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Hi again... the Polaris I'm considering has an International Warranty card that indicates its initial sale was at Marshall Field & Co., Chicago on 5/1/92... and it has a full set of repair records from the Swiss Watch Technical Center, Lancaster, PA.... for battery replacement, replace crystal, and warranty service.

The nice lady who's selling this piece says her late husband was the original owner (and a bit of a fanatic), but can this watch have been made in the mid-80's and still have been sitting in a fancy (now defunct) department store until the early 90's? For $500 (she asks), I may just take my chances, but do you suppose Omega's warranty may still be valid?

I really do appreciate your advise, and your recent photograph is absolutely stunning.

: I was not implying that you are a speculator, merely that buying
: something and hoping it goes up in price is speculation.

: Omega has always made quartz and mechanical watches of superior
: quality.

: If you are looking for a watch to last for three generations, buy
: the mechanical. In another thread here, you will see the 1913
: Omega pocket chronograph I recently obtained. Mechanical
: watches, properly maintained, last nearly forever.

: If you are looking for a watch for the next 5 to 10 years, the
: quartz is likely just fine: a cost of $100-$200 per year even if
: you have to throw it away at the end of the time. I own several
: quartz from the same era as the Polaris, including this
: chronograph:

:
:

: I don't expect them to fail anytime soon, but have few illusions
: about the certainty of repair. Although I do note Omega has
: publicly committed to maintaining parts stock for all models for
: 15 years after the end of production. If production ended in
: 1985, that would have been through 2000 . . . . so that is not
: that long ago.