Vintage omega

[Muffster]

Gents,
I've seen some really nice vintage 60's omega's on eBay. They look like they have been refurbed, New glass etc, and the dials have been repainted.
They look the real deal but does all this mean they now loose some of their originality. Should I avoid and look for something more original.
Anyone bought anything similar?
Your opinions please.

Thanks.

[yeti]

Can you post an example?

Originality is only nice when they've been kept well, most of these watches were probably shagged so it's great they've been given a new lease of life.

If it's desirable to you, then it's right for you. New-old-stock stuff is very hard to find and then the pressure is on you to keep it as it is, like a concours car. I'd rather have something useable.

[Muffster]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1966s-Vintage-OMEGA-Gene...

Here's an example. Nicely redone and not really expensive

[GC8]

Indian at a guess, lying about being in England. Avoid at all costs.

[Theoldfm]

Why Indian and why avoid?

[Theoldfm]

Why Indian and why avoid?

[wildoliver]

Because they bastardise nice old watches, I have a pair of Indians here and they make me sad every time I look at them.

Look nice from a distance but up close the dials are a mess and inside are a right mess.

[Mr_C]

My old Omega has got a bit of patina about it...

[RicksAlfas]

GC8 said:

Indian at a guess, lying about being in England. Avoid at all costs.

Do you think? They've 100% feedback on 1075 transactions with many comments on how quick delivery was.
Next day in some cases. They couldn't do that from India.

I like this one:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-TISSOT-Navigator...

[Podie]

Something doesn't look right to me. Those hands look like a later style, and I thought the battons were much thinner in that era.

Have you checked here? http://www.omegawatches.com/spirit/history/vintage...

This is what I would expect to see...

[wildoliver]

Well put it this way he has an identical dialed Seamaster 30 for sale.

I'd put money on it being a refurbed dial, and frankly it's not very nice, the geneve above however is a lovely thing.

[yeti]

Yeah, inthink that's the Seamaster 30m dial, it looks likens decent job and it's made an old nail of a watch wearable again; at that price, it's a lovely wearable vintage watch.

In fact I gave an identical one to my best mate as a wedding gift

[GC8]

RicksAlfas said:

GC8 said:

Indian at a guess, lying about being in England. Avoid at all costs.

Do you think? They've 100% feedback on 1075 transactions with many comments on how quick delivery was.
Next day in some cases. They couldn't do that from India.

I like this one:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-TISSOT-Navigator...

I saw that, but feedback can depend on expectations and expectations depend on the buyer and their knowledge and experience.

Did you notice that the carriage options to England are all 'international'? There was a lovely original boxed Omega on TZ-UK for far less, which hadnt come from a humid third world hell-hole and had a spam up and hasty re-dial.

Edited by GC8 on Monday 11th November 13:26

[daveenty]

Their address at the bottom of the listing: -

Business seller information
Genuine Authentic Watches
Suleman Gain
86, Zakaria Masjid Street
4th Floor Room No.46
400009 MUMBAI, Maharashtra
India

[GC8]

Obviously not as clever as I thought if I missed the bleeding obvious...

[Riff Raff]

Mr_C said:

My old Omega has got a bit of patina about it...

Made me think of this......

[GC8]

As soon as I saw the picture I thought that it looked as though it had spent seven years up Capt. Koon's ass.

[RicksAlfas]

GC8 said:

Obviously not as clever as I thought if I missed the bleeding obvious...

I'll join you in the dunce's corner.

[yeti]

daveenty said:

Their address at the bottom of the listing: -

Business seller information
Genuine Authentic Watches
Suleman Gain
86, Zakaria Masjid Street
4th Floor Room No.46
400009 MUMBAI, Maharashtra
India

Awesome

The problem with eBay on an iPhone

[GC8]

The vendors name rings a bell, but it may be a generic Indian name.