zOwie Omega Discussion Forum

I would pass on it for several reasons:

1. That's a very expensive watch -- wouldn't buy such a piece of some Joe on eBay. Especially without some better authentication on it.

2. The seller has only a trivial amount of feedback, all of it over 6 months old. Some of his prior auctions were Private -- a trick often used by sellers of fakes.

3. No box or papers. Which means you have no factory warranty on this virtually new piece.

4. His 'buy now' price is $3,000. That's pretty cheap for a watch that was $10,000 new and virtually unused. I wouldn't sell it for less than $4000 (60% off of the retail price) unless I was really desperate. A deal that looks too good to be true usually is.

5. When box and papers are missing on a virtually new piece, there is always a chance there is something bogus in the history of how the current owner ended up with it.

I just don't see this as anything less than a very risky deal.