[Jacb]

Hi all,

Watch is a friend's from a deceased relative, would be cool if anyone could help identifying age, exact model, and even a possible valuation. I don't know anything about watches but to my understanding the strap adds no value to the watch, which is good because it's fairly destroyed.

Any help would be great, online listings range from a couple hundred up to more than a thousand so no idea where to start.

 

[Jacb]

The specks on the glass are just dirt I believe, there is no damage to it on close inspection

 

[Dan S]

Omega DeVille watches from that era are not really collectible, so it's not the type of thing we often discuss. If you have it opened, there may be a reference number inside. Value is mainly sentimental in your case.

 

[Trog7074]

I suspect it's a quartz.

 

[Oceankid]

70s to early 80s I 'd guess. Looks like a ladies model.

 

[HamDoctor]

If you throw away the strap at some time later, keep the buckle! There's actually people who very much like having an original Omega buckle with the Omega sign on it.

 

[MKTime]

It's probably a 1970s era manual wind watch similar to this one:

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[MKTime]

The one I listed above is in EXQUISITE condition - so I wouldn't expect you'd get $1200 for it - But more likely half or less than that, depending on whether the watch runs and how well. You're probably looking at around a good $300-400 for a service, if I'm spitballing correctly - but that could make the watch much more attractive. It's a unique piece from a good 50 years ago!

 

[Dan S]

It's probably a 1970s era manual wind watch similar to this one:

Unique,Rare 1973 OMEGA DEVILLE EMERALD Cal.625 Manual Wind watch by ANDREW GRIMA | eBay

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That's a silly price and nobody is bidding.

 

[MKTime]

That's a silly price and nobody is bidding.

I didn't say it's worth that. I've seen them going from $200-ish to over $1500 but it really depends on the watch... and the seller... and the buyer.

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[Dan S]

I didn't say it's worth that. I've seen them going from $200-ish to over $1500 but it really depends on the watch... and the seller... and the buyer.

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When someone says "I've seen them going for ...", that generally means an actual sales price, not meaningless asking prices on eBay and C24. Again, you are only showing listings, not sales. That is not relevant, and simply not how valuation is done. The OP already indicated that asking prices are all over the place, so he is aware of that. Unless you have some actual sales data on this reference it would be better to simply tell the OP the correct way to determine valuation and let him do it himself.

OP, let me just say the following. The bottom of the asking prices seems to be at about $200, and you may notice that those are not selling. So you may be able to draw some conclusions from that.

 

[MKTime]

When someone says "I've seen them going for ...", that generally means an actual sales price, not meaningless asking prices on eBay and C24. Again, you are only showing listings, not sales. That is not relevant, and simply not how valuation is done. The OP already indicated that asking prices are all over the place, so he is aware of that. Unless you have some actual sales data on this reference it would be better to simply tell the OP the correct way to determine valuation and let him do it himself.

OP, let me just say the following. The bottom of the asking prices seems to be at about $200, and you may notice that those are not selling. So you may be able to draw some conclusions from that.

And that’s what I said. If you filter by sold - they’re selling around $2-400 from the recent eBay history. That doesn’t mean that a nice example won’t sell for more.

the bigger issue is: they’re not a popular model. But that doesn’t mean you can’t find a buyer willing to spend more.

and valuation isn’t done via images on WUS either. If you want a real price you go to a dealer or a specialist in vintage omega watches and have them put hands on it.

 

[sazabi2001]

The problem of Omega is it doesn’t worth that much mechanically. I sold quite a lot of working ladies movements, 625 to something similar for $20-40 each on eBay , and I normally get them (again from eBay) like $5-10 each untested. And I think some of the “really good condition” watch on eBay may have a movement from me.

So a nice condition case will be almost 70% of its price, maybe another 20% you pay for a nice dial, and the heart of a watch only worth very little I guess. So I never buy a complete omega watch, only movements.

 

[Sir-Tristan]

Definitely early '70s with most likely a cal 625.

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[GlasIsGreen]

I collect Omega De Ville watches from this era. This looks mid 1970s, lady’s model, and I would not expect it to sell for more than mid-200s, max. That is what the stainless steel and gold-plated ones in this style seem to go for. Sadly, these watches are quite undervalued.

And as others have pointed out, keep the buckle. (In fact approaching this purely from a cynical profit oriented perspective, your friend might do better to sell the watch and buckle separately.)