rnaden
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Yes, only 3 days ago....
I think this is a nice find. I went looking around for the first time with a watchmaker friend who insisted that I do some looking around, and we came across this one. It looked good, and my watchmaker friend verified that it looked authentic. After some discussions with the seller who agreed to a refund if we found anything amiss in the first week, we agreed on a deal. The strap was broken, and the time was running very fast, but my watchmaker friend is taking a look at it now and thinks it it easy to fix, so it's going to be all good. I will get some wrist shots when it's back from the workshop and I have a new strap fitted.
The movement looks very good still and I'm impressed with the swan neck fine regulation on this one as I never expected it. Then again, I know next to nothing of vintage movements and watches - this looks to be my first!
Any idea on the time frame of manufacture of this one?
Richard
Saturday Omega ...
Team, During our traditional weekly GTG, a dear friend was proudly wearing this Omega. It looks like a 70's watch under very impressive mint conditions. Few pics: 1) With my cup of espresso, as it must be. 2) On my wrist. I don't favor mesh straps but thi...
a nice find....no, never found a nice watch of any kind at a flea market...
...found a few old diving compasses before, but alas, never a decent watch. cheers Tony
Yes, only 3 days ago....
I think this is a nice find. I went looking around for the first time with a watchmaker friend who insisted that I do some looking around, and we came across this one. It looked good, and my watchmaker friend verified that it looked authentic. After some ...
Your 166.041 seems to be ....
Very nice and should be made around 1968. The flea marked search can reveal a lot of hidden treasures and, that's the bad part, a lot of terrible nightmares. Yesterday I believe that I got a treasure (not Omega) but I need to do a lot of homework before I...
Thank you and looking forward to reading of your treasure :-)
Thank you very much for the information on the watch, Nilo. I'll be doing more reading and digging up on this and hopefully will get it back soon so that I can start experiencing what you and the others here do with vintage pieces. I'm already starting to...
Not exactly at a flea market, but . . .
. . . close. Found one Omega in a pawn shop . . . . . . another on Craigslist . . . [Craigslist photo] . . . and best of all, a score in my favorite bar! Sorry, but this dial side view of the cal 565 movement highlighting the replacement date ring is the ...
I envy you ...
We don't have pawn shops here! The only place where a person can pawn any good is state controlled and they only do, from time to time, some auctions, covered with an extremely complex bureaucratic process. But we have some flea markets where, if you are ...