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Vintage week end mood.
Watches and Wonders-wish I could be there. New releases, smoke and mirrors, getting exited and then disappointed. It usually takes me more than 6 months to really find out what I like of the new releases.
The sun popped out after weeks of grey and rain and even a snow storm. Time to bring out the GMT OCC. Tropical par excellence. And super rare. I just got the 1936 Omega back from service too and found an original buckle for it. Have a wonderful WE!!!
The sun popped out after weeks of grey and rain and even a snow storm. Time to bring out the GMT OCC. Tropical par excellence. And super rare. I just got the 1936 Omega back from service too and found an original buckle for it. Have a wonderful WE!!!
Yes it does Teutonic. Or an early renaissance painting
With all its complexity in layers ,
structures and strokes that separate them from medieval paintings.
structures and strokes that separate them from medieval paintings.
Yes Nico. Thank you!
What a great find that was. All planets aligned. Still can’t recover from it.
Little wonder . . .
. . . they call this . . .
[watch and photo credit: clueless_collector]
. . . No Time To Die.
I think so. At least skip a heart beat
I am very fund of that little Omega; it keeps surprising me like a poem you can read again and again. I forgot to check the movement caliber as I promised you to do.
I’ll have him take a picture next time I go.
I’ll have him take a picture next time I go.
Hi @lberti
Yes it’s a bit down that road design-wise but not a CK 859. I will see if I can find the reference # maybe with the help of Dr No. later I did find an original CK 859 as well. Crazy well preserved dial an extracts from the archives. (Another price tag too.)
Most curious. There has to be an error in either Omega's records . . .
. . . or an alteration to the watch, as CK 859 is a subsidiary seconds reference, usually fitted with cal 26.5 SOB but also in rare instances with cal 30T2.
Mystified,
Art
Thanks for chipping in Dr.
I checked the movement number and case number and they match the extract.
The caliber stated on the archives is “23.4 ( manual winding-sub-second)”. Not good.
The caliber stated on the archives is “23.4 ( manual winding-sub-second)”. Not good.
Sub-seconds cal 23.4 would also be correct . . .
. . . for an early production ref CK 859. It's an interesting, and possibly unique, reference in that three different movements are credibly reported to have been installed. I believe someone on our forum reported owning a 30T2 CK 859 in the recent past, but don't recall if he ever posted photos.
Checking now, will report back shortly.
As I thought, late last year someone posted on our Omega forum . . .
. . . that he owned three variants of CK 859 - cal 23.4, cal 26.5 SOB, and cal 30T2. He never posted photos, though.
🤔
Does the extract read 'cal 23.4' . . .
. . . or 'cal 23.4 SC'? I underlined SC intentionally to bring it to your attention. If it reads cal 23.4 SC (seconds central) the movement is likely correct, but then we're left with the quandary of the reference designation CK 859. It's not impossible for a reference to be associated with three different movements, but highly unlikely to be assigned to both sweep and subsidiary movement types.
Art
The extracts say exactly:
“23.4 ( manual winding-sub-second)”
So my theory would be that some parts of the movement were modified and taken from a central seconds reference during a restauration, but the bridges with the original movement number were kept.
So my theory would be that some parts of the movement were modified and taken from a central seconds reference during a restauration, but the bridges with the original movement number were kept.
Fully understood. Best to return the watch for a refund . . .
. . . if at all possible.
Hoping for the best,
Art
Talked with the seller.
He sold a similar watch. CK 859 same dial and central seconds from 1939 where the archives said 23.4 SC. He is a vintage shop and says the the heritage department @ Omega is a mess and run by young interims.