1956 Omega XVI - an interesting history for a beautiful timepiece.
The Olympics always brings out memories for me, but nothing short of always thinking about that one that always gets away, the first Olympic Model Omega, the 1956 Omega XVI (not counting the 1932 LA Omegas which weren't marketed to the public). This piece...
This is sensational
The story, the watch, the accessories and the extract.. wow! These are the kind of vintage watch stories that I wish would be told more often: context, history, photos, origins - great stuff. Let's be glad that charming watches such as this stay below the...
My pleasure Tim and thank you for the wonderful comments
I hope so too, I think discovering their histories is one of those last steps in collecting. I wish it could be a little easier. Omega has made it interesting with the Extract of the Archives and although we do incur a cost for it, sometimes you can get v...
Very enjoyable! :)
Congratulation! A very nice piece of history have here! And great timing in bringing it out now! Thank you for this post. Best Blomman
This is very cool and congrats to the watch, including the very, very rare box. I show you an additional dial configuration which still holds a bit of a mystery today.
You remember that I had posted this a while ago about it: Interestingly enough it was a few months back that a good fellow watch collector from the north of England alerted me that he had found a "Melbourne" with exactly the same dial and hand configurat...
I tried to find more info. on this piece but unfortunatley its on the hard drive thats gone down, including yours I've seen around 5-6 of these online and documented each one.
Some were full sets (minus papers of course since the paperwork is even more fragile than the dials) and one or two dials individually off the big auction site. It made me think a lot about your dial when I saw it back then and there is really only a coup...
Pink gold XVIs are top shelf . . .
. . . in my book. [watch credit: John I / photo credit: David P / wrist credit: Dr No] This one doesn't have the unique hexagonal crown, unlike yours, but the handset is correct. What intrigues me most about yours is the strap and buckle - they appear to ...
Love your XVI Dr. No :) but we need more pics of it to enjoy :)
Would love your input on the strap, I always thought it was a later era 70s plus strap, but here are the pics, sorry for the poor quality on my ipad camera right now. If it is a 50s strap i’ll have to figure out a way of removing it and storing it somewhe...
Not my XVI, unfortunately. That photo was taken a dozen years ago . . .
. . . and I've lost track of the owner. (If you're reading this, John, please chime in.) As for the strap: it looks very much like period Omega issue, so it wouldn't surprise me if it were original. Buckle looks ok, too. Art
Thank you Dr. No now I have to take this watch off and figure out how to change the strap, the strap fits flush so it would be hard to place a tool under there.
Any advice on strap care? Some cream or paste that can extend its lifetime?