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Re: State of the Collection April 2010

: A recent request, a little available time, some gorgeous sunny
: Easter Sunday . . . . the current SOTC

: It seems I like chronographs . . . .

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: Top Row (321 calibres, rattrapantes, tuning fork)
: 1940s Lusserna (Macy's) manual, SS/leather, white face (Lemania
: 2310/27 CH)
: 1960 Omega Seamaster chronograph, 14kGP/leather, xxx (321)
: 1967 Omega Chronograph 101.0009, SS/leather, silvered/two register
: (320)
: 1960s Dubey & Schaldenbrand Index-Mobile Rattrapante manual,
: 14kGP cap/leather, chronograph ()
: 2001 Omega Speedmaster Split Seconds ST 377.320/3540.30 auto,
: SS/SS, silver/X-33 case (3600)
: 1974 Omega Speedsonic 388.0800 tuning fork, SS/SS, mirror
: gray/tuning fork chrono (1255)

: Bottom Row (Speedy Pros, Mark V)
: 1998 Omega Speedmaster Professional 1957 Replica ST
: 345.0222/3594.50.00 manual; SS/SS; black face/chronograph (1861)
: 2003 Omega Speedmaster Professional 3578.51.00 manual, SS/SS,
: Snoopy dial/caseback (1861)
: 2007 Omega Speedmaster Professional 50th Anniversary Patch
: 311.30.42.30.01.001 manual, SS/SS, black w/patch/chronograph
: (1861)
: 1972 Omega Speedmaster Professional Mark II 145.014 manual, SS/SS,
: black racing dial/chrono (861)
: 2000 Omega Speedmaster Professional X-33 3290.50.00 (Gen 1) quartz,
: TT/TT, Analog&LCD/multifunction (1666)
: 1985 Omega Speedmaster Mark V ST 376.0806 auto, SS/SS,
: black/Teutonic (1045)

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: Top Row (first auto chronos [Heuer & Zenith], dress chronos)
: 1991 Omega Louis Brandt II chronograph 5331.30 auto, 18kYG/leather,
: white Clous de Paris guilloche/decorated mvmt (1158)
: 1970 Heuer Carrera auto, SS/leather, blue/early auto (Buren 12)
: 2007 IWC Portuguese Chrono-Automatic 371417 auto, SS/leather, white
: with blued numerals/hands (79350)
: 2002 Zenith ChronoMaster T 02.0240.410/21, SS/SS, triple
: date/moonphase double chrono (410Z)
: 2003 Chronoswiss Chronoscope CH1521R, 18kRG/leather, silvered face
: (C125)

: Bottom Row (Seamasters & my first Omega, the Day-Date Speedy)
: 1988 Omega Seamaster Polaris 1/100th 382.1231/2493 quartz,
: 18kYGSS/18kYGSS, black/chronograph-date (1670)
: 2003 Omega Seamaster Professional Chrono-Diver 2298.80.00/TI
: 378.0514.400 auto,TT/TT, blue wave/date-double chrono (1164)
: 2006 Ebel 1911 Chronograph auto, SS/SS, white/in house chrono movt
: (137)
: 1997 Omega Seamaster Professional Chrono-Diver 2296.80.00/TL
: 378.0514 auto,TT/Tant/RG, blue wave/date-double chrono (1164)
: 2004 Omega Speedmaster Triple Date 3523.30 auto, SS/SS,
: silver/triple date-chronograph-24hr (1151)

: Of course, I forgot one. Here it is paired with the other
: date/moonphase chronograph I own, the Zenith

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: 1986 Omega Speedmaster Teutonic Moon ST 345.081 manual, TT 18kYG/TT
: 18kYG brushed, white/moonphase (866)
: 2002 Zenith ChronoMaster T 02.0240.410/21, SS/SS, triple
: date/moonphase double chrono (410Z)

: Upon reflection (and counting watches), apparently I like
: "time only" (2- and 3-handed watches) watches even
: more; I have more of them than chronographs

: The earliest "time only" watches were pocket watches

: Front side closed

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: Front side open

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: Back side closed

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: Back side open

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: 1904 Omega grade DD 21 jewel size 16 pocket watch, YGP14k 25 year,
: white porcelin/chronometer grade (19'")
: 1913 Omega Pocket Chronograph, /0.900 Silver, White enamel/15
: minute (19'")
: 1917 Omega (Everts) 21 jewels size 12 pocket watch, YGP14k 20 year,
: white porcelin/chronometer grade (17’”)
: 1919 Omega size 21 jewels 12 pocket watch, 14kWG,
: silver/chronometer grade (17’”)
: 2007 Calibri skeleton pocket watch, SS, 5 part SS case (?)

