Omega Repair And Light Restore

[Andyclient]

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Mark]

Cracking job. And one of my fav watches

[WillFly]

Great stuff, Andy - mine says hallo...

[Andyclient]

Nice Will looks very clean , what sort of year is yours ?

[WillFly]

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:

[Andyclient]

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

Edited September 26, 2014 by Andyclient

[Geo]

Very tidy job Andy, I too love old Omegas of that vintage.

[Vich]

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.

[bobm12]

Now, Andy, you just gave away the secret ingredient for dial cleaning! :) Great job and I too like the style of these watches!