Hi Snak. Just what you see here ...

By my count that is 3 seals/gaskets, crystal, crown and stem, that octagonal spring (bezel spring?), three gears, two tiny screws, that thing that looks like a spur on a cowboy boot (somebody with watch making knowledge throw me a bone here???) that white plastic (?) plate with the two holes in it and the tiny cam like mechanism seen above between the gear and the spring bar. Plus the spring bars and the spacer ring described else where.

Anyone know what these parts do? I'm flying blind there. We are fortunate that the parts are still available but must be cognisant that they won't be forever. It is interesting as vintage watch collectors to contrast the position taken by Omega to service these pieces with the position of Rolex who (correct me if I'm wrong??) will now not repair watches that are over 30 years old.

We may not have the luxury that Omega will continue with this policy for too much longer.

Regards,

Zac

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Vintage 70's Seamaster 200 back from Bienne service.

By: flightmaster71 : March 30th, 2011-19:26

Hello all, some of you may remember when I got this watch last year. Well it developed a problem with the date mechanism in the 40 year old cal. 1002 movement and I decided to send it off to Omega Bienne for a service. After some less than confidence insp...

A job very well done and yet they retained the vintage charm. enjoy.nt

By: EdwardL : March 30th, 2011-19:52

I'm fascinated by these stories . . .

By: Dr No : March 30th, 2011-22:13

. . . of rejuvenation, especially when the hero is an Omega! I was at a local vintage dealer a few days ago, perusing his stash of '70s classics, including two 911 Flightmasters and a 176.005 Seamaster. All were fairly worn and nary a crisp edge, other th...

Thanks Art.

By: flightmaster71 : March 30th, 2011-23:39

I was nervous about the case restoration as nothing would have been worse than to send it away and receive it back in a worse state with rounded edges etc. But rest assured Omega Bienne can work wonders with their CNC machines etc. Here is a pic of it bef...

I'm tempted to retrieve . . .

By: Dr No : March 31st, 2011-01:14

. . . one of those well-worn 911s from the vintage shop and restore it after seeing how well yours turned out . . .

go on Art, you know you have too :) [nt]

By: G99 : April 1st, 2011-12:07

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Difficult to justify now . . .

By: Dr No : April 1st, 2011-13:10

. . . as I've just spent a tidy sum on the Zenith, which pretty much covers this category for my purposes. The Kevster once said, in his inimitable fashion, that "every man needs a chrono." Agreed, but more than one is difficult to accommodate under prese...

Hard to win with a distressed model

By: mrsnak : April 1st, 2011-14:53

Even a basket case 910 will cost you more to buy and fix than buying a nice one to begin with. You never see them going cheap enough to justify. Feel the same way about vintage SM300s. Even more so with classic cars (I've learned my lessons there )

In dollars and cents, agreed . . .

By: Dr No : April 2nd, 2011-09:02

. . . but you know my modus operandi: any vintage worth keeping gets the full-on treatment from the get-go, even if technically unnecessary . . . it's a matter of having a baseline that's most important to my way of thinking. The Mk II that's now in your ...

you do the right thing...

By: G99 : April 2nd, 2011-10:00

you do the right thing Art. have it serviced and in tip top condition before you start wearing it. you know where you are and how reliable its going to be. G

An excellent story

By: grigo : March 30th, 2011-22:20

and the watch just looks great. Best regards, George

Yes, that's..........

By: aroma : March 31st, 2011-01:03

a really lovely piece now. You sometimes do hear horror stories about Omega's refurbishment of vintage watches but I have had no direct experience - I don't suppose you'd mention the order of cost for all this - or is that something we don't do on this fo...

For some reason, they seem to have a lot of resources

By: mrsnak : March 31st, 2011-08:00

to restore these late 60s, early 70s large cased Seamasters, Speedmasters and Flightmasters. It's great that they do.

Fantastic! We are fortunate that Omega still has parts

By: mrsnak : March 31st, 2011-07:57

For many of our older watches. Besides the case polish, how much else was replaced on this?