Omega,

[fastcarl]

Some help please from you watch guru's

this is all the info i have,
my FIL has an omega bought for his 21st birthday, hes now 65 .
it has a light brown origional leather strap , and the body is soild gold, i don't know what purity, its obviously wind up,

now on christmass day i was joking with him as to whether he will leave it to me or his other SIL when he bites the dust, he suggested it was insured for £1500 ,
i said i'd ask here,
so is this value somewhere near correct, is it only worth its weight in gold or should i be looking to bump my BIL off,lol.

cheers carl

[toohuge]

If you could upload a photograph or two that would help some of the Omega buffs on here.

[ShadownINja]

What he said. Description is far too vague.

[Vespula]

I don't know about OBVIOUSLY wind up, they had been making automatics well before then (I make it about 1965).

I would think a gold Omega from the sixties, manual or automatic in very good condition and recently serviced would be worth 3-400 pounds, certainly no more than 500. The best ones were called Seamaster Constellation (this would be on the dial).

Omega did produce some of their best watches in the sixties.

[MarsellusWallace]

Vespula said:

I don't know about OBVIOUSLY wind up, they had been making automatics well before then (I make it about 1965).

I would think a gold Omega from the sixties, manual or automatic in very good condition and recently serviced
would be worth 3-400 pounds, certainly no more than 500. The best ones were called Seamaster Constellation (this would be on the dial).
Omega did produce some of their best watches in the sixties.

that doesn't sound right.if it's solid gold then it would be worth more than 500 as scrap surely??

[BigAlinEmbra]

Unless it's something ultra rare then I'd agree with the guys that you're looking at around £500 tops.

Then again, it probably looks quite nice, so why not just appreciate it for what it is, rather than what it's worth. I'd also guess your wife wouldn't be too happy if you just punted it either.

[HarryW]

It really depends on the model, any 60's Omega if 18kt gold is worth 500/600 in any condition and a runner then 500-800 minimum imho. If a mint Constellation with a 500 series movement then possibly £1k+. I assuming he has original papers and wooden box too.
Photo's would be good, even better if you know the case model number (inside the back case) and movement serial number (yes on the movement) then it could be 100% identified if you register with the Omega (vintage) site, or post up here and I'll have a look.

[Shaw Tarse]

HarryW said:

It really depends on the model, any 60's Omega if 18kt gold is worth 500/600 in any condition and a runner then 500-800 minimum imho. If a mint Constellation with a 500 series movement then possibly £1k+. I assuming he has original papers and wooden box too.
Photo's would be good, even better if you know the case model number (inside the back case) and movement serial number (yes on the movement) then it could be 100% identified if you register with the Omega (vintage) site, or post up here and I'll have a look.

I might have to look at mine

[GC8]

The model number on the inside of the case back will usually be in the followng format: 135.011. The calibre will have a (usually) three figure model number on, such as '565' as well as a serial number. The serial number will enable you to approximately date the watchs year of manufacture (it actually dates the movement).

http://www.chronomaddox.com/omega_serial_numbers.h...

[HarryW]

The check on the vintage omega site will allow you to verify that the movement model and serial number, case number and year of manufacture all tie up, you'd be very surprised how many watches have been cobbled together from a boxes of bits.

[GC8]

Considering that its over 40yrs old, I doubt that that will be an issue. Longggg before the advent of the eBay frankenwatch.....

[owenemyr]

We know that the watch is a solid 18kt cased model, and given the age could well be a Dennison (or similar) case rather than Omega.
The highest valus is attained by condition and provenance including original box.
Most 18kt Omegas are usually without box/papers etc, the best prices being obtained by chronometer movements which therefore means Omega Constellations (there were rare chronometer certified Seamasters but these are quite rare and sought after).
The average price that you should pay privately for an 18kt Constellation irrespective of case style is about £800+/-, but you will find that dealers ask twice this amount.
This is only a rule of thumb and is dependant upon both the movement used and dial.
Solid gold seamasters (non-chronometer) are usually some 30/40% less.
Omega "De-ville" models seem to be unable to attain these prices.
There are plenty of sites that can cross corrolate case/movement serial numbers giving some security relating to originality, and the Australian one is specific to Constellations (search on "Omega Constellation blog") as well as Omega's own museum site.
We therefore need to know the exact model as stated on the dial, and then the case back and movement serial/model numbers.(You never know, it might be a solid 18kt pie-pan exhibition model for which I would willingly pay £800+!!!)
The bracelet also obviously affects price if its also solid 18kt.