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Omega's wilderness years -- ETA came later
Snak -- fine watches
Graham, Omega did not begin using ETA movements until the mid-1980s, 1985 in particular.
However, Omega became unfocused by the mid-1970s, with technologies and designs all over the place. They were selling mechanicals, automatics, quartz, megaquartz, tuning forks at several frequencies. You did not know what to expect from Omega from 1975 to 1985.
I agree with your assessment of the period as the "wilderness years".
Nonetheless, some watches from that period are quite attractive and share a place in my collection.
Sam
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"There's gold in them thar hills"
At least gold clad... This is one of the two vintage Omegas I picked up last week. 1964 Omega Seamaster Automatic De Ville. The clean 17 jewel Omega caliber 550 automatic movement was fully serviced and timed. (Keeps to +2 seconds a day crown up). The dia...
Driiing... Graham, there is something for you! :)
Very nice '64 Omega, mrsnak! One of the 2 Vintage? Damn, Santa Claus is in hurry, this year! Best, Nicolas.
Will these do until I can get a proper photo?
This is with no flash on my desk (so it has that sepia cast). Omega Seamaster automatic with sub-second. Omega caliber 490, dating to 1957....
okay, just for you guys...'plop' owww i cant see anymore :)
it looks like a very very nice piece, but i have a '64 560 cal seamaster deville in a steel case. i also have several gold cased watches so although its a superb piece i'm not gagging to have it. i am holding out for a '64 constellation with piepan dial o...
Too bad that my Connie's a '63
I love that your collecting theme is a particular year. For me, I would only have sundials to collect ;-)...
Beautifully classical Seamaster ...
Looks lovely. We often say that the 1960's was the golden age for Omega, but is this only in retrospect or was the company humming along very well in this period too? Sort of like JLC have done in the 'noughties'; multiple watches, new movements and innov...
yep i think so Andrew....
yep i think so Andrew. the 50's and 60's were a superb period for Omega with some stunning movements like the 30T2rg and extremely robust auto's like the 565. from early 70's onwards was their black period IMO, but they are now back on form. Graham
I'm partial to the 70s also...
Nothing "black"about the Flughtmaster, Ploprof, or any one of those Mark series!
bear in mind the flightmaster...
bear in mind the flightmaster is a Lemania movement as are all the speedmaster marks. i can never remember which movement the ploprof had in it, but i'm referring to when they changed from in house to eta movements which is when things went downhill in my...
Omega's wilderness years -- ETA came later
Snak -- fine watches Graham, Omega did not begin using ETA movements until the mid-1980s, 1985 in particular. However, Omega became unfocused by the mid-1970s, with technologies and designs all over the place. They were selling mechanicals, automatics, qu...