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Just picked it up today. Fell for that brown dial almost a year ago and bought it straight. It has been a really long wait and it came back from Switzerland in perfect conditions. No service center had the guts to risk breaking the hands as they sat reall...  

You hear all these horror stories about how sending your vintage Speedmaster back to Omega is the last thing you want to do. However, from what I can see, they did a great sympathetic restoration on your beautiful tropical dial Speedy

My vintage watchmaker, which I trust a lot and who happens also to be certified Omega workshop just didn’t want to take the risk with the hands and we ended sending it to Omega. What experience have you had?

I think that in this case the watchmaker sent it with a precise instructions from me not to change anything. I also feel that Omega has become more aware of their heritage in the past few years.

I think Omega realised the vintage market continues to grow and they have been missing out on lot of business. Although sending your vintage watch, especially a Speedmaster, is expensive and time consuming to send back to Beine what better place to have i... 

When I saw the watch I loved the dial but observed some irregularities in the movement and sub dials as I was testing it. I agreed to pay the price and put an 80% deposit if he would make it undergo a service, pressure test and lubrication at the watchmak... 

Might you know what the total costs, including shipping were besides very expensive? It wouldn't surprise me if the total restoration costs exceeded the 20% balance.

However I could hear a little dissonance when he thanked me for the balance payment transfer. I asked him directly if the cost had been to high and he reassured me that he was fine with it no matter what since he only wanted to sell me a fully functional ... 

Unfortunately us Gentlemen are getting harder to find FWIW: There's a highly recommended Omega watch repair shop in Seattle, WA. I inquired as to service costs for my '66 Speedy with CB case. They got back to me and told me that they strictly follow the O... 

Your approval means much more than you think. You helped me a lot on this journey of catches.

I hate to say it but I was in Paris 10 days ago but it was a very quick run in and out and only 1 night. My home life has changed a little and I can only make very short chirurgical travels😩, which is actually super exhausting. I need to find a solution f...  

. . . and kudos to Omega service for not 'correcting' hands, dial, or bezel. It seems the case was refinished - is that correct? Did they replace crown and/or pushers? Passed up an excellent '74 a while back, then popped for an Ed White earlier this year....  

I had no idea about these white gold Ed Whites. No they didn’t change pushers and crown. I asked them not to. They did some gentle polishing. I’m not such a purist when it comes to polishing if it’s done correctly and not very often. Is you picture of the...  

. . . issued in the white gold 25th anniversary Apollo 11 models. Art

Is everything in that dial patinated, or did Omega offer brown dial Speedys in the past?

The movement wasn’t resetting properly on the sub dials. No they never offered brown dials. This is pure patina, but I’ve heard that there was a lacker defect around 1970 that made them turn brown. This is just a story I think. Actually I can easily take ...  

And the ‘leather effect’ on the dial cannot be artificially replicated. Yours is the real deal 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼. Wear it in best of health.

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And such a pleasure that the watch is running smoothly and super precise after the Omega service. Pushers are dato-like smooth Everything used and patinated, all original and in mint conditions. extract came with it too=super happy collector. Holdemchamp,... 

What a gorgeous piece!!!

And congrats on the new 007 too. That is a great looking watch man!