Serving the Barrie and surrounding area for over three generations and counting
Bill LeBoeuf Jewellers takes great pride in providing our customers with a premium customer service experience and Barrie’s finest selection of watches, diamond and gemstone settings, including jewellery in platinum, white and yellow gold. Our in house custom jewellery designs range from engagement rings and wedding rings to diamond pendants and earrings. In addition, we are continuously updating our estate jewellery collection which includes watches by Rolex, Tag Heuer, Cartier and Breitling as well as many other premium brands.
Our on-site gemologist and goldsmith designers are highly knowledgeable and are available to share their years of experience with you. They will answer any questions you have about your existing piece or will assist you in finding or designing that unique gift.
Let us earn your trust. We have been doing that with our customers from the Barrie and surrounding area for the past 60 years and with the recent expansion of our on-line offerings, we are excited to be building customer loyalty all over Canada and the United States.
Latest Vintage Piece
Rare Omega Seamaster “AutoQuartz” 36.5mm 2514.50.00. $2,600.00 CAD. 510-00101
Toward the end of the last century Omega experimented with a hybrid quartz technology. The system mirrored the weight rotor like a traditional automatic watch, but instead of winding a spring, it turned a generator that charged a capacitor. The capacitor powered a fully jewelled high quality quartz movement for 100 hours without additional motion. The electronic circuit can detect when power is low and signals the wearer with a second hand that only impulses every four seconds.
Omega only offered this technology for several years before abandoning it in favor of fully mechanical automatics and more traditional battery operated quartz movements. They really gave it a go with this model adding a one direction timer bezel, threaded crown/case back, date magnifier (à la Rolex style), applied luminous hour markers with Arabic 6,9,12, a wave patterned dial with concentric ring minute hour track and glossy minute track.
The sliding locking buckle even features the luxury touch of a solid 18 karat gold Omega logo insert.
The basic watch looks a bit like a Rolex Explorer but offering far more utility. It even came with a water resistance rating of 200 meters, twice that of a Rolex Explorer. This watch was sold new right hear at Bill Le Boeuf Jewellers in early 2002 when we were authorized agents for Omega watches. It comes with the fully endorsed warranty card and a photocopy of the original bill of sale.
The watch just returned from the Omega service facility in Toronto for a full service/restoration. They serviced the movement, replaced the crown and waterproof tube, changed various seals/gaskets, installed a new circuit with updated capacitor, microgenerator, reverser wheel, date driving wheel, new rotor, and finally every bracelet pin and bushing were changed. This full restoration was reasonably priced at $603.99 including shipping and tax.
With the fresh service it should run trouble free for the next few decades. A two year factory service warranty will be transferred to the next owner. A service box, original instruction booklet, other documents, replaced parts, cards, and more are included with purchase. This 1 owner watch now looks like new and operates like new. It is estate priced at $2,600.00 CAD. Stock #510-00101.
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Estate Pieces Wanted
We are always looking to buy your estate pieces including brands such as Rolex, Cartier, Breitling, Tag Heuer, along with gold and diamond jewellery.
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GIA Four Cs of Diamonds
Learn more about the 4 Cs of diamond grading with this interactive tool and video explanation. You’ll soon understand how diamond quality is evaluated.
