1960's Omega Seamaster - My Little Baby

[Mark]

I absolutely love clean, clear and simple watches. Don't get me wrong, I do like a quirky watch as well.

 

But this Omega is special to me as I purchased it from a customer just a few weeks into my apprenticeship.

 

I did not know a heck of a lot about watches back then, being a 16 year old. But I knew Omega was a good brand because my boss had one and would not stop raving about them.

 

A guy came in and offered this for sale and my boss was not around, so I offered him £20 for it (the glass was cracked and it was very scratched, the dial was badly stained and it had a scrappy leather strap and I was only earning £16.50/week) which was duly accepted - I was chuffed to bits. My boss later told me off big time as I was not supposed to do deals with customers (I think he was jealous as I know he would have bought it in a heartbeat).

 

So I have had this for many years and would never part with it.

 

 

[SeikoWatch]

Nice omega ! :) have a nice day Mark

[WillFly]

I know several people who would give their eye teeth for that - lovely watch!

[autowind]

Classic Swiss quality watch,  I don't think they come any better,  style wise or quality wise.  Looked after I'm sure it would last several lifetimes.

[Craig]

Beautiful and clean lovely job!

[ianmedium]

For me the period between the late 1940's and early 1980's is the golden age for Omega. The prices for such a quality watch were not exorbitant and the fit and finish the equal of much higher priced Swiss brands at the time.

This one just screams classic Omega, it could not be anything but an Omega and those movements were just of such high quality.
 

I would love one day to have one of their high accuracy quartz watches from the 1970's. I used to own a 63 seamster and a 49 bumper, just lovely lovely watches.

 

Yours really is a beauty Mark.

[Mark]

Thanks guys. I just recently sold my Omega GMT to help pay for my garage conversion. I was gutted to see it go.

 

I really want a Chronostop with the green dial when I can afford it - a beauty, but quite rare. And a Schumacher is also on my wish list.

 

This is my electronic tuning fork Omega f300

 

It needs a bit of work doing to it when I get around to it.

 

[ianmedium]

Oh boy a tuning fork Dynamic! I have not seen one of those before!

[SeikoWatch]

nice omega..I have a bulova accutron that does not work but one day... may be

[Mark]

This one works which is good. But the Day indicator dial has damaged teeth which is bad. Trying to track one down.

It's a 1260 movement.

[atimegoneby]

That seamaster looks like new !   classic quality !     :)

[Mark]

Yay... I am quite excited - I finally found a day ring so I can get my f300 sorted now. I'm really made up :D

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ESA-9164-Day-Date-Wheels-New-Omega-f300-Tissot-Tissonic-Longines-Ultronic-/291088318772?pt=UK_Jewellery_Watches_WatchAccessories_SpareParts_SM&hash=item43c6374134

[SeikoWatch]

now it's yours Mark ? :D.. congrats..

[Geo]

Excellent!

A major part of the fun is tracking down the parts for old watches and researching the history. I'm trying to find a pusher for a TAG F1 quartz chronograph just now.

[G1DRP]

I used to have a Seamaster 600 with a cal.601 movement.

[G1DRP]

  On 2/23/2014 at 5:10 PM, WatchRepairGuy said:

Thanks guys. I just recently sold my Omega GMT to help pay for my garage conversion. I was gutted to see it go.

 

I really want a Chronostop with the green dial when I can afford it - a beauty, but quite rare. And a Schumacher is also on my wish list.

 

This is my electronic tuning fork Omega f300

 

It needs a bit of work doing to it when I get around to it.

 

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Is the dial OK on yours? I had one and the paint was uneven, sort of slightly blistered, when viewed through a loupe.

[Mark]

  On 3/13/2014 at 6:54 PM, G1DRP said:

Is the dial OK on yours? I had one and the paint was uneven, sort of slightly blistered, when viewed through a loupe.

 

The paintwork is a bit rough. Not sure I want to have it restored though - part of the character now  :thumbsu:

 

Welcome to the forum by the way :)

[G1DRP]

  On 3/13/2014 at 6:56 PM, WatchRepairGuy said:

The paintwork is a bit rough. Not sure I want to have it restored though - part of the character now  :thumbsu:

 

Welcome to the forum by the way :)

Thanks for the welcome. I subscribed to your YouTube channel last night (Ian Hand). I've just watched your ETA 2824 service video, fantastic!

[Mark]

Thanks Ian :)

 

  On 3/13/2014 at 7:04 PM, G1DRP said:

Thanks for the welcome. I subscribed to your YouTube channel last night (Ian Hand). I've just watched your ETA 2824 service video, fantastic!

[frenchie]

That Omega is nice !!

How did you clean the dial ? When I see a dirty dial (in my long experience of... 3 watches), I'm very hesitant to use anything but warm water with a bit of soap...

[Mark]

  On 3/13/2014 at 8:50 PM, frenchie said:

That Omega is nice !!

How did you clean the dial ? When I see a dirty dial (in my long experience of... 3 watches), I'm very hesitant to use anything but warm water with a bit of soap...

 

If you are referring to the first Omega then I had it professionally restored by David Bill. I would never attempt a dial restoration myself ;)

[Mark]

Here she is with the new calendar day ring in, replaced the date ring also so the colour would match as good as possible.

 

I think she looks great!

 

Now just to refinish the case and bracelet and fit a new glass and seals and she will be a wearable watch again.

 

 

 

[SeikoWatch]

well, Mark you're right... this is an art to make a restoration on dial...so, If you look my avatar, you'll see that it's missing a part.. a roman number ( what ever how you name it ) so I need the insert ( I don't know the real name for it )

[WillFly]

That looks good, Mark - enjoy!

[Mark]

  On 3/19/2014 at 4:06 PM, SeikoWatch said:

well, Mark you're right... this is an art to make a restoration on dial...so, If you look my avatar, you'll see that it's missing a part.. a roman number ( what ever how you name it ) so I need the insert ( I don't know the real name for it )

 

That's no problem - they are called 'chapters' or 'batons'. These ones have two pins which help secure it to the dial. They are very common - just buy an old seiko dial off ebay and you can poke a baton out through the under-side of the dial and secure it to your dial with a tiny bit of Hypo Tube Cement.

 

  On 3/19/2014 at 4:10 PM, WillFly said:

That looks good, Mark - enjoy!

 

Cheers Will :)