tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30329246.post5977410898644668771..comments2024-03-14T10:09:15.360+08:00Comments on Omega Constellation Collectors: A Cavalcade of Vintage Omega WatchesDesmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14148245572518221306noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30329246.post-18274059033476087312021-07-26T04:03:38.483+08:002021-07-26T04:03:38.483+08:00To Anonymous:
By the way at the end of the video i...To Anonymous:<br />By the way at the end of the video it does give credit to Mr. Goldberger and the music credits were given to Moby.Robert DiIoriohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00575968220838103069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30329246.post-34380896830964965792014-12-14T07:55:06.103+08:002014-12-14T07:55:06.103+08:00You will need to open up the case back to see the ...You will need to open up the case back to see the model number. Once you have the model number you can either check the Omega Vintage Database for details or do a Google image search to see other examples<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />DesmondDesmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14148245572518221306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30329246.post-39788292330730953922014-12-14T06:17:08.267+08:002014-12-14T06:17:08.267+08:00Does anyone know how can I find my fathers 1956-57...Does anyone know how can I find my fathers 1956-57 Constellation 501 chronometer?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30329246.post-22727025852686550242013-10-22T17:28:08.285+08:002013-10-22T17:28:08.285+08:00Thanks MarkThanks MarkDesmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14148245572518221306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30329246.post-61421169920258118492013-10-22T13:49:48.464+08:002013-10-22T13:49:48.464+08:00Hi Desmond, I emailed clean links to you. Strange,...Hi Desmond, I emailed clean links to you. Strange, images were visible when I previewed the post.<br />Cheers<br />MarkMark Flemingernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30329246.post-80618565240993041042013-10-22T12:51:55.286+08:002013-10-22T12:51:55.286+08:00Hi Mark.
Congrats on your acquisition. I tried to...Hi Mark.<br /><br />Congrats on your acquisition. I tried to access the pics but maybe I copied too little or too much of the urls above<br /><br />Regards<br /><br />DesmondDesmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14148245572518221306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30329246.post-36651331732635300732013-10-22T10:56:07.783+08:002013-10-22T10:56:07.783+08:00Hi Desmond,
So I have had the correct crown fitted...Hi Desmond,<br />So I have had the correct crown fitted to my recently acquired 2852 and finaly got some pics taken. The caseback is subject to a little overpolishing and the dial has been repainted but I just could not resist this little gem. It has joined my 168.018 and Constellation Manhattan.<br />[URL=http://s1335.photobucket.com/user/regnimelf3717/media/Omega/IMG_2874_zps97600106.jpg.html][Mark Flemingernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30329246.post-43593204118472417842012-03-05T08:25:54.923+08:002012-03-05T08:25:54.923+08:00Hmmm
John, my suggestion is that you bone up furt...Hmmm<br /><br />John, my suggestion is that you bone up further on Connies until you get to the point that you can make a very clear choice on the actual model you want. (e.g. I want a cal 354 model 2699 pie pan in 18k, or the like)<br /><br />900 pounds for a gold capped model (USD 1425.00) would be around tops if the watch was pristine and original; if it was a 168.005 gold cap and if it was a Desmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14148245572518221306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30329246.post-4659787872331634622012-03-05T05:14:49.398+08:002012-03-05T05:14:49.398+08:00I am looking to purchase my first vintage watch an...I am looking to purchase my first vintage watch and feel a Connie is the best . I have seen one stated as a 60s Automatic 14c 564.Gold face Is has a bracelet but not gold,and that leather strap was probably on it.The asking price is £900 which to me seems very steep and a number of questions need to be asked and I do not wish to buy a pup.<br />As a novice can you give me an guidelines for Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30329246.post-59666071321038564572012-03-01T13:35:57.277+08:002012-03-01T13:35:57.277+08:00LOL
:)LOL<br /><br />:)Desmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14148245572518221306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30329246.post-43327297896419252472012-03-01T12:41:26.745+08:002012-03-01T12:41:26.745+08:00I am Peace Brother Jerome Watkins 3,- well Respect...I am Peace Brother Jerome Watkins 3,- well Respected Rapper & Poet, known worldwide. To Mr. Anonymous, are you a Copyright Lawyer? or some pompous Timex wearing pain in the ass, trying to give Desmond & everybody else a hard time!? Well guess what, I aint havin it, so get the hell off this Blog, becaude it's for serious Omega & Vintage Watch Collectors like myself.<br />Peace Out Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30329246.post-17538428303015403262011-07-19T21:53:43.076+08:002011-07-19T21:53:43.076+08:00Desmond,
Thanks for your time (and your quick res...Desmond,<br /><br />Thanks for your time (and your quick response)! Already try to bargain the price down to app E2200,- see if they will bite my head off...;-)<br /><br />I will keep you posted.<br /><br />BTW: do you know you are inflicting a serious Connie illness to much of your followers....<br /><br />Thanks again!<br /><br />WillemAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30329246.post-3722675242236360682011-07-19T19:30:02.318+08:002011-07-19T19:30:02.318+08:00Hi Well,
Yes this is the 14382 deluxe model with ...Hi Well,<br /><br />Yes this is the 14382 deluxe model with the 18k gold dial.<br /><br />Agree with your assessment, but just to be sure about the dial I would ask the seller to send you a close up high res pic of the dial just to check the Constellation lettering and uppercase script.<br /><br />2470 Euro which equals a little over 3500 USD seems a little too expensive. There is around 1600 Desmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14148245572518221306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30329246.post-36014735927503106722011-07-19T19:11:16.988+08:002011-07-19T19:11:16.988+08:00Dear Desmond,
After a few months of internet-searc...Dear Desmond,<br />After a few months of internet-search, I came across this watch.<br /><br />http://www.chrono24.nl/omega/constellation-chronometer-ca-1961--id1569721.htm?caseMaterials=3&dosearch=true&goal_email=1&manufacturerIds=187&maxAgeInDays=0&merchantId=-1&modelId=60&models=60&movementTypes=1&picnum=1&query=constellation&resultview=list&Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30329246.post-46436511731280498832011-03-24T00:11:48.243+08:002011-03-24T00:11:48.243+08:00I am not the same anonymous that posted the critiq...I am not the same anonymous that posted the critique of Desmond. Please don't confuse me with him. I'm new to the site and don't have my information on hand to log in under my username at the moment.<br /><br />In any event, I feel as though it was rather cowardly and unsportsmanlike for the other anonymous poster to offer his comments without at least leaving a name at the end of hisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30329246.post-52699011766093598652011-01-04T21:49:06.350+08:002011-01-04T21:49:06.350+08:00Good points - the times they are a changing!
