I wouldnt want to ruffle his feathers. He still has some interesting watches the im considering. I guess its up to us to do due diligence in making sure the watch is in acceptable condition before we buy.

 

No

 

The advice given doesn't seem to have sunk in yet.

The PP is a heap of shit at any price.

And any other watches that this vendor is touting would need a very good review from here before you wasted your money.

My advice would be to move along and find other outlets that have better watches, maybe even ΩForums.

 

It needs a complete teardown and detailed inspection to determine the condition of the movement - before you buy it. If the movement ran properly, there was no other damage or wear, and of course the price was right, I would buy it, then I would take it apart, and send the parts away for re-plating with rhodium.

Without a detailed inspection, it is too risky, so no, I would not buy it like this...

Rob

 

I have decided to pass on this watch since the first negative comment from you guys. thank you once again for the help. If anyone is selling a vintage patek thats atleast 35mm please pm me.

 

Why Patek? There are lots of quality vintage dress watches in our FOr Sale forum that are 35mm for example

https://omegaforums.net/threads/omega-centenary-ref-2500.32737/

 

No particular reason, been looking for a nice vintage dress watch for some time now and the vintage pateks seems like the perfect dress watch. Ok will check the link. Thank you

 

+ you would def. have the watch back from PP in less than a year

 

The movement looks bad. I would say it would cost you a fair price to put right.

 

I purchased an Omega Speedmaster Professional from Swiss Watch Expo (SWE) and had a horrible experience them - buyer beware.

 

Just going back to the OP pics and comparing the images with those on the listing for this watch on their web site, it's amazing how "the natural effect of age of the rhodium plating" has magically disappeared on the web site photo of the movement and the position of the regulator appears to have become more central - although the missing screwheads are still missing.

https://www.swisswatchexpo.com/watc...rava-18k-yellow-gold-vintage-mens-2448-25440/

 

It's amazing what a good photo editing program can do.

By the way, there are no broken screw heads or missing screws. You may be looking at pivots or tips of screws inserted from below.

 

Agreed - I wouldn't trust a dealer who used one though.

Ahh...thought it was odd that having photo-shopped the rust they'd leave damaged screws on display.

 

There’s no rust, never was. The plating that was missing on the main plate is still missing.