to loose out but iy is no bargin either, you can always find a replacement dial if you get tired of it.
I'm not up on current prices of these but am happy at around £800.00 for it. Are decent dials easy enough to find for these? Cheers.
Well they don t have any in stock at ofrie and there are not any on ebay at the moment so I suppose you would need to be patient, having said that, I don t think it would be very difficult to find one. ( as an example, I was looking for a spare link for a 1170 bracelet. It took about 6 months to find one and these bracelets are quite difficult to find spare links for, so its not like you would have to wait years) You could get a nice one of these watches for between 1100 and 1300 pounds so I think it is a case of buying this one if you like the dial and then factoring in the time, effort and money to find a replacement dial if you find that you dont like the one that is on the watch.
I think the dilemma that we all face, when buying without seeing a watch, is that the images, will not have been colour corrected, so in the flesh, it might look completely different.. I have a vintage Condor Bicycle, which is a similar goldish/green tone, and it's stunning When you actually see it.. so I would probably love this dial.. Obviously the cost of a trip to STS and potential import duty etc, might also be a factor...