Tony C.
··Ωf Jury memberHe was selling a few last year, and I enquired about an Omega one, which he was asking a little over €11,000
They can be found for far less. Not cheap, mind you, but typically in the $5-7k range.
He was selling a few last year, and I enquired about an Omega one, which he was asking a little over €11,000
Are you referring to the spot at the red arrow?
If so, that has nothing to do with regulating the movement. That shows (for some reason) the cap jewel on one of the wheels in the movement. These are typically done on the balance, but could also be an escape wheel.
They can be found for far less. Not cheap, mind you, but typically in the $5-7k range.
I spotted a couple run through auctions and came to a similar conclusion... still way beyond my pocket.
I've now moved on to lusting after Marine Chronometers - apparently I only need 5 or 6 per ship. 😁
As if I need the encouragement! 😁
It’s cool but 11k euro cool I don’t know about that, not sure what you’d really do with it other than try to make a glass case on a shelf for it or try to keep it on one of those mechanical winders as a weird desk clock maybe
You are correct, for some reason I have always assumed (wrongly) it had some utilitarian meaning for ease of regulation. May be because it was in the region of the balance wheel. In the Peseux 260 - Ulysse Nardin is on the balance wheel.
Maybe I’m missing something here, but wouldn’t an observatory movement have a precision regulator? This just looks like a bog standard 30 mm movement in an observatory case.
Maybe I’m missing something here, but wouldn’t an observatory movement have a precision regulator? This just looks like a bog standard 30 mm movement in an observatory case.