Dr No
[Moderator Omega - Wristscan]
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My sentiments . . .
. . . to a 't'. Hooded lug Omegas are like Detroit-style pizza: a little too rich for my diet, but oh-so-tasty.
Here's one I'd have a hard time resisting, a white gold ref 14327. Extremely rare; I've never seen one in the metal.
[photo credit: Erich]
[photo credit: Erich]
I saw a platinum Connie at Omegamania with a diamond dial, but don't recall the reference number. Pretty sure it wasn't 2852/53.
Also recall seeing a Norman Morris price sheet from the mid-'50s specifying both 14 kt and 18 kt white gold Connies. Again, I've never seen one in the metal. I believe MSN, who used to post here many years ago, has at least one white gold 2852 with a black dial. That would be well worth owning.
Art
A curiosity from Dr No's photo files: what is . . .
. . . this? "Obviously," you'll say, "a pink gold hooded lug Grand Luxe Constellation." Ok, but which reference? Why no printed CONSTELLATION CHRONOMETER/RE OFFICIALLY CERTIFIED ? Why are the applied Ω symbol and brand at the bottom of the dial? Where are...
Well, that was quick! Thanks, Myles. There's still a conundrum of sorts . . .
. . . as I was under the impression ref 14355 gave way to 143 6 5 with the transition to full rotor cal 501/505 movements ~ 1957. Were there any inner caseback photos? If yes, and the reference number is 14355, then another 'factoid' goes the way of the d...
The movement number leans towards 1957 production . . .
. . . so it could be there was a transition between the two similar [143 5 5 vs 143 6 5] references, but I still feel there's an unanswered question here. We'll never know for sure.
My sentiments . . .
. . . to a 't'. Hooded lug Omegas are like Detroit-style pizza: a little too rich for my diet, but oh-so-tasty. Here's one I'd have a hard time resisting, a white gold ref 14327. Extremely rare; I've never seen one in the metal. [photo credit: Erich] I sa...
You were busy back in the day (were you around in 1958?), probably listening to Scotch & Soda and playing snooker
In high school electronics shop class I resurrected an old juke box that played 45 and 78 RPM records, and this came booming out, but by Dale Hawkins, many years before Credence made it famous. Here it is by the Rolling Stones (for Art)
Dad knew his #1 son was going to be like an apple . . .
. . . that fell far from the tree when he found me playing Scotch and Soda incessantly. At that age, I didn't know what Scotch was other than tape. Twenty years later, when I started following the Stones, it drove him bananas I'd spend so much money seein...
Think I may have found a similar watch with a portrait
This is from a 2012 auction. Ref 2930, circa 1958, serial number 15,769,268, only 4 away from watch above. Almost certainly from the same batch delivered to Saudi Arabia Markers and diamonds look the same. I'm not convinced that the other auction catalog ...
Sterling research, Gator. Thanks very much . . .
. . . for clearing the mystery up. Impressed, Art