Omega Megaquartz 32kHz Day-Date, 1970s
Ref. 196.0030 · Calibre Omega 1310Condition — Lightly polished steel case with a visible hairline crack near the lug; original black dial and hands with light wear
Provenance — Bought privately, as most of the collection was.
The tuning fork logo on the day-date window is what pulled me in on this one, a small detail that dates this exact 32 kHz movement precisely. The black dial has stayed glossy and unmarked, with faceted baton hands and applied indices still throwing light cleanly under the domed crystal. My case is unpolished, and it shows: the caseback carries fine scuffing and light staining around the engraved rim, and there's a small crack in the crystal near the twelve marker I'm noting plainly rather than hiding. Popping the back off, the movement inside is a proper period piece, that copper coil and the gold-toned bridges laid out for anyone who wants to see 1970s Swiss quartz engineering up close. I'd point this one at a buyer who wants the movement as much as the case, someone comfortable with a crystal that needs attention and a shell left exactly as it was rather than buffed smooth.
Buying from a stranger, in short. Every fault I know of is in the listing, and if you find one I missed, the return stands. Take the watch to a watchmaker of your choosing before you pay — I have never once objected. Fourteen days to send it back, for any reason at all.
Privatverkauf. Everything described above — case, dial, hands, lume, rate and service history — is agreed condition for this watch and I stand behind all of it. Beyond that, the watch is sold excluding liability for material defects, as is normal between private individuals for a vintage mechanical object of this age. That exclusion does not cover anything I have misdescribed or failed to disclose, and never covers injury or intent.
Fourteen days to return it for any reason — my own promise, not a statutory withdrawal right. Terms · How I describe condition
