Art Deco Vintage Omega Wristwatch

[gran]

Art Deco Vintage OMEGA Wristwatch on ebay

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130408264000

Interesting to see that this concept has been completely taken over by Franck Muller....he is sort of relicating OMEGA ...No not at all, in fact lots of brands had this styoe back them...

http://www.heirloom2.com/Artdeco.htm#VACHERON_CONSTANTIN_

[TeeJay]

Interesting finds, thanks for the links

[krpster]

Cool find. I thought this was an FM design. Learn something new every time I come on here. Interesting movement too. Looks hand made.

Thanks Gran.

[lhooq]

I'm very sure the Omega is a fake ("marriage watch", if you want to be kind) put together by the usual suspects in Ukraine. Movement is probably genuine, and sourced from an Omega pocket watch. Case, dial, and everything else are most likely bogus, and -as your second link shows- the watch is much bigger than others of this style.

By the way, I've been to Heirloom Gallery several times and spoken to the owner, Shawn. Nice guy and an amazing collection of vintages, especially Omegas. It's a must-see if you go to Singapore.

EDIT: On second thought, I'm not too sure about the movement. There's a superficial resemblance to the Omega Calibre 19''', but key differences and the crude level of finish overall lead me to suspect it's a Russian clone.

[gran]

I'm very sure the Omega is a fake ("marriage watch", if you want to be kind) put together by the usual suspects in Ukraine. Movement is probably genuine, and sourced from an Omega pocket watch. Case, dial, and everything else are most likely bogus, and -as your second link shows- the watch is much bigger than others of this style.

By the way, I've been to Heirloom Gallery several times and spoken to the owner, Shawn. Nice guy and an amazing collection of vintages, especially Omegas. It's a must-see if you go to Singapore.

EDIT: On second thought, I'm not too sure about the movement. There's a superficial resemblance to the Omega Calibre 19''', but key differences and the crude level of finish overall lead me to suspect it's a Russian clone.

You might very well be correct about this...dial is very unusual for OMEGA...obviously the low rice is a giveaway?..but still a nice replica for that price?

[lhooq]

You might very well be correct about this...dial is very unusual for OMEGA...obviously the low rice is a giveaway?..but still a nice replica for that price?

I hate to tar an entire country with the same brush, but any watch being sold out of Ukraine should automatically be viewed with suspicion. Mind you, similar pieces have showed up with sellers claiming to be in Israel, but I believe the source is still the same. Generally, you'll see sellers with lots of familiar brand names on oversized watches, purportedly from the early 1900s. Some look decently put together, but others are hilariously bad, especially the dials with panzers and U-Boats printed using an inkjet. (There are lots of German military-themed pieces for the swastika dudes.) The sheer number of "valuable" watches, and the bizarre concentration of all these antique pieces in the Ukraine should raise a few eyebrows.

The low price may be a giveaway if the seller gets greedy and puts a 'Buy-It-Now' button on the auction. Depressingly, an "Omega Regulateur" will sometimes go for more than $2000 in a free-for-all. (Hint: Omega never EVER made a regulateur.) It could be that some of those bids are from the seller's pals, but I think it's likely that people have been suckered into paying hundreds or thousands for something they believed to be authentic.