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Vintage Omega Seamaster
Happy Thanksgiving all! I received a wonderful family gift from my aunt after Thanksgiving dinner tonite - a vintage steel Omega Seamaster that was given to her husband by my grandfather in 1962. I am a vintage JLC and Patek guy but totally new to Omega. I had a few questions for any vintage Seamaster experts out there willing to help:
1-does Omega offer an archive service?
2-any opinions on Omega's own vintage restoration service? The watch is in amazing condition but certainly needs an overhaul and a new crystal. Am debating local watchmaker vs Omega
3-is there a previous thread that folks can point me to that discusses the dial variants on vintage Seamasters. I will look into the movement and case reference numbers once a professional opens up the watch. This piece has a date function at 3 o'clock and applied gold indices with the ones at 12, 6, 9 o'clock also having a black stripe on the gold index. It is signed Omega Automatic Seamaster on the dial
Many thanks!
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Vintage Omega Seamaster
Happy Thanksgiving all! I received a wonderful family gift from my aunt after Thanksgiving dinner tonite - a vintage steel Omega Seamaster that was given to her husband by my grandfather in 1962. I am a vintage JLC and Patek guy but totally new to Omega. ...
Some website
Hi ! So basically you can find some answers here : And if you want to know a bit more about your watch, you can go there aswell : For the two others questions, i can't help you with that. I know that you can send your watch to Omega and they can repair ...
Do not consider...
Hi and welcome, Do not consider to send the watch to Omega - it might cost you more than the actual value of the watch. Every well trained watchmaker can offer you a service for a fraction of those costs Omega asks. I would have it locally done... Pls pos...
Forgot to mention that
Yes, i forgot to mention that, it's very expensive to send the watch to omega for repair. I have a seamaster cosmic who wasnt running very well (if i may say so) and ask for a devis in Omega store. They asked me 3 times the price of the watch to repair it...
Answers to your questions...
1. Yes, Omega offers an Extract of the Archives, similar to the services offered by JLC and Patek. Only 80CHF vs. 420 for JLC, a bargain, I suppose. Then again, they used to do it for free as a courtesy. 2. Agree with the others. Omega has a bad habit of...
Thank you!
Gatorcpa - you helped me immensely! I am looking fwd to seeing my watchmaker next week to get the reference numbers and begin service.
A quick update
A quick update for everyone -- both watches are in the hands of a terrific local watchmaker to service (based on everyone's advice here). I also noted both movement numbers and case reference numbers. I was able to locate my the gents piece on their datab...