Was it a major loss of opportunity re an Omega ref. 166.091?

Ness · Apr 23, 2020

I have been cursing myself for the past two weeks for not pulling the trigger on this Omega ref. 166.091.

Can someone please find something wrong with it, or tell me it was not worth it, so I can let it go? 🫨

Sold on an action by c. £2,350.00

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NOS-OMEG...=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

tyrantlizardrex · Apr 23, 2020

They are the wrong hands for the reference... which leads me to think that based off the description, you had a lucky escape.

If the seller is prepared to lie about something as obvious as wrong hands, and claim the watch is NOS, then he's clearly less than trustworthy.

tyrantlizardrex · Apr 23, 2020

Here's one I owned for reference on what an original ST166.091 should look like: https://omegaforums.net/threads/omega-seamaster-200m-pilot-line-st166-0091-£2250-obo.57192/

Ness · Apr 24, 2020

tyrantlizardrex
They are the wrong hands for the reference... which leads me to think that based off the description, you had a lucky escape.

If the seller is prepared to lie about something as obvious as wrong hands, and claim the watch is NOS, then he's clearly less than trustworthy.

Thank you so much. I am feeling much better now!

STANDY · Apr 24, 2020

But they are Hands that many dive watches were modded with in the day.
Actually even into the 2000s most divers are modded to these hands

Over 50% of these you will notice the same mod.

tyrantlizardrex · Apr 24, 2020

STANDY
But they are Hands that many dive watches were modded with in the day.

True - but there's no way you can call it legitimately NOS and it have PloProf hands on... another Italian dealer building watches and making up stories.