Rolex

Watches and Wonders-wish I could be there. New releases, smoke and mirrors, getting exited and then disappointed. It usually takes me more than 6 months to really find out what I like of the new releases. The sun popped out after weeks of grey and rain an...  

Looks like leather

With all its complexity in layers , structures and strokes that separate them from medieval paintings. ...  

What a great find that was. All planets aligned. Still can’t recover from it.

. . . twice? By the Rolex and the Omega?

. . . they call this . . . [watch and photo credit: clueless_collector] . . . No Time To Die. ...  

I do like that 007 Seamaster a lot.

I am very fund of that little Omega; it keeps surprising me like a poem you can read again and again. I forgot to check the movement caliber as I promised you to do. I’ll have him take a picture next time I go.

Enjoy

How long have you had yours and what does it look like?

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Yes it’s a bit down that road design-wise but not a CK 859. I will see if I can find the reference # maybe with the help of Dr No. later I did find an original CK 859 as well. Crazy well preserved dial an extracts from the archives. (Another price tag too...  

. . . or an alteration to the watch, as CK 859 is a subsidiary seconds reference, usually fitted with cal 26.5 SOB but also in rare instances with cal 30T2. Mystified, Art

I checked the movement number and case number and they match the extract. The caliber stated on the archives is “23.4 ( manual winding-sub-second)”. Not good.

. . . for an early production ref CK 859. It's an interesting, and possibly unique, reference in that three different movements are credibly reported to have been installed. I believe someone on our forum reported owning a 30T2 CK 859 in the recent past, ... 

. . . that he owned three variants of CK 859 - cal 23.4, cal 26.5 SOB, and cal 30T2. He never posted photos, though. 🤔

. . . or 'cal 23.4 SC '? I underlined SC intentionally to bring it to your attention. If it reads cal 23.4 SC ( s econds c entral) the movement is likely correct, but then we're left with the quandary of the reference designation CK 859. It's not impossib... 

“23.4 ( manual winding-sub-second)” So my theory would be that some parts of the movement were modified and taken from a central seconds reference during a restauration, but the bridges with the original movement number were kept.

. . . if at all possible. Hoping for the best, Art

I owe you a big one.

He sold a similar watch. CK 859 same dial and central seconds from 1939 where the archives said 23.4 SC. He is a vintage shop and says the the heritage department @ Omega is a mess and run by young interims.