: Here's the group shot of the wristwatches

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: Top Row (1930s and War Years)
: 1928 Longines, GGP14k/leather, white (13.34)
: 1934 Omega Cushion manual, nickle/leather, silver/subsecond (26.5
: SOB T1)
: 1934 Omega Tank CK 891 AL manual, SS/leather, white face/subsecond
: (20F)
: Cufflink from Fontmelon FHF40s, a popular 1940s ladies movement,
: offsetting the WWII era watches
: 1943 Omega 30 T2 CK 2905 manual, YGP14k/black leather, black
: redial/subsecond (30 T2)
: 1944 Omega manual; 18kYG/leather; gold/subsecond (28)
: Cufflink from Fontmelon FHF40s, my mother-in-law has a watch with
: this movement given to her by her late husband in 1945

: Second Row (Post-War 1940s and 1950s)
: 1947 Omega US Collection F 6212 bumper auto, 14kYGF/leather, Art
: Deco white/subsecond (28.1 RA PC)
: 1948 Omega Centenary OT 2500 auto 1, 18kYG/leather, gold
: face/Jubilee watch (30.10 RA PC AM JUB)
: 1949 Omega Automatic Chronometre OT 2514 auto, 18kYG/leather, gold
: redial/gold indices index reg. (343)
: 1952 Omega hybrid N 6555 manual, 14kYG/leather, black
: face/subsecond (302)
: 1953 Omega Seamaster Deluxe OT 14324 auto, 18kYG/leather, hooded
: lugs/chronometer (352)
: 1956 LeCoultre/Vacheron Galaxy manual, 14kWG/leather, white/mystery
: dial 37 diamonds (480CW)
: 1959 Omega Seamaster 9068 auto, 14k YG/leather, white applied
: indices/chronometer (505)

: Left Side Foreground (Swatches & 1970s/1980s novelties)
: 1985 Tissot Rockwatch quartz, marble/leather, green marble/sweep
: second (xxx)
: 1979 Lanco Astrolon auto (with a completely plastic movement!)
: 1995 Swatch Golden Sixties auto, plastic/plastic, open gold/sweep
: second ETA 2842)
: 2001 Swatch Irony Diaphane skeleton auto, plastic/leather skeleton
: face (ETA 2841-1)

: Center Foreground on and in Sterling Silver Box
: 1981 Omega La Magique 191.8523Z quartz, 18kYG/leather brown/mystery
: dial (1357)
: 2004 Tourneau cufflink quartz, 14kYvermeil, white/sweep second
: 1956 Omega Constellation De Luxe OT 2799 auto, 18kYG/18kYG mesh,
: mirrored gold/sterling box (354)
: 1958 Omega Constellation Grand Luxe OT 2930 auto, 18kYG/18kYG,
: mirrored stepped gold/brickworks (505)
: 2004 Tourneau cufflink quartz, 14kYvermeil, white/sweep second
: 1984 Omega Louis Brandt manual, 18kYG/leather, gilded open/7
: diamond crown (626)

: Right Side Foreground
: 1960s Audemars Piguet UltraThin auto, 18kYG/brown leather, gold
: face (AP 2120/JLC 920)
: 1998 Omega De Ville Prestige Tonneau 4653.31 auto, 18kYG/leather,
: white sunburst/jump hour (1221)
: 2000 Blancpain Villeret Ultra-Thin 0095-1318-55 Auto, SS/leather,
: white/thin auto (Blancpain 1153)

: If you will indulge me, I liked some other photos I made of the
: "center box" and some of the watches in it above

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: The sterling silver box accompanied the 1950s era Constellations
: Deluxe and Grand Luxe. The omega on the box is visible through
: the transparent center of the 1981 La Magique.

: There are three other "time only" watches in my
: collection now in possession of others: a early Gruen Curvex, a
: 1950s Blancpain with a dubious heritage and a Steinhausen

: I also have watches with dates, and as watch historians know, they
: all came after WWII

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: Top Row (1950s and 1960s)
: 1952 Omega Seamaster Calendar CO 2627 auto,14kGP/SS, white
: face/date @ 6 (353)
: 1961 Omega Constellation CK 14393 auto, SS/SS grains of rice, black
: pie pan/date (561)
: 1964 Omega Seamaster De Ville KL 6610 auto, 14kYG/leather, white
: crosshair/date (560)

: Second Row (Modern Omegas)
: 2006 Omega De Ville coaxial 4531.31.00 auto, SS/SS silvered
: white/brickworks chronometer (2500B)1991 Omega Louis Brandt II
: Date 5311.30 auto, 18kYG/leather, white guilloche/21k rotor
: (1119)
: 1968 Omega Seamaster WG Day Date BC 168.0023 auto, 18kWG/18kWG,
: silver/chronometer expansion bracelet (751)
: 1991 Omega Louis Brandt II Date 5311.30 auto, 18kYG/leather, white
: guilloche/21k rotor (1119)
: 2007 Omega Deville Hour Vision 431.30.41.21.02.001 auto, SS/SS,
: silver face (8500)

: Front Row (VCs)
: 2003 Vacheron Constantin Patrimony Self Winding
: 42002/000J-9021auto, YG18k/leather, "sunray" guilloche
: (1312)
: 2004 Vacheron Constantin Malte Large Calendar auto, 18kYG/brown
: leather, white/dual window date (1204)

: There is one missing, in possession of a forum member considering
: it for purchase.

