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·Hi OF
I'm seeking your advice and comments on another gold chronograph.
I‘m offered this 33.3 in 14kt gold. I‘ve discussed it privately with some very helpful senior members, but wanted to open up the discussions for more opinions and post pictures for posterity.
One obvious topic was whether the dial was original. A concern was raised about the fact that the 15/45 text overlaps into the subdials. I looked at dozens of 33.3 dials over the weekend which was very interesting but challenging at the same time, as no dial seems to exactly match another, the variations are seemingly endless. Indeed it seems more common for any scale text to be either cut off by the sub dials or they are entirely within the subdials.
But I found two examples with overlapping text.
One was posted here on OF by our own @jjen
https://omegaforums.net/threads/omega-33-3.108597/
and one on Catawiki
Based on these two observations, we concluded in the private discussion that the dial of the offered watch is most likely original, but other comments are most welcome. Maybe @michael e and @watchyouwant could chime in?
The dial aside, the watch is not housed in a Swiss case, but it's a local production. I cannot recognize the hallmarks. The seller claims it's from Hungary, but I couldn't find a match online (plus the pictures are very blurred). I know local cases aren't really sought after by collectors which should impact the price.
On the plus side, the movement seems in very good condition. The seller bought from a watchmaker out of his private collection, so he seems to have taken good care of the movement. So less risk of an expensive surprise.
Assuming the dial is correct and taking into account the 14kt (rather than 18kt) local case, is the asking price of CHF 3600 attractive or at least fair? I'm inclined to say yes given steel variants with totally washed out dials change hands for 4k and more.
Many thanks in advance for taking the time to comment.
I'm seeking your advice and comments on another gold chronograph.
I‘m offered this 33.3 in 14kt gold. I‘ve discussed it privately with some very helpful senior members, but wanted to open up the discussions for more opinions and post pictures for posterity.
One obvious topic was whether the dial was original. A concern was raised about the fact that the 15/45 text overlaps into the subdials. I looked at dozens of 33.3 dials over the weekend which was very interesting but challenging at the same time, as no dial seems to exactly match another, the variations are seemingly endless. Indeed it seems more common for any scale text to be either cut off by the sub dials or they are entirely within the subdials.
But I found two examples with overlapping text.
One was posted here on OF by our own @jjen
https://omegaforums.net/threads/omega-33-3.108597/
and one on Catawiki
Based on these two observations, we concluded in the private discussion that the dial of the offered watch is most likely original, but other comments are most welcome. Maybe @michael e and @watchyouwant could chime in?
The dial aside, the watch is not housed in a Swiss case, but it's a local production. I cannot recognize the hallmarks. The seller claims it's from Hungary, but I couldn't find a match online (plus the pictures are very blurred). I know local cases aren't really sought after by collectors which should impact the price.
On the plus side, the movement seems in very good condition. The seller bought from a watchmaker out of his private collection, so he seems to have taken good care of the movement. So less risk of an expensive surprise.
Assuming the dial is correct and taking into account the 14kt (rather than 18kt) local case, is the asking price of CHF 3600 attractive or at least fair? I'm inclined to say yes given steel variants with totally washed out dials change hands for 4k and more.
Many thanks in advance for taking the time to comment.
