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Got this Omega from the sales corner on Rlt being sold for repair ,the spring was slipping and the second hand was missing , crystal cracked and a bit grubby.
So stripped it ,cleaned dial with a good old drop of saliva , fitted new mainspring as the tail end had broken off causing it to slip , cleaned and lubed movement , a 268 17 jewel manual dating at 1960 , found a new second hand from a donor watch fitted new crystal and here she is.
It's never going to be a safe queen as the plating is a bit shabby and the dial isn't perfect by any means but it's a wearable vintage piece hopefully.

Been running now for almost 24hrs and is keeping good time , which is always a bonus

 

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It's 1964 - Cal. 601. You can't tell from the photo, but there's quite a bit of plate loss from the upper part of the bezel. It hardly shows, but I may yet swap it for a similar one with a better condition case.

 

Or just buy another, of course... :crazysmile:

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Sounds like a plan Will just buy another lol.

I have a steel seamaster with a 601 movement from 1967 it was one of the first i got

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Thought you could only use spit and polish with boots but that is quite an appreciable difference on the dial.

Wiki says saliva is 99.5% water, while the other 0.5% consists of electrolytes, mucus, glycoproteins, enzymes, and antibacterial compounds such as secretory IgA and lysozyme.

Wonder if the water did the job or the special mix in the other .5% either way it worked. Outstanding job.

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