Ares501 - Mr Green
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What a story
Sep 29, 2011,02:01 AM
Bill...what a story... charged with passion...
and genuine love for Omega ..great brand with long history
and marvelous watches ... not appreciated as it should be nowadays IMO...
thank you for sharing
Regards
Damjan
P.S. 15K indeed a bargain
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Ok the dust settled .... Lets talk about the White Elephant...
By: Bill Sohne : September 28th, 2011-23:17
Hello everyone It has come to my attention ( multiple PMs and emails ) That a White dial Railmaster popped up on ebay. I knew about this example in early Aug as the seller contacted me after reading the following post , I am including a link to the origin...
What a story
By: Ares501 - Mr Green : September 29th, 2011-02:01
Bill...what a story... charged with passion... and genuine love for Omega ..great brand with long history and marvelous watches ... not appreciated as it should be nowadays IMO... thank you for sharing Regards Damjan P.S. 15K indeed a bargain
Great post
By: nacho217 : September 29th, 2011-02:40
Great post about a piece of Omega history , thanks for sharing your work
Thank You Bill, CSI stuff
By: dreamer8 : September 29th, 2011-05:26
I was very engrossed reading your post.WOW, what transpired over eight or so years years summarised.I admit to being interested only recently in vintage Omega after visiting here.So many nice vintage omegas.What I find very attractive too is compared to v...
White Elephants are...
By: mac_omega : September 29th, 2011-09:54
Hi Bill, hi all, well, white elephants are rrrrrrrrrrrrrare as we all know... Bill, I already knew the story behind the WDR from your earlier posting and I watched the auction as many of us did (of course). Well, I must admit that I would have liked to bu...
Fully agreed . . .
By: Dr No : September 29th, 2011-11:49
. . . that a white gold Connie would be irresistible. 1957 vintage, black engraved dial, and white gold hands and arrowhead markers, please . . . Cordially, Art
It is the right watch for the right collector
By: MSNWatch : September 29th, 2011-11:51
I share some of Erich's sentiments with one exception - I love this watch and I love the RAF '53. I just would not pay the price it fetched because there are other options I would consider. In the vintage omega universe, I would pay more than that for a n...
Sorry that...
By: mac_omega : September 29th, 2011-10:07
Hi Bill, sorry that I mentioned my valuation in numbers in the discussion about the white elephant... If you think tis violates the rules feel free to edit my post - there was no bad intention! I just wanted to give this numbers for comparison between the...
I'd happily take care
By: ztirual : September 29th, 2011-14:15
of your white elefant for you, Bill. Thank you for enriching us with yet wonderful research and insight into the genesis and development of vintage Railmasters. I can easily console myself from the fact that I will never be able to lay my hand one such a ...
Fantastic story..
By: hans_jorgen_1968 : October 1st, 2011-14:56
...I read your original post as well, and this is exactly what collecting is all about. Nice hunt, nice catch and well done detective work Mr. Holmes Btw, after John D. stopped, can I not get any answers out of Omega. They mention they have changed compan...
Awesome, Bill.
By: amanico : October 1st, 2011-22:00
In terms of collection, this White Elephant is certainly a superb catch. Its story, and your investigation, is really awesome. It will certainly suprise you, but between the CK 2914 and this white elephant, I much prefer the CK 2914. In my very personal t...