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Today I finally gave in to a many-year-long itch...

 

This is my kryptonite watch, and I found one.

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I knew there was a reason I liked you.

 

Panerai is one of my favourites. Unfortunately I sold mine when leaving the country. To be fair, it did pay for all of our flights!

 

I do miss that watch.

 

I really like the brown. It suits you. Congraulations Dawie.

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Garmin Instinct.

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Very nice, what watch face have you got on there?

The watch itself doesn’t have downloadable faces but rather pre-set faces. Within these faces you can select what widget goes where.

It has analog and digital faces with black on white and white on black faces

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During my garage cleanup on the weekend, I found a lot of stuff from the years gone by. This Omega was my grand father’s, and he bought it on 17/7/1952 (still have the receipt).

 

It still works, providing I wind it up - but it doesn’t fit in my taste of watches. I’ll take it to a few jewelers to get it valued then put it up for sale.

 

The receipt is hard to read (writing), but it looks like a 14-carat gold case.

 

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During my garage cleanup on the weekend, I found a lot of stuff from the years gone by. This Omega was my grand father’s, and he bought it on 17/7/1952 (still have the receipt).

 

It still works, providing I wind it up - but it doesn’t fit in my taste of watches. I’ll take it to a few jewelers to get it valued then put it up for sale.

 

The receipt is hard to read (writing), but it looks like a 14-carat gold case.

 

Don't sell it. You'll regret it down the line ;)

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During my garage cleanup on the weekend, I found a lot of stuff from the years gone by. This Omega was my grand father’s, and he bought it on 17/7/1952 (still have the receipt).

 

It still works, providing I wind it up - but it doesn’t fit in my taste of watches. I’ll take it to a few jewelers to get it valued then put it up for sale.

 

The receipt is hard to read (writing), but it looks like a 14-carat gold case.

 

 

I'm still living in hope that one day I'll be handed the location to my grandparents time-capsule garage and inside I'll find Pateks, an E-Type and a pile of share certificates....

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Don't sell it. You'll regret it down the line ;)

Curious, why would there be regret?

 

Umm, I’ve had it for more than 20 years and it’s not adding any value currently. Depending on the valuation, I’ll make a call.

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During my garage cleanup on the weekend, I found a lot of stuff from the years gone by. This Omega was my grand father’s, and he bought it on 17/7/1952 (still have the receipt).

 

It still works, providing I wind it up - but it doesn’t fit in my taste of watches. I’ll take it to a few jewelers to get it valued then put it up for sale.

 

The receipt is hard to read (writing), but it looks like a 14-carat gold case.

 

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So really there are two scenarios here: 

 

1. Its a bumper movement and worth a couple of thousand.. 

 

2. Its a regular 5xx, 7xx, 10xx, movement in there, worth a bit less but still collectible.

 

Just a warning, the market is down at the moment on Vintage Omega unless its a Speedmaster as the 50 year anni of the moon landing has kind of over shadowed everything. 

 

any chance on the paperwork there is a number in this sort of sequence 166.0163?

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I eventually found the details on the inside of the back case: 2643 refers to the following details on the Omega website. A bumper movement apparently.

 

https://www.omegawatches.com/en-us/watch-omega-tresor-omega-ot-2643

 

TRÉSOR
1949
OMEGA
OT 2643
 
FEATURES
International collection
1949
 
Case material: 18K solid gold
Vintage watch watchcase type: Press‑in
Dial: With hand‑rivetted gold hour markers and "Dauphine" gold hands.
 
Bracelet: Leather
 
MOVEMENTS
Movements: Automatic (mechanical)
Caliber number: 351
 
Other
Created in 1949 17 jewels Central sweep‑second hand Some of these calibers were chronometer certified.
 
TECHNICAL DATA
Water resistance
No (hermetic crown)
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Curious, why would there be regret?

 

Umm, I’ve had it for more than 20 years and it’s not adding any value currently. Depending on the valuation, I’ll make a call.

It was your grandfather's watch, that he took the time to store properly with full papers. I'd rather hand it down to my kid's kids. 

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