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A watch I don't wear nearly enough TBH. 1975 Omega Seamaster "Mariner 1"


Excuse the dust

Funky yoke on the wrist. My only Omega. One of those watches I think I might move on, but then wear it and… I'd probably regret selling it.

750 euros? Get away. That's crazy money for one. :eek: I've seen NOS with box and papers and hangtags go for less. In the last six months too. Here's one, two and three such examples since Xmas at well under half that price.

Now they are a cool watch and contain Omega's first all in house quartz movement, but they're not that rare. 3-350 for one minus the bracelet, 400 for one with would be the price I'd consider right for one. Add hundred euros for one with box and all that, if that's your thing, but 750? Jeeebus. Fair play to the seller, but I dunno what the buyer was thinking TBH. Can depend on the day of course. I saw one on the same sales forum sit for a week at 300 sterling IIRC.

Hang on… maybe I should shut the hell up now, considering I was thinking of flipping it before.

Eoin wrote: »

I think I sold mine for just under 400 sterling Wibbs, and had a good look at eBay for others when I listed it - I think you're being a little conservative?

Maybe E and fair play for your sale and they do go for that kinda money(or way more it turns out), but in my previous post I linked three recent ebay auctions where the three went for 250 sterling or under. The cheapest being this one at 220 sterling. Last year around June/July IIRC I saw two minter NOS ones with boxes and such go through for around the 6-650 Euro mark, one a BIN the other in auction.

These Mariners seem to have quite the range in prices they fetch(outside of daft dealer prices). Anywhere from a hair under 300 euro to 700 plus. Condition is part of it yes, as is the presence of the bracelet or not, but not nearly so much as you'd think. Interestingly BIN prices are just as variable. Usually not the case, it's more usual you'll get a saving in an open auction. I have noticed they do go for more in forums mind you.

I must dig up the oul receipt for mine. IIRC I paid around the 300 mark, a few years ago now. Today if I was looking for one, I'd look to pay around the 350 euro mark. If I was looking for a mint/NOS one I reckon I'd be waiting a couple of months and would need to stump up around 6-650 euro for the privilege. Also ebay.de is a very good place for them. They usually have quite a few on the go. You may note that a lot of them come with German day wheels. They seem to have been a popular watch in that neck of the woods.

I thought I was bad when I had two. Well I always figure a spare is a good bet with early quartz. These 1310 movements are pretty solid though. Takes a lot to kill them The vulnerable part is the exposed coil which can get buggered by ham fisted battery changers, but since I swap my own batteries. So I sold the spare

1940 Alpina 592 KM on this sunny morning. Patina came free.



Wearing new shoes Got the NOS canvas strap from a chap over in the Military watches forum. It's from the 40/50's, French and a Nato style a few decades before the Nato came out. Very comfy and apparently Hygenienque with it. Wasted on filthy old me.




I didn't see my first "proper" Nato in the wild until the early 90's, while fishing, I met a UK military chap wearing one and he sent me one in the post. It was the only one I saw until the late 90's. That said you could get Nato style in leather before that. Took some digging and luck pre interwebs mind you.

IIRC with many of the quartz chrono movements there is a way for the user to reset the mechanism to factory and align the hands correctly.

Here's a How To video.

Homer wrote: »

My IWC from the bay arrived this morning Delighted with the condition and size, at 38mm is actually wearable on my not so manly wrists!
Thanks again to Wibbs let the sickness continue :pac:

Couple of quick phone pics

That is well lush. A very stylish IWC for that money? Imagine the same watch with a mechanical movement. At least quadruple the price. On top of that any approved service would be at least what you paid for your entire watch. And all future services to come. On the other hand with this a service consists of a 2 quid battery every 3 years and something you could do yourself. Told ya folks, the battery boys are the real easy way to get into vintage and big named vintages too. You heard it here first

Now don't get me wrong I love mechanical watches but prices are usually strong and servicing expensive. Mark my words the higher end of the collecting market is gonna come around to the early and high quality quartz stuff and when it does watch the prices climb like billyo.

Another reason and a huge issue in the mechanical only market from the bottom to the very top(Hello Mr John Mayer) are fakes/frankens. Quality quartz are nigh on impossible to fake and would be likely more expensive to do so. A lad in a shed in China can ready up a gear, movement plate etc, or change a basic common movement and put it into a fake rare case easy enough, but try faking a 1971 Motorola chip, or 8khz hand cut quartz, never mind the mechanical bits like a Beta 21 index wheel. Plus all the early quartz were already the top of the line anyway.

flutered wrote: »

are the two tuning forks which sold on flea bay yesterday afternoon winding their way to this thread, a steel bulova n4, for 46stg, plus a longines blue dialed one for 132 i think

Here's hoping F. Didn't see the Bully, but saw the Longines alright. Good price for one of them, the ultronics have been rising rapidly in price of late, even in no reserve auctions.