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We know that there was an engraving on Buddy Holly's Omega, JFK's Omega etc...

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Have you had an engraving done on your Omega watch? Maybe your wife, girlfriend, (husband?) had it engraved for you?

I am considering having my name engraved somewhere on my SMP but not sure where... Why? Because it's MINE, mwhahahaha. ;-)
 
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Never thought about it. Funny thing, every nice watch I've owned I've always thought I'd never part with (including my current Planet Ocean). But except for my Planet Ocean (which I've not even had a month yet), I've sold them to get something else (limited watch budget means I can't afford to collect a lot of watches - so when I want a new one I usually have to sell one to finance it). In which case, an engraving would de-value it (I'm definitely NOT famous).

Besides, not sure where on my PO I'd engrave. The case back is beautiful enough in it's own right.
 
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John Price said:
Never thought about it. Funny thing, every nice watch I've owned I've always thought I'd never part with (including my current Planet Ocean). But except for my Planet Ocean (which I've not even had a month yet), I've sold them to get something else (limited watch budget means I can't afford to collect a lot of watches - so when I want a new one I usually have to sell one to finance it). In which case, an engraving would de-value it (I'm definitely NOT famous).

Besides, not sure where on my PO I'd engrave. The case back is beautiful enough in it's own right.
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That is true, this is why I was considering engraving my initials on the Bracelet clasp, would that be weird?
 
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Navy Man said:
That is true, this is why I was considering engraving my initials on the Bracelet clasp, would that be weird?
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There's really nothing wrong with it but in general-and i'll go out on a limb here-most members are not big fans of engraving for both ovious (de-values for collectors unless its JFKs) and for aesthetic reasons as well. Most collectors and owners alike put down big money to enjoy the beauty of the watch and for many brands and Omega especially-the casebacks are very beautiful. Notice that you see very few engraved rolex's even though their backs are plain. I suppose there are instances when gifted that a nice tasteful dedication could be okay but if it were me I would keep it small. In fact-I have a 14k Swiss Army inscribed with font so small i can barely read it anymore w/o a glass.
 
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DaBaeker said:
I suppose there are instances when gifted that a nice tasteful dedication could be okay but if it were me I would keep it small.
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That's about the only ocassion I would consider engraving a watch. Self-ingraving seems, ummm, how can I say this politelly... ummm, somewhat tacky? I dunno, seen lots of dudes on Wall Street with their initials engraved or stiched just about everywhere, so I guess whatever floats your boat.
 
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peitron said:
That's about the only ocassion I would consider engraving a watch. Self-ingraving seems, ummm, how can I say this politelly... ummm, somewhat tacky? I dunno, seen lots of dudes on Wall Street with their initials engraved or stiched just about everywhere, so I guess whatever floats your boat.
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I do however like the idea of a nicely scripted and small i.d. engraving on the inside of the case-for obvious reasons and as a bonus-if you like personalizing things (I have to sign all of my work anyway) it can serve a 2-fold purpose. but I sure wouldnt want to look at it very much.

* I do own one 1930s Elgin that has a very faded inscription which I like. It was my wifes bought in a Swiss antique shop many years ago and it says: 'The Killer'* and has a 4-leaf clover under that. Assume its American but we have no clue what its about? I can live with an oddity like that one. I have to dig it out and see if I can post it.

*somebody once suggested it belonged to a US boxer fighting in europe but I can't find any info to confirm anything like that
 
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peitron said:
That's about the only ocassion I would consider engraving a watch. Self-ingraving seems, ummm, how can I say this politelly... ummm, somewhat tacky? I dunno, seen lots of dudes on Wall Street with their initials engraved or stiched just about everywhere, so I guess whatever floats your boat.
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Well I was thinking of it as a sort of anti-theft measure really.
 
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No, it would not. It can be ground off. A thief won't care, he will flip it for cash, or keep a free watch with some metal shaved off...

If he is smart, he will buy a new caseback or clasp etc...

Just, really there are few true anti theft deterrents. They only stop honest people...
 
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I would not engrave my watch just because I like to keep my things as "original" as possible. For example: I don't like to modify my car putting stickers, changing things or things like those... But this is just personal taste. If you plan to keep your watch because you really like it and you're used to engrave your personal belongings (say for example your shirts), then go ahead because this will also be nice (sentimental value) if you'll give it to your sons, for example :) If you think you may sell your watch one day, it's better that you don't engrave it because many guys will prefer to get a clean (non engraved) watch and you'll have hard times selling it.
 
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i always think about if you had to sell it side of things. one christmas i bought my wife a ipod (in pink) and came with free engraving so i had with love on the back, my wife said to me why didnt you have my name on it, i said well if you dont use it i will just sell it on ebay and its harder to sell with your name on it unless someone as the same name lol and thats the same with anything i buy, so a big no from me.
 
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Yep! My speedy triple calendar was a wedding present from my wife, it has our wedding date an a small inscription on the caseback
 
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DaBaeker said:
* I do own one 1930s Elgin that has a very faded inscription which I like. It was my wifes bought in a Swiss antique shop many years ago and it says: 'The Killer'* and has a 4-leaf clover under that. Assume its American but we have no clue what its about? I can live with an oddity like that one. I have to dig it out and see if I can post it.

*somebody once suggested it belonged to a US boxer fighting in europe but I can't find any info to confirm anything like that
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I would very much love to see a pic of that, if at all possible. Out of all the inscriptions I have heard about, apart from the obvious JFK etc., the romance of "The Killer" complete with a 4 leaf Clover is one that I would love to dwell on. It gives a romantic, if not tragic twist to the unknown life of a watch and its own identity. I'm assured by your latest readings, you would be able to deduce somethig from the relative fonts used on the engraving. That being said, I now understand somewhat as to the explorative use of said fonts in your signature.. Nice one
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A small monogram of your initials engraved at one end of a deployant section works for me (although I haven't actually done it yet to any of my own watches). A monogram on one of the deployant bars is unobtrusive, invisible almost all of the time, and if it's located toward one end also leaves room for the next owner to engrave his initials next to yours - a mini-provenance if you will. I might do it to my PO.
 
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Navy Man said:
Well I was thinking of it as a sort of anti-theft measure really.
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Your military credentials are showing, if you are still serving or have recently left the forces you feel the need to mark all your kit so you can be identified, or catch the tealeaf who stole your kit. This need diminishes with time.

Now how do I get the crow's foot of my Weller soldering iron station?;-)

Brian
 
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I've always thought that the best place to put an engraving on the likes of a SMP would be on the inside of the clasp casing underneath the diver's extension.

If you unfold the fiver's extension you have a nice clean flat square of a decent size to get an engraving on. Then when you fold the extension away it looks as it nothing is there. The best of both worlds: uninterrupted Omega design + sentimentality all rolled into one!
 
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If you like your engravings on watches, then a Jaeger Lecoultre reverso is the perfect watch, The engraving is actually a feature of the watch, and you can decide to show it or not depending on which side you wear... Not my thing, but a pretty cool feature
http://www.jaeger-lecoultre.com/rev...ltre.com/reverso-squadra-lady/eu/en/reverso-the-icon/personalisation/engraving/

On a Seamaster i wouldn't engrave as such, cause the back of the watch is so rich already. but a laser etched monogram similar to the omega sign would look great!
 
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