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· ·Vintage Omega AficionadoMithra,
Nice to see you a bit more active. Would love to see some of your vintage zenith pieces here.
Mike
Nice to see you a bit more active. Would love to see some of your vintage zenith pieces here.
Mike
....However is it aestically interesting/pleasing... no not really. The harmony of the piece is not there. For me there are various things that make a timepiece special. Design is one of them. Beauty another. In my humble opinion this does not speak the language of its original creation. The Luna Lux/Espada in its gold chunky case and band make a statement representing a particular time in fashion and watchmaking , which go hand in hand.
Has anyone given any thought to the fact that, without the documentation or provenance supplied with this watch, almost everyone would have called this a Franken?! Which then begs the question, if there is this one, is there more? And more importantly, how can we tell?
BTW, I call blanket dibs on Mithra's treasure chest and all its contents.
I would have been hesitant to call Franken on this one (other than Factory-Franken), even without documentation. Ultra-rare dial, case and bracelet, rare movement, all mint, with said ultra-rare case nicely modified to accommodate moon and day pushers... hard for me to imagine this being other than an inside job.
MMMD,
I just want to say one thing about what you said above so that my pictures or descriptions do not make this watch seem like something it is not. My definition of "Mint" is probably different than yours. My definition of mint almost means that mint watches don't exist in the real world very often. Mint watches are in the condition they would have been in the store when they were purchased. They differ from New Old Stock in that they don't have all of their original packaging.
This watch is in nice shape but you can see signs of wear. You can tell that it has been wound and set and that the back has been off and it has been serviced. It has some light scratches from use. It is a nice watch who's owner wore and enjoyed it and tried to keep it in nice shape.
It might seem weird for the owner of a used watch to downgrade it on a public forum but I think the word "mint" means something and I think it gets thrown around a bit too much. I have been in the watch business for going on 40 years and have owned a lot of nice watches but few that fit my definition of mint.
Please understand that I mean no disrespect....but mint is...well....mint.
Kind regards,
JohnC