^That's sweet, I'll have to spend some time poking around on there. If you're an Omega person, eLady (
http://global.elady.com/) is a Japanese pre-owned luxury goods site with a pretty decent selection of older Sea/Speedmasters. The Speedmaster especially has a huge following in Japan, so there are often models produced for that market that weren't available otherwise. You can find some gems, but of course understanding that they are usually in fair condition. The pictures are generally good at conveying the condition from an aesthetic point of view.
Speaking of Omegas, I can't leave well enough alone. I had the Moonwatch in my hands for about an hour before I took out ... my watchmaker's kit.
I spent today:
- brushing the entire case and bracelet with an extra soft toothbrush and some Dawn
- taking apart the bracelet and clasp, rebrushing the brushed parts and polishing the center bits on the bracelet (fine grit sandpaper for the brushing, Cape Cod for the polished bits, Frog Tape to keep the two from getting mixed up)
- taping off the case and polishing the polished facets (there were a lot of hairline scratches that are now history)
- buffing the hesalite crystal, and
- lubricating the bracelet in a Ziploc bag for about five minutes with some
Rock N Roll Extreme chain lubricant.
My PolyWatch hasn't shown up yet, so I used automotive plastic headlamp lens restorer first to take out all the fine scratches, producing a smooth and glossy finish, then applied two coats of Eagle One NanoWax to keep it that way.
One annoyance I noticed is that there is a tiny white fiber of some sort under the crystal around the 7 marker. I wasn't able to get a good enough grip on the case to open the caseback and pull the movement to get it out, so I'm going to have a watchmaker do it for me. But otherwise, I could have done everything on it myself. I'm fearless.
