Hello from Australia

Romualdo
Posts
12
Likes
18
Just joined this interesting & informative forum. Don't have a "watch collection" (yet?) but I like the less rare 50's/60's Omegas (especially Seamaster 30's with sub-second dial, particularly black faced versions). I already have one of these (given to me) but I'm very suspicious it's a redial/frank after doing as much research as I could (all internet based) before stumbling onto this forum. I've noticed many of the same names/avatars (here) popping up on many of the sites/links I've been perusing/studying.

I see that a significant number of for sale watches (private) here only ship within the CONUS - bummer for me.
Looks like this will be a more reliable place to find a genuine (non redial, non Franken) Seamaster.

Not sure if there are any Oris people here but my avatar is a macro shot of a recently obtained piece from the Oris "Jazz Collection" ie John Coltrane - perfect for a jazz fan who likes 50's style dress watches (of course I'm a big jazz fan).
Cheers
Romualdo (Stephen)
 
Darlinboy
Posts
8,742
Likes
69,436
Welcome!

You have been awarded your first "like". 👍

If you want any more, post photos of your watch. :whipped:

IMG_5416.JPG
 
GuiltyBoomerang
Posts
1,727
Likes
5,960
Romualdo Romualdo
I see that a significant number of for sale watches (private) here only ship within the CONUS - bummer for me.
Looks like this will be a more reliable place to find a genuine (non redial, non Franken) Seamaster.

G'day mate! If you PM the seller nicely, they may offer international shipping for an extra cost. Bear in mind that insurance hoops can be a long affair should the watch disappear in transit between countries, which is why some sellers are hesitant to ship overseas.

I did start collecting thinking Oris watches were pretty decent, however seeing so many Mumbai Specials on eBay turned me off them...
 
Romualdo
Posts
12
Likes
18
Darlinboy Darlinboy
Welcome!

You have been awarded your first "like". 👍

If you want any more, post photos of your watch. :whipped:

IMG_5416.JPG

which watch? my Oris or my "Franken Redial?"
is that "dynamic" emogee spanking with a watch?? - now that would be interesting
 
dsio
Posts
33,160
Likes
37,894
Even many that say CONUS will make an exception for us in Australia, incidentally this site is actually run out of Queensland (I'm in Brisbane, @Trev is on the Gold Coast).

When Americans say CONUS they often say it in lieu of listing all the countries they don't want to ship to ever (Nigeria, Italy, Former Soviet Bloc Nations etc).
 
Romualdo
Posts
12
Likes
18
GuiltyBoomerang GuiltyBoomerang
G'day mate! If you PM the seller nicely, they may offer international shipping for an extra cost. Bear in mind that insurance hoops can be a long affair should the watch disappear in transit between countries, which is why some sellers are hesitant to ship overseas.

I did start collecting thinking Oris watches were pretty decent, however seeing so many Mumbai Specials on eBay turned me off them...
thanks for that advice
BTW the reason I bought the Oris (was produced in 2014 in a limited edition run of 1000) was primarily the jazz connection & being a massive John Coltrane fan, I couldn't resist plus those classic 50's features were the icing on the cake
 
Romualdo
Posts
12
Likes
18
dsio dsio
Even many that say CONUS will make an exception for us in Australia, incidentally this site is actually run out of Queensland (I'm in Brisbane, @Trev is on the Gold Coast).

When Americans say CONUS they often say it in lieu of listing all the countries they don't want to ship to ever (Nigeria, Italy, Former Soviet Bloc Nations etc).
OMG what a coincidence!!! I'm from Brisbane (Aspley) also
 
dsio
Posts
33,160
Likes
37,894
Oris isn't bad by any means they just have no real following online, and definitely none that I've seen here. That and Jazz has unfortunate links to hipsterism and people that go to vegan coffee shops in West End & The Valley.
 
dsio
Posts
33,160
Likes
37,894
Romualdo Romualdo
OMG what a coincidence!!! I'm from Brisbane (Aspley) also
About 15km away from me here at Indooroopilly / Taringa.

And no Americans reading this, you can't pronounce either of the two suburbs above correctly, just like you don't know how to say Melbourne, Brisbane or Mackay. ☕
 
Romualdo
Posts
12
Likes
18
dsio dsio
Oris isn't bad by any means they just have no real following online, and definitely none that I've seen here. That and Jazz has unfortunate links to hipsterism and people that go to vegan coffee shops in West End & The Valley.

was that a poke at me? I must be a 60 year old hipster (have grown my hair long again too) & I lived in West End from 1979 to 1990. I've been heavily into jazz for over 25 years now plus I have a John Coltrane Oris watch.::rimshot::😎😀
 
dsio
Posts
33,160
Likes
37,894
Romualdo Romualdo
was that a poke at me? I must be a 60 year old hipster (have grown my hair long again too) & I lived in West End from 1979 to 1990. I've been heavily into jazz for over 25 years now plus I have a John Coltrane Oris watch.::rimshot::😎😀
OK well thats a bit different, I was picturing a 21 year old wearing a Fedora hat, goatee, Ray Bans and harem pants but you're certainly old enough to be an original Jazz fan lol
 
