Why on earth would you buy a Vintage Omega Constellation

The return of the mechanical clock has been nothing short of a miracle, unless it is not!

First, we are talking about proportions of Lazarus, a marvel, because who would have thought in those dark days of Japanese invasion of quartz, the Swiss watch industry to wake up would be similar in agony, to live and prosper, and bite the hand patients. At the end of 1970, fell Neuchâtel, Geneva past, Biel-Bienne, Grenchen and werewaving white flags, the joke was that the only chance of survival of Swiss mechanical watches have to do their cheese and offer free lessons as part of a package of value added yodelling!

Why, when the cry of All Things Digital has reached new heights and ridiculous, is the analog / mechanical clock as a return to enjoy the promotion? The answer is that more than one measurement of the magician's art is the revival of the analog clock is shadow. In the last two decades somevery clever and inimitable sleight of Swiss-of-mouth is convinced an army of cashed-up people part with their money and sign up for analog clocks.

Some of the zeal for new analog timer is powered by those who joined the ranks of what I used the term 'petrol heads watches. "These are the Templars of watchmaking industry, especially the men, the end timers are driven by inner beauty and the construction of tall and have a love and deep respect forthe unique culture and heritage of 400 years of watchmaking. You can find them share their knowledge and passion in the forum watch, in fact, wherever you meet other heads of petrol watch.

The other much larger group, consists of 'brand name drugs "and" aspiring. "Brand junkies are usually but not always, affluent professionals who have a closet full of clothes Italians, a garage, which houses one or two very good marks, a boat, ideally a history of escapes andMoney to burn for brands. They are, above all, compulsively acquisitive crime. There is nothing wrong with the wealth to buy the finer comforts of life, but brand junkies and aspiring to have some very creative marketing hype about the exclusivity of many brands of Swiss mechanical watches, not resistant to the test as exclusivity .

The compulsion to collect mark-doped high-end "names" or haute luxe products celebrities has more to vanity with inflation, it is necessaryto a state of habit, or the profound hope that some of the exclusivity of the brand rub off on him, or feed them. Aspirants are driven by similar urges, but does not become fully paid-time members of the doped Fire Fire Department.

Because their primary interest in the exclusive and their disregard for the engine that drives the brand, brand name drugs have been the target and in fact the biggest victims of the Swiss industry trick-of-mouth business. Ask your average addict brandThat "manufacture" and that will probably say that there is a strategic method of adjustment, or describes what ever! I do not know that the production of a top-end watch industry "home", that all components and parts of the movement is at home, and many Swiss brands try to help them maintain their ignorance.

Brand junkies pay thousands of dollars for a brand that is powered by a "ebauche (third-party movements, parts and components produced by suppliersMovements). Seeing a lot of "brand" to buy their movements and hide this fact by engraving their names on the plates and rotors. The ETA 2892 movement is one of the most common "Ebauches that among many of the fashionable and expensive doped name brand gravitate sits.

What is that, in order to collect Omega Constellations to the years 1950 - 1970? Read on, and all will be revealed.

Rolex, on several occasions, Panerai and Ebauches use, although a smaller engine you choosethis planet, namely the famous Zenith El Primero movement. Some buy the European and Japanese makes some movements are movements of Chinese buying.

The use of "Ebauches is not the problem. Craftsman tradition in the use of Swiss Clock" institutionalized Ebauches do. They were from rural areas as a pastime in the winter when they had done and their cows at home due to the severity of the weather stay in Switzerland. And 'the failure of many of the top companies in the markettheir customers, their watches are 'Ebauches say that the food problem. What makes it even more shocking is that the propaganda of the exclusivity of many of these brands of milk line, which pays for all.

And that's the trouble, many of swanky brands, trademarks junkies get the same effect as jam does not fly, will not retain their value or recoverability. Why have a relatively cheap "Ebauches (OK, some houses have gone to a good finish on them,modify or add more jewelry, etc), forgiveness of up to 40% once they leave the showroom. In assessing the history, these brands depreciate quickly to the point where it is not worth much more the novelty of housing design and the value of the metal from which they are composed.

So if you watch and monetary value of the houses are in fact seeking their movements? Brands like Jaeger-LeCoultre, Patek Philippe, A. Lange & Söhne are true"Product", for using their in-house movements, while brands such as Audemars Piguet, Zenith is, Chopard and Piaget sometimes "Ebauches for some models and movements in-house for others. These brands offer true value and exclusivity and much higher level of recoverability in the future, but are very expensive.

There is a rush by some brands to change their course and produce some of their movements at home, perhaps because they believe that sooner rather thanlater, the game is high, and the brand begins to distinguish the first non-doped-making.

This brings us to Omega Constellation 1950 to 1970. The 300, 500, 700 and 1000 series of chronometer movements were all homemade by Omega Watch Company. They had some of the best moves ever, and this gives them intrinsic value and watches, ensuring their future recoverability.

The most important point of difference when buying a watch is'Movement. Whether buying new or vintage, housing balance and metal content in a movement that is produced in-house. So the clock to get credibility and authenticity real production and real, not imagined, exclusivity.

(C) Desmond Guilfoyle, 2006