zOwie Omega Discussion Forum

Thank you Steve and Joey for the info about my watch.
I never thought it would fetch such crazy prices, but obviously I am/was not aware of the value of some watches.
If you don't mind long posts, let's go for some memories: back in 1979 (aged 20), I was a scuba diving nut.
At that time, our family spent a couple of years in Morocco, as my dad, a french air force Mirage F1 pilot was sent there for "technical assistance" to the Moroccan air force. There I could dive and swim all year round, oh boys those were good days...I did not have a diver's watch in the beginning, my diving partner had one, that was enough.
To cut a long story short, my dad went out for a short holidays in Las Palmas (Canary Islands), and came back with the Omega watch, just in time for my birthday.Too bad I did not like the look of this watch, moreover I thought it was a mistake to dive with a chronograph watch.
So a few weeks later I bought a brand new Rolex seadweller, I do not have it anymore, an ex-girlfriend wanted to keep it as a souvenir...Bet she sold it on ebay now...
Now you think I was a rich guy buying luxury watches every other week, but you know, back in 1979 I paid $640.00 for the Rolex Seadweller, I am unsure of the Omega price tag as it was a gift, but I saw one once at an Omega dealer with a price tag of $400 or 500.00, can't remember well...I wish I had bought 10 Rolex then...
Thanks also for the info about the Chronotrader Forum, but I think Ebay has 3 big advantages:
You get more attention on Ebay than anywhere else, you do not have to set a price as the market will set the best price for a valuable object and, most important for me, I can use escrow services as I do not want the buyer to be disappointed: actually it's pretty important to me that he can inspect the watch before he lets the money go, that's a good thing for a both of us!
Dominique

: Hi Dominique

: please don't appolgize for a long post. Let's
: have more of them !

: Firstly for the guys, not sure of what we're
: talking about, here are a couple of pics.

:

: The eBay "value" of the watch is
: based on various factors.

: The photos you use, the description, the
: condition, the "extras" ( box ,
: papers etc etc ), your eBay feedback rating
: & more.

: I'd say the Minimum you should get is about
: 800 Euro's ( & that is a VERY low
: minimum). I was outbid on a few of these at
: around 1200 - 1400 Euros. I saw a couple
: that went quite cheaply ( 800 - 1000 ), the
: buyers then amazingly sold a "great
: one" a few weeks later for 1500 plus.

: A "top" one should fetch over 2000
: Euro's.

: There's one in the upcoming Omegamania auction.

: Here's a link to the Omegamania auction

: You might want to wait until after the auction
: & see what this one fetches. I'm
: expecting to see the prices of most vintage
: Omega watches rise after the Omegamania
: auction.

: If I may make a suggestion, why not try selling
: it via our own Chronotrader Forum . the
: 176.004 is a PERFECT watch for the sales
: forum, it's free & easy to use.

: I hope this helps.

: Steve