Omega

Hi all,

I know you know... but for those who are new here and don´t know...  

every 100th post I share one of my collectible Omegas...

Here we go

It is a lovely hand wound center second with a very well preserved dial.

It looks all original except the winding crown which is a later replacement.

I think it should not bear any Omega logo... but this is an easy swap...

Here comes the gleaming Cal. 30 SC T2

The case is of a nice size at 35 mm and well wearable also in our days of modern dinosaurs...

Here is another dial shot...

How fast the time goes by...  post#700 was just  yesterday I felt...

Enjoy the pics

Erich

This message has been edited by mac_omega on 2011-05-27 12:46:08

I really do think those 30mm manuals take a lot of beating - it is difficult to improve on such simplicity of design

Thanks for sharing

Yes, It was the design of the dial which made me fall in love with this piece!

regards

erich

Congrats on the 800!

 

Looking forward to number 900…

 

 

 

Best

 

Blomman

Hi Blomman,

I nearly missed this #800 post - so I did not have much time to prepare a special thread...

I did this post in a kinda hurry - but I will prepare a special one for # 1000 which is not too far away...

I am glad you like the watch!

best

erich

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While I collect vintage omegas, I do not consider the 30T2 realm a specialization of mine.  I did get one about 2 weeks ago that made me think, maybe Erich would approve of the watch...  It is a nice size too at 37.5mm

Hi Mike,

A "red star" 30mm of this size is extraordinary indeed - and so well preserved!

It is well worth collecting these 30mm beauties...

enjoy!

erich

... This was called the "Teddington" model when marketed in 1940's Brazil:

While named after the British observatory, my meager understanding of Portugese tells me that this movement was of the type used in the Teddington competitions.  Whether this means the watch has a standard 30mm movement, or a special adjusted version is not mentioned.

Erich, congratulations on the 800 posts, and that is a very interesting dial design. 

Learn something new every day around here,

gatorcpa

Hi Gator,

thank you for your kind words.

Concerning the movement in the "star" watches:

I think it is meant that there were movements of the 30mm type inside the watches - same style and design as the movements in the competition...

In the competition there were used 30 T2 which were especially adjusted for this purpose by the Omega regleurs - they were no "Rgs" 

like sold in the famous 30T2 Rg chronometers...

kind regards

Erich

essentially saying you are getting the same type of watch with the same level of expertise behind it like those omega chronometres that won in competition.  I just think having a star on the dial in a large case was pretty cool - I probably would have gotten it even without the star but that was a plus. 

Hi Mike,

you have expressed my thoughts in much better words than I have been able to do

with my poor (non native speaker) English...

Yes, of course it was a marketing tool!

Do you happen to know exactly when they started with the campaign? 

kind regards

Erich

Hi Erich.

  Sometime, a beautiful dial means everything. This one has a gold star on it and in such a perfect condition.

 

                                

                Unfortunately, it doesn't belong to me.

 

 

 

Thanks for sharing.

  It s a very nice one for your 800`s . Erich.¸

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    Hi Mike, I also love your 30T2 and that red star really means something. I will dig into my stuff to find the one with a red star.

 

  I am an easy collector, that`s why even this one still has a place in my collection.

 

                  

 

                          Original dial with a nice 30SCT1

 

    Cheers

 

   Hoi

Hi Hoi,

Cal. 30 SC T1 is the rarest among the 30mm family - but I am sure you know already!

If I recall correctly there have been built only 2400 pieces in total!  So they are very limited due to this fact...

I have 4 in my collection - so counting your´s too there may be still 2395 out there in the wild...

But many of them might have "passed away" meanwhile.  

regards

Erich

Erich, thanks so much for sharing pictures with us. I absolutely love the dial.

Cal. 30mm Omega's are amongst my all-time favorites.

Phil

Hi Phil,

you are right - it was the dial why I could not resist!

HAGWE

erich

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congrats on #800

J

. . . vintage Omega chronometers are like beer and pizza - you can never have enough!

Hi Art,

you are right about  Omega chronometers!

But this particular watch is no chronometer...  it is just a simple 30 SC T2, but I like it very much due to it´s breathtaking dial...

hagwe

erich

Nice to see such a clean early 30mm piece - such lovely condition.

Thanks for sharing, and congratulations on another 100 posts.

grumio This message has been edited by grumio on 2011-05-27 23:40:06

Hi Grumio,

Thank you for your kind comments!

regards

erich

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and beautiful pictures!  thanks. Matt

I had a vintage gold omega with a dial similar to yours with gold hands and a blued minute hand shaped like yours with a bump auto movement.only 32 mm.I was not sure what del it is.i sold it 2 years ago and have regretted to this day.Congratulations on your 800 th post.Cheers,dreamer.