Vintage Omegas on eBay

[meekss88]

I'm in the market for a gen vintage Omega and there seem to be a ton available on eBay.  Should I be concerned with some of the listings from foreign countries?  There's a ton from S. America, India, China, Mexico and Canada and its just a bit unsettling to me.

 

Some examples:

 

 

 

 

Let me know what you guys think.  If you have a more reliable source to purchase something like the above links, please let me know!

 

TIA

Cannot add links until I have 5 posts unfortunately.  Let me know if anyone can help out!

[PeteM]

There are several vintage Omega forums mate... which might be worth a look at... plus there are a few well known Omega watchsmiths who sell untouched and refurbed Vintage stuff..

 

I would suggest as you aint had many replies since you posted that you sign up on the forums and check out th etrusted guys and sources for those guys...

 

 

As for eBay ... it is a crap shoot...I have seen guys get some awesome gen stuff and others get semi scammed etc

 

Here is a link to a guy asking about some Omega vintage watches on ebay...if you look at what he is after in his links then look at what the guys on the forum say about them you can get an idea of what to look for and what to avoid etc

 

http://omegaforums.net/threads/buying-vintage-omegas-am-i-nuts.1898/

 

 

 

I know there are a few guys ...there are a few in eastern europe.... I cant recall the countries etc but they sell a lot of Omega dialled stuff ...generally vintage and more military style and they are not quite scammers but their descriptions leave a lot to be desired.... they refurb and repaint dials etc and use semi oem movements etc but mainly really overpriced !!

 

Then there is another few in South america that do the same or sell rubbish... eBay is a minefiled if you dont know enough ....and in those cases even buying the seller dont help unless you know what you want and what you should check and pay for one...so it really is about research...

 

But generally if you know what you want you can spot them.... I always find if a deal looks good or cheap and when you check the feedback that the seller sells a lot of the same stuff that they know exactly what they are selling and if it was as good as you might think it is or as cheap then chances are it aint...as they would know better than most what they could get for it if it was all proper... and avoid India and singapore as a rule

 

But I am sure you know all that mate.... as I say start with the Vinatge forums and Vintage Omega forums for reliable sellers and private sales

 

 

http://omegaforums.net/forums/vintage-omega-watch-topics.23/

 

http://www.atgvintagewatches.com/?2

 

http://vintagewatchforums.com/viewforum.php?f=26

 

http://www.omegavintage.com/omega-vintage

 

 

 

BUT

 

If you have time and patience ...why not spend a few weekends trawling some small antique shops or small second hand type places (not chain shops etc) and even small old school jewellers watchsmiths plus carboot sales or markets etc you would be surprised what you could pick up and the cost would negate the risk...and you could if lucky !! Get something really sweet...

[lhooq]

Instead of links, you can write down the auction numbers. There are a lot of sketchy vintage Omegas out there, ranging from massive 'Regulateur' pocket-watch conversions (often from Ukraine), nondescript watches with Railmaster-esque dials (lots from India), military watches of dubious provenance (Vietnam), and your everyday Planet Ocean cheap rep (everywhere--even the rogue nation of Canada).

[fraggle42]

I did a lot of reading on Watch-u-Seek and found that these three EBay sellers are recommended:-

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/jmryshi

US based, buys used watches from Japan.

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/kaberui

Japan based.

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/sabashioyakiz1

Japan based.

 

 

Apparently the Japanese folks like decent, good watches and also like to change them frequently, hence the number of good quality used watches that come from Japan.

 

I haven't (yet) used any of these three, but do a search on WUS for their names to see what others think of them.