So browsing Twitter for vintage Omega related questions and photos as I do, I stumbled across this rather interesting photo on Instagram (and twitter):

http://instagram.com/p/XChEDKHrXK/



Now the photo is of two vintage Omega watches, and the woman is claiming that the watch on the left is her husband/boyfriend's and the one on the right is the vintage Seamaster Calendar he's bought for her. Quite clearly this young lady's significant other has remarkably good taste in watches, I'm sure we'd all agree.

The trouble is, both of these watches are from this forum, and I remember distinctly selecting both to be displayed on our photo blog (blog.omegaforums.net). I wasn't sure who owned the Seamaster but the number of people in the world that own a black Farsi dial, rose gold plated Omega triple date moonphase is remarkably small. In fact I only know of one bloke, that being CanberraOmega

Now I did go to the trouble of verifying this with him and our man is fairly certain that in spite of a few loose nights, he's never been married to this woman or even remotely involved with her and I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt on that. Which sadly means that this young lady won't be getting her Seamaster Calendar any time soon.

I guess the moral of the story is if you're going to pretend a watch belongs to your husband, try not to make it one of the most obscure, difficult to find, highly recognisable vintage watch combinations on the internet, and don't post it on Instagram

 

What a load of shitawabah.

 

Thanks Katy and welcome too!

 

The Seamaster was mine (no longer, alas), and this is my pic (I recognize the mahagony Victrola surface it was taken on!).

 

That's a great watch and a nice pic Adam. Now if only I could find one like it...