Sportster
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Looking for some guidance locating original hands
Hi all
I had a new old watch come into my collection - however two of the Chrono hands are clearly not original, as they are supposed to be orange, and on my watch they are white.
I have never sourced hands before and have no idea where to start trying to locate original hands from the 1970's.
Any help here would be appreciated.
I have attached two photos - my watch is the one with three white small chronic hands. The correct version is the other photo.
Please help me locate correct hands so that I can have them installed.
Cheers 
Looking for some guidance locating original hands
Hi all I had a new old watch come into my collection - however two of the Chrono hands are clearly not original, as they are supposed to be orange, and on my watch they are white. I have never sourced hands before and have no idea where to start trying to...
Not 'wrong'?
sportster, 1 Omega-CH at Bienne may have the correct hands. 2 So may STS in England (who do all Omega's vintage work in the UK). 3 However, it is possible that your hands are not 'wrong'. After all, they are (a) all the same, (b) match the inner hour indi...
Sportster is right on the money - racing Mk II chrono hands . . .
. . . are orange, all of them. [my first Mk II, '07] [my second, '16] Cordially, Art ...
The good news: there's a complete set of Mk II hands . . .
. . . currently on eBay. The bad news: it's > $300. When hands were easily available from suppliers, they were in the tens of dollars. Link to eBay auction will be sent via private message. And no, I'm not the seller! Art
Thanks to all!
Thanks you to everyone that took the time to help me - you are all very kind. I cant believe how $$ the set of hands is - Im going to try to contact Omega to see if they have access to 2 small hands that I can purchase. I know that the new re-edition of t...
I checked my usual sources, but none had . . .
. . . orange 861 hands listed. (Black, yes, but not orange.) Unfortunately, Omega corporate no longer supplies third party vendors as of two years ago, so unless your name is George Clooney, you're unlikely to find relief there. I'm sure there are origina...
Thank you!!
I appreciate you taking the time to help me. I called my watchmaker - he quoted me 95.00 to install the new hands which I feel is more than fair. I'll post pics once the new hands are installed. Thanks again! j
Umm . . . yes, that's more than fair . . .
. . . but not in the sense you probably meant. ;-) Btw, if you decide to replace the crystal (not that I'm suggesting you should), be sure the watchmaker entrusted with that job has the requisite tool which expands the case. A watchmaker may try his hand ...
Ah, I just noticed you're in Canada . . .
. . . so the quoted price (if in CAD) is probably in line. Art