: Next up, two of my three alarm watches (one at a watchmakers,
: apparently permanently)

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: 1960s Baume & Mercier 2131 manual, 14kYGF/leather, gold
: guillouche face, 2 crown alarm (AS 1475)
: 1970 Omega Seamaster Memomatic ST 166.0072 auto, SS/leather,
: gray-black/minute alarm date (980)

: GMT, or multiple time zone watches; three of my four (one at a
: watchmakers, apparently permanently)

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: 2007 Omega De Ville coaxial GMT 4533.31.00 auto, SS/SS silvered
: white/brickworks GMT chronometer (2628)
: 1952 Tissot Navigator, 14kYG/leather, world timer function, (28.5 N
: 21 T)
: 2003 Omega Seamaster GMT 2538.20 auto, SS/SS, white GMT (1128)

: Triple date or full calendar moonphase watches are a particular
: favorite of mine; again, one is absent at a watchmaker

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: 2002 Omega Museum 1951 Cosmic 5701.80.03 auto, 18kRG/leather,
: blue/triple date-moonphase (2601)
: 1983 Omega Phase de Lune Or BA 156.0002 auto, 18kYG/leather,
: engraved silvered/ moonphase triple date (715)
: 1960s Enicar Ultrasonic auto, SS/leather, white/moonphase full
: calendar (Venus 91)

: Perpetual calendars, in order of acquisition and complexity (and
: humor was intended)

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: 1970 Wittnauer '2000' auto, SS/leather, blue/perpetual calendar
: display (?)
: 1991 Omega Louis Brandt II Perpetual 175.0200 auto, 18kYG/black
: leather, white Clous de Paris guilloche/decorated mvmt (1116)
: 1990s Jaeger-LeCoultre Odyesseus Quantieme Perpetuel 166.1.60 auto,
: 18kYG w/RG/black leather, enamel (889/440/1)

: My dear wife has a small collection as well, which includes some
: vintage mens watches

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: Top Row
: 1924 Omega ladies OJ 716 AI manual, 14kYG/green lizard, gold aged
: (23.7 T2)
: 1946 Patek Phillipe Reference 1432, 18kYG/black leather, charcoal
: ()
: 1963 Omega Deville 561.007 auto, 18kYG/leather white/square (671)
: 1970 Omega De Ville Ladymatic BA 751.0253 auto, 18kYG/18kYG
: textured, gold face (661)
: 1996 Concord Delirium ladies quartz, 18kYG/18kYG, thin (?)
: 2002 Omega Constellation ladies 1498.75 auto, SS diam. bezel/SS,
: silvered w /diam. 50th anniversary (2520)

: Bottom Row
: 1930 Patek Philippe Calatrava Reference 448, 18kYG/9kPG, Tiffany
: gold face lattice bracelet (11'")
: 1951 Omega ladies manual, 18kYG/leather, white applied markers
: (244)
: 1957 Omega Ladymatic 2940 auto, SS/SS, white/1st ladies rotor auto
: (455)
: 1966 Omega Jewelry manual, 18kWG rectangular/18kWG,
: silver/backwinder 8 diamonds (690)
: 1989 Continental Geneve quartz, BMG/BMG, (xxx)
: 1996 Concord Mariner ladies quartz, 18kYG SS/18kYG SS (?)2004
: Cartier Santos Galbee 2139 automatic, SS-YG/SS-YG, guilloche
: face (200)

: Quartz that I once wore

: Data models/multifunction (I missed my Tissot T-Touch, a very cool
: watch which is currently in my car)

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: 1990 Casio Flip Top Data Bank IA-1000 quartz, BMG/leather, white/
: PDA multifunction (Casio 727)
: 1981 Omega Equinoxe 386.0813 quartz, SS/SS, reversible
: chronograph/timer analog/digital (1655)
: 1996 Timex Data-Link 150S quartz, BM/leather, multicolor/LCD-PDA
: multifunction

: Typical date or time only quartz

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: 1989 Seiko H601-5430 quartz, BMG tank/leather, white/
: digital-analog alarm-chronograph (H601/SBJ)
: 1972 Omega F300hz 198.0045 tuning fork, 14kYGP/leather
: gold-brown/day-date chronometer (1260)
: 1983 Certina quartz, matte black BM gold trim/leather, gold/date
: (ETA 955412)
: 1977 Omega Constellation Quartz Chronometer 398.0854,
: SS-YGP14k/SS-YGP14k, black/quartz chronometer (1343)

: And I have a box full of quartz and project watches; many of the
: quartz just need a battery, but my wife no longer wears her
: character watches

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: Only two of these made it into the inventory . . . .

: That about it

: 1970s Seiko
: 2002 Casio Pathfinder ATC-1200 quartz, plastic/plastic,
: LCD/multisensor-multifunction (1170)

: SOTC April 2010

: Sam aka Hewybaby

HII i desperately need your help! admiring your watches, i saw this front row :1944 Omega manual; 18kYG/leather; gold/subsecond (28)

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