Vintage Omega

Ldgarnett · Sep 13, 2023

Hey guys,

I’m looking at buying my first vintage watch and wanted to get some more information about a piece. It seems to have been cleaned up/polished which I know many collectors dislike but I rather like look with less patina. I’d greatly appreciate any feedback.

LARGE size vintage Omega men’s watch. Beautiful 36.5 mm (without crown) stainless steel case number 2714/1 is in excellent condition. Premium restoration on original guilloche dial in silver has original applied rose gold baton hour markers with original rose gold dagger hands. I personally serviced this caliber 265, 15 jewel manual wind movement with sub seconds and it is running strong and keeping time well. Serial number 12006553 dates watch to 1950. Photos are of the actual movement in this watch! New Swiss made optical grade acrylic crystal, new gasket and original signed Omega crown.

Bruce235 · Sep 13, 2023

Case is soft for sure.
Dial is hard to tell if not redone due to waffle texture and poor pics.

Dan S · Sep 13, 2023

If you have any interest in collectibility, you want to avoid refinished dials. If this will be your one and only vintage purchase, and you never plan to sell or pay attention to collectible vintage watches in the future, then it should be fine. On the other hand, if you develop an interest in vintage watches, you will probably come to regret the refinished dial, and obviously you will take a big hit upon selling.

X350 XJR · Sep 13, 2023

Asking price is laughable. In this polished and refinished condition perhaps half that.

rendo · Sep 13, 2023

As a beginner collector, I agree with Dan's comment above. If you are new to collecting, you may easily regret buying a redial watch after you realize what else you could have bought for the same amount of money. At that point, you would have to take a loss on this one, as it would be very hard to sell it for close to what you would have paid for it. If you are a little patient, it's not hard to find a vintage, original Omega with no patina, especially with the non-lume versions. I would keep an eye on the FS section here.

Syrte · Sep 13, 2023

The pictures of the case back and movement are overly processed so the real condition of the case and movement cannot be seen properly.

The case back seems to show traces of pitting which I suspect are much more visible in real life. There seem to be color discrepancies between the bridge and other parts of the movement, and I would fear it has more wear and tear than the slightly blurry and overexposed pictures suggest.

That being said and as @Dan S indicated, those problems might not bother a lay person who’s just buying one watch.

calalum · Sep 13, 2023

Disguised sale post? OP says that he already serviced the watch and he is showing a bunch of for sale pix?

stormysky10 · Sep 13, 2023

calalum
Disguised sale post? OP says that he already serviced the watch and he is showing a bunch of for sale pix?

I don't think so. Looks like they just copied relevant parts of the description from the Etsy listing they were considering. The watch looks like it was sold. https://www.etsy.com/listing/147022...how_sold_out_detail=1&ref=nla_listing_details

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