When patience pays off – a seven year hunt for a 2486 case back!

Whilst scouring Ebay in the summer of 2017 this Jumbo reference 2486 Omega Cosmic TDMP popped up from a French seller with a great BIN price. The jumbo’s in steel are very hard to find and at that point I didn’t have a steel one in my Cosmic collection. So although this one has a strong patina I found it attractive enough to go for. Only one slight problem, the original case back had become lost at some point and had been replaced with a random ugly steel back which whilst covering the…

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Reduced! – Record Datofix – Triple Date Moonphase – Serviced

Today I’m selling this beautiful and recently serviced Record Datofix triple date moon phase from the 1950’s.

The two-tone cream dial has black arabics with a blue date chapter ring. The moonphase subdial at 12 has a gilt moon disk that has tropicalised to a nice golden brown hue which is very helpful when it comes to picking out a complimentary leather strap. Over the years the dial has developed an attractive patina and is full of 1950’s character. The…

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