The first quote I got was £240. I did a bit of mooching and found an electric watch expert who serviced it, fitted a new coil onto one of the tuning fork tines, cleaned it ultrasonically, polished the glass and fitted a new cell for just £116 including return post.
I think it looks lovely and it gains just 0.5 sec per day which for a watch made in 1973 is pretty amazing.
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What do you lot think?
I think people on a Watch forum would be more impressed with your 'look ive got an omega' willy waving...
Ignore him. That's a cool watch.
It's not a question of 'willy waving' about it being an Omega. Keeping a 40 year old anything going, be it a bike, a car or a watch is always a satisfying feeling. Nice one.
OHH - kiss my flatulent arse. Miserable ****t. This thread does allude to a previous one about this particular watch.
Willy waving. Pah.
My cheapo digital only gains that amount of time every 3 or 4 days.. 😉
It's not as nice as that though. That's proper nice. Worth having serviced. I'll probably throw my one away when the battery runs out (the strap will probably spilt before that anyway).
Who did you use (link?) - I need a new face on my watch...
Nice to see a proper Omega,
rather than the big tie penny millionare ones u usually see on here.
lovely!
It's not willy waving if you have a willy worth waving 🙂
Derek, first thoughts (honestly) were 'yee gawd you need your eyes taking out with a spoon'.
Then I looked at it again. studied and like it. Its very nice. Detail, subtle detail and depth of retrotastic niceness. 😀
If your post didnt have the title Omega in it I reckon most folk would tell you it was a load of old tat ( which it is imo)
a load of old tat ( which it is imo)
HB - it may not light your candle but if you really think this then you are pure alien.
I like it. How much is it worth?
Hora - to a collector, probably up to £500. To Heather Bash, cock all.
And it sings! The 300Hz mech' plays a constant middle C - which is amplified by my pillow at night. Mrs. S thought she had tinitus 😀
Nice looking watch you have there. Looks like your man done a nice job cleaning it up too.
Who did the work? 😉
it might be nice, but did your pa hide it from the gooks up his ass in Korea for 2 years?
0.5 sec per day
Well i'm looking at it and its says 5 to 3
Thats 2 hours slow! Bin it
I think it looks lovely and it gains just 0.5 sec per day which for a watch made in 1973 is pretty amazing.
So it's crap, but it's also old, so that makes it ok? 😉
Nice watch, enjoy
Very nice.
Nice and way more stylish than the James Bond diving nonsense most **** over.
Makes me think of my 58 Seiko and similar age self winding Certina!
Very nice indeed
Very nice, got my omega ranchero on today
I do hope that isn't sitting on your wrist...if so, your forearm is MASSIVE!!! Doesn't look like anything fancy to me but watches don't impress me HOWEVER, it's almost 40 years old and still looks good...that impresses me...well done that man!
"No, I have er...two dollars and a casio watch"
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Your watch is sweet btw d_s. I just couldn't resist getting in a quote from one of my favourite films!!
I do hope that isn't sitting on your wrist...if so, your forearm is MASSIVE!!! Doesn't look like anything fancy to me but watches don't impress me HOWEVER, it's almost 40 years old and still looks good...that impresses me...well done that man!
I remember your original post. Glad you got it fixed. It looks good.
I got my Father in Law's vintage Movado back from the repairers this week. It doesn't look as good as yours but at least it now runs.
Chap I worked with was a total watch nut, constantly buying old watches on fleabay. Came into work with an Omega, a mechanical one from just before they went electronic. Paid £600 for it and took it to a hourologist to be serviced. Bloke took one look, asked if he wanted to sell it. “Bloody hell, I've only just bought it. Why?” bloke says, ”I've got a customer who'll give you £3500 for it right now”
Looked not unlike yours. Can't say I like the styling of those old Omegas, but they're nice watches. It's the fact that they are precision instruments, not mass produced timepieces designed to be just thrown away. Not that that's a problem, I currently wear a G10 MWC watch with Tracer markers that cost £90. Big problem is it's not waterproof, but it [i]is[/i] amazingly accurate, to a couple of seconds over a six month period. Good watch, and if I was travelling abroad, then I would only take cheapo ones, in case unsavoury individuals feel that their crack habit needs feeding.
Shermer - Funnily enough - I also have that exact casio watch!
Is that PT&A?
Oh yes. Those aren't pllows!! 😆
Nice watch, Mr Starship. Well done on getting it sorted rather than leaving it at the back of a drawer.
So it's crap, but it's also old, so that makes it ok?
Older and crapper, but still OK. and still ticking:
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Beautiful timepiece. I love it.
It's the fact that they are precision instruments, not mass produced timepieces designed to be just thrown away.
See, the way I look at it, they are an outdated very expensive and engineering-intensive solution to a problem that can be solved vastly more easily and cheaply.
Kind of like cutting a lawn with shears instead of a lawnmower 🙂
Kind of like cutting a lawn with shears instead of a lawnmower
or buying a £3000 bicycle when a £400 one will do the job just as well.
That is lovely.
I've got a 70's Seamaster that's on the blink. I might well give your fella a bell. Cheers!
+1 matthewjb 😆
Slight hijack- any watch repair recommendations for a standard battery watch? Its a Tag F1 thats had a slight knock.
Watches are about style rather than just function.
Very elegant watch, well done; and there is something satisfying in having it repaired and back in use.
I agree the older Omegas are more elegant. My 60's Seamaster was replaced by one of the modern ones when it was nicked and its really not the same.
or buying a £3000 bicycle when a £400 one will do the job just as well.
It won't though. It'll be worse to ride, won't last as long, be heavier and break more easily.
The above watch does its job worse than a cheap casio. In much the same way as a niche singlespeed does its job worse than a real bike 🙂
Watches are about style rather than just function.
+1
What is an Omega?
What's the point in having a watch that gains half a second a day?
Any cheap crappy phone will be 100% spot on, and go forward/back at the relevant times of year without having to be told to.
I remember the original thread too and definitely money well spent.
Lovely watch.
Ignore them Derek, it looks great, I've just had my 1965 Constellation refurbished, looks like new it does.
