. . . but the hazards and pitfalls of vintage collecting have increased markedly in the last few years. Five years ago I could acquire any vintage Omega and be fully confident it could be restored to correct condition.
Not today, unfortunately. There will be a thread on Omega in the next week or two on this topic.
2 iterations, well, I would say that for me, there is only one Nonius, the version housing the famous cal 30CH: While the later is not bad looking at all, but it houses a more pedestrian Valjoux movement. Why Nonius? Because you have a 9 seconds scale, yo...
It is used to improve the precision of reading for 10th of seconds (although none of the movements used is a hi-beat-movement). Best described in Wikipedia. Best, Jens
It's quite an incredible watch! The movement is about as good a it gets for any price... and the dial is so LONGINES, so 60's... When I bought it, (10 years ago?) I wasn't really sure what I was doing... I just loved it and wasn't sure if anyone on earth ...
. . . owned by Steve G . . . . . . and posted here with previously granted permission. For those unaware, it's a unique Longines prepared especially for Steve. Art ...
. . . piece unique produced ~ twenty years ago, decades after the movement was out of production, by Longines as a gift to one of their employees. (This info is from Steve's website). It's literally the last 30CH made. Art ...
. . . from my place, one in slightly better condition than the other, both in the high $3K range. I thought long and hard about them, but passed, much to my regret. That was my last chance at owning a 30CH. They've gone thru the roof since. Art
. . . but the hazards and pitfalls of vintage collecting have increased markedly in the last few years. Five years ago I could acquire any vintage Omega and be fully confident it could be restored to correct condition. Not today, unfortunately. There will...
. . . was almost torpedoed by parts availability, or more precisely, unavailability. The efforts I'm being forced to make to bring a ref 2518 to correct condition are unsustainable. And parts availability for other manufacturers, particularly highly finis...