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Still new to Omega @ Purist

Hi all,

Thanks for all your kind comments to my post 'New to Omega @ Purist' below. I will eventually put up some user reviews and justifications on my choice of collection. But suffice to say I love big watches. Seems like the big cases from the yesteryears have made a comeback and are likely to stay for a few more years! Thus that explains my seeming penchant for large vintage Omegas.

Collecting vintage Omegas to me is much simpler than collecting vintage Rolexes. Somehow I feel it is easier to spot a fake Omega as opposed to trying to find non-so-genuine Rolexes. It is the same for me with Seikos - it is so simple to pick out a Feiko. That makes for easier collecting! And Omega is a pedigree in its own right - there must be a reason why Omega is synonymous with the Olympic games (and some say Seiko too!). Ok, ok, I shall stop trying to push 'my brands' for now. In the meantime enjoy my second instalment of my Omega collection.

MY OMEGA "MICKEY MOUSE/BULLHEAD" (ST 146.0011)
(slight water damage to dial)

MY "OMEGA Star Wars Collection" - "Anakin and Darth Vader" Seamasters (ST 145.0023)

I call this the 'light sabre' shot

MY FAVOURITE OMEGA: "Ploprof" Seamaster 600 1st Gen (ST 166.0077)

Will show you guys some of my favourite Seikos in HoME soon...

Cheers,
Elveez

a stunning collection of some of the rarest Omegas from the 70's

By: G99 : August 18th, 2009-11:52

both the Darth vader and the Anakin skywalker on top of a bullhead chrono. thats one hell of a collection. you obviously have a penchant for chrono's and the best of the bunch at that. brilliant Graham

Yow! Seiko and Omega...

By: chaser579 : August 18th, 2009-12:42

Tasty combo of watches, to say the least. Rolex=BORING! My cousins in Switzerland were never big on Japanese watches, but it seems the Swiss have recognized them for what they are, the 'best in the East', whereas Omega (and anything Swiss) is honored as '...

Some of my Seikos...

By: Elveez : August 20th, 2009-09:25

I was wondering where I should post some of my pics of my Seikos...perhaps just one or two here and the rest at HoMe...? I have always loved the caliber 6139 and 6138 automatic chronographs. Considering that they were manufactured back in the 70s, these m...

Very nice collection, Elveez!

By: amanico : August 18th, 2009-13:13

I must admit that I strongly begin to have a certain weakness ( is it a prudent approach, enough? ) for the Ploprof, and yours is really impressive! That's not that the others are not interesting, but when you'll know me better, you will see that I'm a bi...

Well you certainly know how to enter a room. Beautiful collection. [nt]

By: joeyza : August 18th, 2009-17:42

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Great collection, Elveez

By: BDLJ : August 18th, 2009-20:04

Particularly that Bullhead. I only have Seiko and Citizen bullheads, though I have gone off Chronographs, that is a great watch. I'd love to see your Seiko collection. Mine are mostly dive watches, and nothing special, except for a mildly interesting Hi-b...

Ploprof my favorite too!

By: fernando : August 19th, 2009-03:40

Much prefer this to the new model. Thoughts on the left hander?( very rare?) Saw one today. cheers Fernando P.S. Nicolas - You absolutely have to have one of these in your awesome diver collection.

Left-hand Ploprof?

By: Elveez : August 20th, 2009-07:44

I guess you are talking about this g From what I know, it is the exact same watch as the 'right hand' Ploprof but the dial had been put on 180 degrees around. Perhaps someone else could weigh in on this too? Cheers, Elveez...

Elveez, from what i...

By: G99 : August 20th, 2009-08:00

Elveez, from what i understand the date ring for the ploprof is extremely hard to obtain if not impossible, bearing in mind it operates in a backwards motion compared to the date ring on the same movement in other watches, so when during servicing people ...

thx for the info.

By: fernando : August 20th, 2009-13:08

Couldn't resist taking it home....

Lovely collection

By: AlexSunrise : August 19th, 2009-08:36

Hi, Elveez, Love your collection of rare birds. I am slowly making my way into vintage Omega, and posts like yours make me want to get into even faster I must say that your PloProf is, to my taste, the coolest one! Yours is a beauty! Many thanks for shari...

Awesome collection!

By: Peter : August 20th, 2009-07:04

Thks for sharing

You have so many vintage pieces in pristine condition. How lucky! [nt]

By: Ruckdee : August 21st, 2009-18:35

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Nice!!

By: YASARGIL : September 27th, 2013-12:17

Very nice watches! Thank you for sharing

Great collection you have there!

By: Hagen : September 27th, 2013-23:14

I especially love the Bullhead. At the Boutique a few weeks ago, they had one of the new Bullhead watches on a temporary basis, until the model is officially re-introduced. It is quite big, but a beautiful watch and quite comfortable, too. Looking forward...

Wow you have a lovely collection.

By: flightmaster71 : September 29th, 2013-02:26

The two cal. 861 seamaster chronos are a great pair. You obviously have a love of 70's design like my self and Omega represents the best of this in my opinion. In my circle of closest friends we have a bullhead and a ploprof like yous, may I sugest you ma...