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frankt

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  1. Cheap omega opinions please

    in The Omega Area

    Posted

    I'm wearing a Silix $29.00 PO as I type this...I was tidying up my watch shelf this morning and found it...I had forgotten buying it.....It ain't too bad!!

    here's a pic on a non matching bracelet that I think looks OK on it:

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    The watch is not a replica of anything that you could buy at an AD, but it has decent fit and finish, and I particularly like the "QOS" textured dial finish with out the "QOS" etching on the crystal....

    The existence of a watch of this quality for such a ridiculously low price is probably because there were a bunch of leftover parts hanging around some Chinese guys basement...

    For instance, the 45mm case has 20mm bracelet ends and it is an exact match to one I bought @ 5 years ago from TTK....The QOS dial was also most likely a production overrun

    from that not so popular issue, and the bracelet that comes with it is a joke!!

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    Trust me Omega never made ANYTHING like THAT!!

    (notice the spelling!!)

  4. Serviced & Modded

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Another alternative:

    Buy yourself a few nice reps, and wear them.....If perchance one of them breaks, get it fixed if not, take all that money you were going to spend getting perfectly functional watches serviced and buy some more reps...Works for me!! :pimp: :pimp:

  7. Did you ever get lucky on ebay?

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by frankt

    @ 10 years ago I scored this on a BIN @ 3 minutes after it was posted for sale for $435.00...BNIB....It was 36 miles from where I was staying in Rhode Island...I drove there the same day and picked it up for cash before the seller got cold feet!!...

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    An Omega Dynamic Chronograph BNIB with papers...It was @3 years old, still bearing the original Italian price tag.

    I still wear it whenever I feel the need to wear a gen.....And it still looks and runs like new!!

    I have turned down several offers to at least double my money on it over the years...

    Since this model was only made for a short period, it'll only increase in value....My youngest grand daughter has already laid claim to it when my time to go comes!! ;) ;)

  9. Question from a Newbie - please be kind...

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    IMNSFHO:

    The dealer, in order to maintain his stature as a good guy to do business with, should send him the CORRECT bracelet, RIGHT NOW, along with a return envelope to send back the WRONG bracelet!!

    Using the "you approved the QC pictures" gambit here is at best inappropriate!!

    There is NO WAY anybody here would see that that is an incorrectly sized item!!!

    The moderators here should make this clear to the dealer... :fool:

  10. Here's what happened to wm9

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I think the REAL question is:

    What happened to the substantial amount of money that a bunch of trusting folks advanced to his organization before his untimely demise..???

    When his old "partner" bought out his ownership, did he also assume his obligations pursuant to the business...??? :g: :g:

  17. Do you sometimes question your sanity?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Of course we're ALL insane...Spending money to buy obsolete technology that only serves to inform us of info available universally for virtually nothing!!!

    It's a matter of degrees, and how skilled one is at self delusion ....in my case....I have always funded my purchases by selling other stuff that I convinced my self to buy earlier, such as other watches, cameras, or other such junk...

    Just yesterday, I saw a Panerai rep offered for sale on one of the boards for $6800.00.......NOW.....THAT'S CRAZY!!!!!! :bangin: :bangin:

  21. Here's what happened to wm9

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    You could buy a watch from WM9 with a swiss ETA, but there was also WM9's own in house movement KU 24 or the KU 92 cant remember which one, they cost extra if you wanted one fully serviced and decorated. BK could probably explain more.

    Imagine, if you can, trying to get one of THOSE serviced!!!!

    Most likely a modified Chinese 21j "something"......I cannot imagine them building an entire proprietary movement for such a limited application...Then "going away" ..

  24. Guangzhou watch markets.

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    +1 doe tsingtao...... been living on the stuff for 2 years now!!

    Sorry to raise a old post, Im heading to GZ in a few days, Any advise or tips would be great. Looking more for movements/dials etc, but I'm sure ill come back with a watch or two swell.

    Thanks

    Dan

    an interesting Tsing Tao snippet:

    A few years back, a business associate of mine in the brewing industry brokered a deal selling all of the brewing equipment from the defunct Narragansett brewery in Rhode Island(my home state) to the Tsing Tao folks in Shanghai...

    So maybe a little of that "down home" character comes out in the product..??

  25. Here's what happened to wm9

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    IIRC, this "dealer" was originally regarded as a scammer when he first emerged....Then a while later he became a venerated "superbuilder".......then a bunch of folks got $crewed on a prospective build deal.......Now he's dead or catatonic....

    If you spend enough time around the rep world, you'll hear it all.....Won't you Neil...??? :pimp: :pimp: :pimp:

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