watches close to scrap value

When I bought the watch, one of lug was slightly bent. I bent it back but then noticed that it was too easy: the lug was obviously softer than the other ones. Fortunately, it broke afterwards when I was manipulating the watch at home, as I could have lost the watch.

Here are some pics of the broken lug:



I have again been quite lucky afterwards, as I found a repair shop that did a very decent job at a very good price. But they told me that it was not easy as the case is hollow. And the lugs are usually weak on this king of cases.




By the way, in my record, there are huge difference between 18k gold cases, depending on the amount of gold and the construction. Some Swiss and French made Omega gold cases are really strong, as well as the rare 18k Denisson's. But you can indeed bend with your hands the lugs or even the case itself of many 18k Swiss chronographs motored by Landrons. Not to mention the backs of these watches, which are like a piece of paper...

All i will add here is that these Dennison cases are usually very heavy, and are much more substantial than the Omega made cases

There is a great essay by Andrew Romiane circulation all about Dennison cased Omegas

Indeed! A little game here: you can try to find this watch in this essay - it is one of the rarest Dennisons! Very good quality actually. To compare, the back alone weight a little more than 6g and is almost 1,4 mm thick...

Maybe! I have not weight the full watch, and only weight the back for the purpose of the comparison.

thanks. i enjoyed it. so detailed' but no weights!

i really found interesting his analysis on watch prices v. avg workers weekly wages in the uk in 50s and 60s. 60 to 150 £ sounds cheap in todays $' but weekly wages averaged 8£ at the timewatches costs guy MANY weeks wages. a pie pan in gold was i think 140£. even if u were making 5 x the avg wage youd still be blowing a couple weeks pay. big expenditure

hell stuff in general is wayyyy cheaper now given current wages. and a new omega is similarly priced to a 60s higher end version in terms of how long an averagedude has to work.

id only have to work a few days to afford a vintage beauty today. though a new omega would still hurt.PROGRESS...sort of...

wonder what these retirement watches went for in uk pawnshops in the 60s.

and some of these retirement engravings are oddly heartbreaking. when exactly did gold watches start and'stop being what you gave old guys at their sendoff? did old guys wear them every day? show them off. bemoan the passing of time? it almost feels creepy to give a watch to a retiree.

reminds me of the death watch. you plug in your life expectancy and it counts downward in days to your death.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.fo.../saying-goodbye-to-retirement-traditions/amp/