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It's good to remind oneself of the inticacy and incredible precision engineeering that go into mechanical timepieces and to admire the skilll of those who can prolong their life. To coin a cliche beauty is more than skin deep. Cheers Ian

The Ed White I acquired a couple of years ago was feeling a bit rough when wound, chrono re-set not as crisp as it should be and the timekeeping was deteriorating so off it went to Swisstec in the UK for a service. Simon Freese, the head of operations, kindly arranged to take photos of the movemen

A little photo essay to pass the time while I'm nursing the man flu. Some of you may remember that a nice Omega Seamaster chrono ref 176.007 fell into my lap back in August. It was a bit of a bargain and my lovely better half agreed to chip in as an Xmas present so I decided it should get the full s

That'll teach me to read the small print in the Omega bible without my glasses on! Couple of beauties in the responses to this thread, my heart goes out to the oh so brief ownership of the blue dial 176.001, don't think I could have been so noble. " target="_blank"><img src=" " Cheers Ian

Long on words but short on (my usual rubbishy) pics but never mind. While in Edinburgh sampling the delights of the festival a couple of weeks ago I was having a bit of a mooch around a well known AD and got talking to the manager who had spotted the Flightmaster I was wearing and asked me if I coul

Thanks Graham Nothing in the collection from 1964 so you and your bank acount can rest easy! I think the De Ville chronograph you're referring to is the ref 145.0017 Calibre 930, a development of the Lemania 1872, which was also used in a different layout for the (in my view anyway) hideous and over

I've seen several examples of the work of a watchmaker here in the UK who has a lapping machine that can recreate the mix of sunburst, mirror polish, horizontal and vertical graining on may vintage watches of the period including a Speedie II. Several collectors on a watch forum I use have used him

When it first arrived I was almost reluctant to wear it as it's so pristine. I've managed to overcome that now but it has been reserved for special occasions (yeah right!) Cheers Ian

Recently arrived and with his permission using some of the sellers pics as my point and shoot (and photography skills!) aren't up to snuff. Not exactly a rare beast, but as I'm trying to amass a representative sample of Omega's 60s and 70s output I had to have a Cal 861 and one of the Speedie 'Marks

I suppose it could be argued that all quartz watches are descendants of the Beta 21 movement,the cal 1310 probably being a 'grandchild'. There's a really good thread on TZ-UK regarding early quartz development by Omega and others that might prove interesting. Not sure whether the forum rules allow m