Romualdo
Posts
12
Likes
18
dsio dsio
OK well thats a bit different, I was picturing a 21 year old wearing a Fedora hat, goatee, Ray Bans and harem pants but you're certainly old enough to be an original Jazz fan lol
sounds like you are heavily involved in this site/forum - saw someone post about your lack of replying to threads & your response of a backlog. I presume you have a "day" job or is thia a full time endeavour?
BTW are there any local networks (Brisbane or elsewhere interstate/intrastate) buying/selling old omegas OR do they tend to list on this forum?
 
dsio
Posts
33,160
Likes
37,894
Day job is running a multitude of sites (including several other forums that do have advertising and are commercial in nature) and consulting in the field.

I have no proper internet at the moment (or since last Monday) due to Telstra being a glacially slow excuse for a telco and not sending anyone out to fix my DSL lines so I'm on 4G on my phone and have time on my hands...
 
Romualdo
Posts
12
Likes
18
dsio dsio
Day job is running a multitude of sites (including several other forums that do have advertising and are commercial in nature) and consulting in the field.

I have no proper internet at the moment (or since last Monday) due to Telstra being a glacially slow excuse for a telco and not sending anyone out to fix my DSL lines so I'm on 4G on my phone and have time on my hands...

We're very lucky here in Aspley - we were the first suburb in Australia (Wayne Swan's electorate) to get NBN (the full monty) so we have pretty speedy internet here though it has been a bit slow over the past 24hrs, especially last night
 
dsio
Posts
33,160
Likes
37,894
Romualdo Romualdo
We're very lucky here in Aspley - we were the first suburb in Australia (Wayne Swan's electorate) to get NBN (the full monty) so we have pretty speedy internet here though it has been a bit slow over the past 24hrs, especially last night
I'm in a safe Liberal electorate that has no chance of tipping, hence why I'm on the bottom of the NBN pile, what I wouldn't give to live in a pork-barrelled electorate.
 
dsio
Posts
33,160
Likes
37,894
To answer your other question though, there's no secret group, eBay is a great source as is this site, there are some dealers like Ronnie at Brisbane Vintage Watches, he's not cheap but he offers quality service and warranty on everything he sells. If you need a watchmaker, the best in Brisbane is on the ground floor of Bowman House, corner of Edward and Adelaide St called Paul's antique watch and clock repairs, remarkably cheap considering he can manufacture almost anything and does trade work and too-hard basket jobs for half the high end jewellers in Queensland.
 
Romualdo
Posts
12
Likes
18
dsio dsio
To answer your other question though, there's no secret group, eBay is a great source as is this site, there are some dealers like Ronnie at Brisbane Vintage Watches, he's not cheap but he offers quality service and warranty on everything he sells. If you need a watchmaker, the best in Brisbane is on the ground floor of Bowman House, corner of Edward and Adelaide St called Paul's antique watch and clock repairs, remarkably cheap considering he can manufacture almost anything and does trade work and too-hard basket jobs for half the high end jewellers in Queensland.

Thanks for that information - I've known about "Brisbane Vintage Watches" for some years but wasn't aware of "Paul's".
I've got an Omega Seamaster 30 (was given to me as a present) that I'm highly suspicious it's a Redial/Frank (black faced) - I'll post a pic tomorrow when light is better. It's a 268 Caliber (serial movement 186,823,338 -> 1961) but the back screw in cap has 125.007-63 engraved/stamped. Could a 125.007-63 had a 268 caliber - they seem to be out by a couple of years??? - possible mismatch here? I know there can be a 1-2 year variation with the codes/listings.
 
Jonatan
Posts
1,783
Likes
4,126
dsio dsio
About 15km away from me here at Indooroopilly / Taringa.

And no Americans reading this, you can't pronounce either of the two suburbs above correctly, just like you don't know how to say Melbourne, Brisbane or Mackay. ☕
When my parents lived in Geelong we learned how to prenounce Melbourne correctly and I'm an Americain from North of Maine.
 
dsio
Posts
33,160
Likes
37,894
Jonatan Jonatan
When my parents lived in Geelong we learned how to prenounce Melbourne correctly and I'm an Americain from North of Maine.
May have been a slight generalization 😉
 
Jonatan
Posts
1,783
Likes
4,126
dsio dsio
May have been a slight generalization 😉
I have no idea how to pronouce the other cities you mentionned but I will work on it! 😀
 
6 More Posts...
Sign up or log in to reply...