acrackl
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Would appreciate some advice from someone familiar with vintage Omega watches. I am new to this. I was checking out the listings in Ebay and thought many of the vintage Omegas looked like good buys.
I came across the Omega website which allows a search of the database (all their watches, I assume) by case # and caliber #. When I tried to check the ebay listings using this database, I found that many of the offerings on Ebay do not match! Is it common practice to replace cases? or movements? Or am I misinterpreting what the Omega database tells me?
For example take the listing here: This says a Cal #552, with Case #166.002. However, as per the Omega website, for case # 166.002 a match with caliber #552 cannot be! (or vice versa, a search by caliber type 552 does not match to that case). If I use this criteria, I pretty much eliminate many "good looking" watches described as minty (many from Powersellers with good feedback).
Am I missing something here??
I came across the Omega website which allows a search of the database (all their watches, I assume) by case # and caliber #. When I tried to check the ebay listings using this database, I found that many of the offerings on Ebay do not match! Is it common practice to replace cases? or movements? Or am I misinterpreting what the Omega database tells me?
For example take the listing here: This says a Cal #552, with Case #166.002. However, as per the Omega website, for case # 166.002 a match with caliber #552 cannot be! (or vice versa, a search by caliber type 552 does not match to that case). If I use this criteria, I pretty much eliminate many "good looking" watches described as minty (many from Powersellers with good feedback).
Am I missing something here??