Amazing vintage Omega and Longines find!

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jtc103

jtc103

Jewelry lover
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Oct 29, 2009
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#1
I bought 2 vintage dress watches last week and they finally arrived and I'm ecstatic! One is Omega and one is Longines. Both are vintage watches whose bracelets/bands were customized by a family-run jewellery, with the option to add diamonds around the watch. The bands are both made of 18k white gold.

The reason I'm so excited is because when I was first looking at the watches, I asked the seller if the weights of the watches she has described is with or without the movement. She said it was with. I have 2 other vintage Omega and Movado watches that were very similar in size so I knew the weight of the movement. So taking out the movement weight to check it out and calculating just the gold weight I figured out that just the value of the gold content alone compensates for her asking price so I decided to get both watches. Well it comes today and after checking out everything, I realized that what she meant was that the weight she identified was JUST the gold. So I actually bought both watches for $600 below the scrap value of the gold content! So I got the Omega and Longines movement free plus I got the gold for such a low price!

I'm still contemplating if I should keep the Longines or give it to my mom. I find it a bit too small, although it is a dress watch. But the Omega is staying with me...:yahoo:

Now I just have to send it to my jeweller to put in the diamonds around. :D

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#2
Gorgeous!

The Omega is definitely a better fit on you. And what a lovely gift the Longines would make.

Can't wait to see it once you've had it sparkly-ed up. :)
 
#11
Great find. Love the vintage look. My MIL has an Omega which looks similar. It came back from Switzerland after a repair.

Enjoy the watch. Keep the Longines and give it to your mom!
 
#12
mlle chance said:
They are STUNNING! I love the bracelets!!
Where did you find them?
I can't wait to see the Omega with the diamonds in it! WOW!!!
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mlle chance - the seller of the 2 watches was recommended to me by another seller that I've been buying jewelry from for years. My original seller is from France and she recommended this family-owned jeweller/watch specialists who are based from Israel. I was hesitant at first but I trust my French seller so I decided to go for it. She then sent me information on a few of the watches they had. They specialized in Omega and mostly vintage ones.
 
#14
nvie said:
Great find. Love the vintage look. My MIL has an Omega which looks similar. It came back from Switzerland after a repair.

Enjoy the watch. Keep the Longines and give it to your mom!
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The thing I love about the vintage Omega ones is that you're able to find the customized bands that are made of real gold. And I'm finding it even harder to find them in 18k white gold.
 
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