But ...Good points - the times they are a changing!<br /><br />But Anon's assumption of vast copyright theft was rendered superflous when John Goldberger confirmed to me that he produced the video. Assumptions and pre-suppositions are the enemy of our search for the true-ish, and we both wasted time and energy on debating something that was based on a false premise of the 'proponent'.<br />Desmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14148245572518221306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30329246.post-79109341926063991432011-01-04T20:44:35.300+08:002011-01-04T20:44:35.300+08:00Oy Vey. Will 'anon' just lighten the heck ...Oy Vey. Will 'anon' just lighten the heck up already. We live in a word of ever expanding sources of high speed information. Adhering to the letter of the law the way anon complains about is going to be a near impossible and I might say "orwellian" task (can I say that w/o the permission of orwells estate) to try an enforce. Why-? because the younger generation behind most of Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16933292858908836945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30329246.post-34390336537047965562010-04-22T12:39:31.385+08:002010-04-22T12:39:31.385+08:00Thanks for your post.
I'm glad you enjoyed it...Thanks for your post.<br /><br />I'm glad you enjoyed it. Yes Omega has a rich inventory of vintage watches - makes one want to collect them all eh? :)<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />DesmondDesmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14148245572518221306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30329246.post-88803569444809085412010-04-21T15:08:40.394+08:002010-04-21T15:08:40.394+08:00Long time lurker & first time poster. That was...Long time lurker & first time poster. That was an amazing video of the brand I must say. I had no idea of the depth & breadth of Omega and they are an amazing company indeed. <br /><br />Thanks for the video I really appreciated seeing it. The music was really appropriate as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30329246.post-79637394122422890092009-04-26T12:54:00.000+08:002009-04-26T12:54:00.000+08:00This is a great video thank you for posting it!
I...This is a great video thank you for posting it! <br />I enjoyed watching it thanks again.Vintage watcheshttp://old-pocketwatches.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30329246.post-37125368980679544312009-02-24T11:05:00.000+09:002009-02-24T11:05:00.000+09:00I disagree that the assumptions I made are flawed....I disagree that the assumptions I made are flawed. Firstly I offered two options - breach or not. I simply dont know and nor do you, I suspect, although you were fiairly insistent that a "huge amount of intellectual property theft" had taken place. <BR/><BR/>You are basing your comments on the assumption that a breach has occurred, whereas I am saying I don't know. As you know, at the beginningDesmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14148245572518221306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30329246.post-47575508304998943572009-02-22T12:38:00.000+09:002009-02-22T12:38:00.000+09:00Desmond,You've applied flawed reasoning to arr...Desmond,<BR/><BR/>You've applied flawed reasoning to arrive at the conclusion that the copyright owners must implicitly have agreed to the use of their copyrighted works simply because the video hasn't already been removed by YouTube. That conclusion presupposes that the IP owners even know about the use of their copyrighted pictures or music used to create the video. Most people who&#Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30329246.post-13239902046889336882009-02-20T20:51:00.000+09:002009-02-20T20:51:00.000+09:00Thanks for your comments.I appreciate indeed the I...Thanks for your comments.<BR/><BR/>I appreciate indeed the IP issues that you raised, having had one of my books, which had just beem published in Mandarin, 'knocked off' only days after the genuine version hit the shops in China.<BR/><BR/>Knowing the youtube policy on copyright, I assume that if the authors of the content (pics and music) asserted their rights in any way the video would be Desmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14148245572518221306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30329246.post-41728066708446282642009-02-20T05:18:00.000+09:002009-02-20T05:18:00.000+09:00The video would be nice except for the HUGE amount...The video would be nice except for the HUGE amount of intellectual property theft represented by the unlicensed use of hundreds of photos and unlicensed use of music.<BR/><BR/>There seems to be a growing epidemic around the globe where people who write blogs or create web content don't consider intellectual property theft a crime. While most people wouldn't consider stealing valuable tangible Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com