rooster133 said:
Hello, new member here. Loving the forum! I have been collecting old Omega gens for a while (e.g., Connies from the 50s, Seamasters from the 60s, military models from the 40s, bumpers from the 30s, etc.). My question is: Are there any vintage reps out there? I mean reps that were designed and manufactured to look like old classics. I would suspect that the market for these is fairly small, particularly given that many old Omegas are quite affordable already. Yet I wonder whether anyone has come across any vintage Omega reps...
Thanks - Rooster [smilie=tongue3.gif]
Funny you should mention this, as I was researching this myself not long ago. Short answer is "not really." You may be able to find a couple of reps of a few older pieces here and here (I seem to recall a rep of the Ploplof a few years back), but in general, there really hasn't been much of a concerted effort on the part of the rep industry to focus on Omega vintage reps. Unlike vintage Rolex and PAMs, you can still get really good prices for the majority of gen Omega vintage stuff. In fact, if you look on ebay, it's unusual to find a vintage Omega for more than a couple of hundred dollars. So if you're interested in vintage Omega, the best way to go is to just pick one up used. They all have a lifetime warranty, so regardless of the condition of the watch, they'll fix it. But, as I recently learned, the cost to recondition them is probably going to be more than the watch. Average price of a top to bottom reconditioning is about $700, and it takes about 3 to 4 months.
