COUNT DE MONET
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Thank you my dear friend.
It was luck, I must say.
Found it on the secondary market page of Rüchenbeck, a juweller.
For a good price, in pristine condition and complete papers and box.
One of my best purchases! 😃
As G B Shaw once said about monkeys and typewriters, . . .
. . . "eventually". Yes, two blue enamel 1894 Homages in one wrist shot. I'll bet this has never happened before. ...
I believe it was our Count de Monet that said . . .
. . . "Who needs a Lange when you can have this?"
There's only a hundred to begin with . . .
. . . and they all went to Japan in the mid-'90s. To find two in the next hemisphere side by side has gotta be a first. ;-)
Of course! . . .
. . . the other belongs to our community member davudvl, who rarely posts. He just scored his blue 1894 recently.
Dave and I met at my watchmaker's shop . . .
. . . to get a handle on how his latest acquisition was running. 317º amplitude, 0.1 ms beat error . . . as good as it gets. 🤙🏻
An 1894 was on my wish list for a long time . . .
. . . before the right moment came three years ago. It had been one of my grails ever since seeing Steve G's twenty years back.
You too, Mach! . . .
. . . visiting friends tomorrow, practicing pool today. Life is good . . .
So beautiful..
great design and colors...just a very cohesive design...works great! Just looked it up and read up on this model...so stunning really. The RG and blue dial combo is great and sector dials always catch my eye...thanks for sharing...I learn something every ...
You are . . .
. . . not wrong. I'd forgotten about this ref. And wish I hadn't seen these images from a Christie's auction. Now I want one. ...
Thank you dear yacomino.
Yes, on the one hand blued hour hands would add more contrast and colour, but on the other hand a monochromatic look is also quite something? 🤔
Miki J bought the version our Count now owns . . .
. . . and replaced the hour and minute hands with NOS Omega blued sword hands. I'll try to find a photo.
Found a photo of Miki's 1894 . . .
. . . before he replaced the hands. Will contact Miki presently - he might still have an image with all blued hands. ...
Finally found Miki's pics . . .
. . . of his modified 1894. Of course, he kept the originals for the next owner. 🙂 ...
Very interesting.
I like these blue replacement hands, but to me the luxury of this particular 1894 model is the lavish use of rose gold.
Miki swapped the hands for legibility. The original precious metal chronometers . . .
[ ca '46 ref 2364] . . . usually had hour and minute hands that matched the case with blued subsidiary seconds hands. ...
HUBBA HUBBA
Thanks to Dr No for alerting me to this thread! My rose gold (non Japan) 1894 says hi. I do love it. Found it in HK at the street stall of a chap (who everyone in town knows), who specialises in vintage Rolex and dabbles a bit in vintage Omegas. One of th...
Well, since we live in the times of goods particles many things are possible, but how likely is this!?
Two 1894 Japan Edition Omegas on one picture is quite a rare sight. Congrats to yor friend! I am searching for one myself and make up with this one in the meantime: Not saying I will let it go, if the Japan is in the stable.😃 ...
Thank you my dear friend.
It was luck, I must say. Found it on the secondary market page of Rüchenbeck, a juweller. For a good price, in pristine condition and complete papers and box. One of my best purchases! 😃
I have only seen this piece on WPS.
And now 2 in same pix👏🏻. Not sure if I will get to see one in the metal.
Yes, it's Larry's . . .
. . . and he originally posted it here many, many years ago. Owners call ourselves Le Club '94.
Awesome!
That’s special. Now you need to add mine and the Count’s for balance Best E. ...