Watches (or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Antiquated Money Pit)

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Could get $3500 - $5000 for it easy.

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Sold!

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Might be the mainspring. Might also be lots of other things. Like people have said here, look for a smaller to take it in for a service.

I think the movement in this watch will be cal 1481 - a movement Omega jointly produced (and shared) with Tissot. You see it in Tissot Seastars from the same era, they call it cal 2481 though.

Does the date jump forward when you “click” the crown in?

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A mate selling restored vintage watches here

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Some beauts on there!

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This guy’s videos are so good! I could watch them for hours. Relaxing and satisfying in equal measure :clock1030:

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Saved up, got myself a present for
my 40th the other month:

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Dream watch goals

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Part of my ‘If I win the premium bonds’ shopping list too. Maybe a nice little Leica as well as a Ligne Roset Togo corner sofa… simple things! Oh and a Nagra…

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My wife has one in stock at her store if you have $40k burning a hole in your pocket.

Edit: was just corrected. That year and model is upwards of $200k.

So yeah,

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Yeah, that’s the Paul Newman. Magnificent!

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You’ll love this clip then @howler

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Yes, seen that before - amazing!

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I love how he very obviously does a dive for humor’s sake and the Antiques Roadshow guy doesn’t really think it’s all that funny. As a bonus, now you can see like a million clickbait clips of this online with titles like “Old man PASSES OUT when he finds out how much his ROLEX WATCH is worth!”