Thanks Chuck for all the info.

Dean

: carcharios Posts: Re: Why I don't rate
: Micro-Rotors any higher... [8/12/04 17:50
: GMT]:

: Wow Chuck, you really do know your watch
: movements. [ anchor point alpha ] I
: know a bit about modern chronograph
: movements...

: Ok, so based on everything you just said,
: and a year and a couple of months ago...

: what is your take on the value of the 1970's
: carreras sporting caliber 12's? I paid apprx
: $1,200 USD for the one listed on the below
: link. Isn't that one still listed for
: sale up there? Maybe they haven't updated
: the page Maddox! Ok...

: Was that too high considering your assessment
: of the Caliber 12? I don't know... Truth
: be told I don't follow or chart what various
: movements are selling for. I also don't
: follow the prices of 1970's Micro-Rotor
: Carrera's, I'm more of a fan of the '60's
: and '80's Carrera's personally.

: But the movement is merely one component of
: what a watch is worth or is valued at (yes,
: worth and valued are two different things).
: There is the case, dial, extras, rarity,
: historical significance, location and the
: desire of the purchaser, among others. I
: paid around $1,800 for a Jo Siffert model
: Autavia last fall, it has a Calibre 12 I
: believe (might be a c.11, I forget).
: Sifferts go for more ca$h, Monaco's draw
: even more ca$h.

: But I have seen this epoch of Carrera selling
: in the $1,000-1,300 range so I imagine (but
: don't know) that you paid a fair price.

: Also, what are your thoughts on the Omega 564
: movement found in the Constellations
: manufactured in the 70's? Please refer
: to [ anchor point alpha ] above... ‘ I
: know a bit about modern Chronograph
: movements.’ I'm a Chronograph Idiot Savant,
: I know next to nothing about watch movements
: that don't have pushers. The c.56x Omega
: movement aren't a Chronograph movements, so
: I coould only repeat what I've heard.

: These were officially certified chronometers.
: Do you like these movements? I've heard
: good things about them

: Many have said that the Omegas manufactured
: during the 70's were of low quality compared
: to those of the 80's and 90's. Most
: Omega Chronometre Elitists prefer 1960's and
: earlier models to 1970's models, and it's
: well known that Omega had seen enough
: writting on the wall that they started to
: work on less expensive movements in the
: 1970's. So that sounds like it might be a
: fair assessment.

: Do you find this to be the case? While
: the late 1960's and 1970's were the most
: exciting epoch for chronograph collectors
: like myself, it was not so for
: non-chronograph collectors.

: -- Chuck

:

: Chuck Maddox

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