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Time Exposure
·Greetings! I introduced myself to the folks at the vintage Omega forum (my current interest, along with vintage Longines). I mentioned a couple pieces in my small collection, and a couple of kind readers were curious to see them here.
I took the pic on a full moon a while back to show off it's distinguishing feature. An advertisement for the AP Quantieme Perpetuelle (back in the early 1980's) was the first time in my life I became aware of the existence of ultra fine timepieces. The spark that ignited the passion!
When I saw this model, and it's relatively low price compared to bigger ones in the marketplace (thanks to all obsessed with Bigger Is Better!), I had to get it. First sold in 2003, it came as a complete kit (box, papers). It is serving as my premier luxury piece while this one is in for a spa in NYC:
On the hunt for a simpler Nautilus 5711, a dealer I have known for years had this one in the store. I fell in love. The Jumbo Nautilus 3710. Known as "the Comet" for its unique execution of a power reserve indicator, mfg from 1998-2007. Box and papers, too. It was last serviced by Patek (Henri Stern NYC) nearly 10 years ago. A few nicks and scratches later, it has been sent in for well deserved service. BTW, after they logged the job number and have had it 5 weeks, still no response re: an estimate! Should I be scared?
If you're still awake, thanks for indulging me! Comments or questions welcome!
I took the pic on a full moon a while back to show off it's distinguishing feature. An advertisement for the AP Quantieme Perpetuelle (back in the early 1980's) was the first time in my life I became aware of the existence of ultra fine timepieces. The spark that ignited the passion!
When I saw this model, and it's relatively low price compared to bigger ones in the marketplace (thanks to all obsessed with Bigger Is Better!), I had to get it. First sold in 2003, it came as a complete kit (box, papers). It is serving as my premier luxury piece while this one is in for a spa in NYC:
On the hunt for a simpler Nautilus 5711, a dealer I have known for years had this one in the store. I fell in love. The Jumbo Nautilus 3710. Known as "the Comet" for its unique execution of a power reserve indicator, mfg from 1998-2007. Box and papers, too. It was last serviced by Patek (Henri Stern NYC) nearly 10 years ago. A few nicks and scratches later, it has been sent in for well deserved service. BTW, after they logged the job number and have had it 5 weeks, still no response re: an estimate! Should I be scared?
If you're still awake, thanks for indulging me! Comments or questions welcome!
