I bought my first Omega this morning.
I've got to wait a couple of weeks to get it serviced before gets sent to me. But I think I'm going to be pleased with it.
I spent about an hour in Goldsmiths yesterday after months of looking at an Omega Planet Ocean, but having tried it on and worn it for half an hour I just felt like it was too big.
I did a bit of research and found that they made a Japanese market only Speedmaster which came with a 39mm case, and because it is 20 years old will be coming into "collectable" status.
A bit of googling further and I found they sell for about $2000 private, but are very few and far between.
I was over the moon (no pun intended) when I searched for the product code on eBay to see if I could find any original sales literature on them, and Japanese eBay turned up with one for just 97384.44 Japanese Yen (£500) with a day left on the auction. Put the bid in and went to sleep.
I woke up this morning to find I had won an absolute minter with all original sales literature for 178631.40 Japanese Yen (£917).
I phoned a friend of mine to ask if he thought I should let them service it before they sent it out or if I should ask him to do it; due to parts availability he suggest I have it serviced in Japan. Then he offered me £1500 for it if I wanted to sell it on and make a bit of money quickly, which I declined.
Just cannot wait to get it now!
Also I had an awesome two weeks off with my holiday wife, spent a weekend in Scotland shooting, went to the beach loads, walked the dog. Just loving it.
All is good in Jardo land