I just knew I had to try this
one when I found it for sale in the end of March 2012. This Seamaster 300 was put
together from NOS original Omega service parts by WatchCo in Australia.
Everything, except for the movement, was brand new. As you know I’m not a huge
fan of old moldy vintage watches and it felt good to receive one of the best
looking dive watches ever made in mint condition. The movement, cal. 565, was according
to the seller newly serviced and supposed to be as good as new. The seller
agreed on trading it for my Tudor Chronograph 79270 and we managed to schedule a quick meeting at the airport one day when he was in Stockholm for business.
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| #169 - The Omega SM300 built from service parts by WatchCo. |
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| You can't complain on that lume! |
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| Seconds after I picked it up at the airport. |
This watch was great. I would
even say spectacular! But I know there are haters out there who don’t
appreciate those WatchCo Omega’s. And I understand your way of reasoning, I
really do. Even though it’s not a fake, since everything is made from original
parts, it doesn’t feel like an original watch either, because it was never made
and really isn’t supposed to exist. Also, since it has a donator movement, Omega’s
archive will have it registered to the original watch it was taken from. But
still, I think it was pretty neat and it was great to have a “vintage” watch
with badass lume that was waterproof and ready for the ocean without having to
be worried about it taking in water.
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| Wrist shot in the bathroom at work. |
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| Having take away-breakfast in the sun. |
*A long story*
Jeez. I just erased the longest
fucking story that had too many curse words in it. I’ll keep it short instead.
Knock on wood but I rarely have had any trouble when selling stuff but this
time I ran in to the exception that confirms the rule. I learned a valuable
lesson from selling this watch. Even though you have explained something in
detail over and over and been extremely clear about what terms and conditions
you agree on, before making the deal, there will be people who think they can act
however they want no matter what. Reading those old e-mails that went back and
forth between us makes me feel sick. How could I be so goddamn polite and
helpful when this guy was acting like a total asshole? I should have listened to my gut feeling which early told me that this guy was going to cause me more headache than happiness.
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| Chilling with a beer at the Cinema waiting for Transformers, G.I. JOE or any other superhero movie to start. |
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