A few months ago, I got a Craig's list Speedy. It "worked ", but it's case was beaten to death, the pusher stuck and the crystal was opaque. It had NEVER been serviced.

The plan was to just flip it for a cheap price and make a profit. I then grew attached to the rough and tumble Speedy. I needed to know what it would look like fixed up.

I reached out to my watchmaker (an Omega certified watchmaker), and just asked him to rehab the watch from top to bottom.

I picked it up on Saturday. New everything (even the updated 1498 bracelet). Pushers, crown, crystal all have been replaced. Also, the movement was serviced, obviously. A whopping $500 overhaul.

It looks absolutely amazing. I'm thinking about ordering its info from the Omega archives... It's one if those serials that start with 48, so it could be part of that out of sequence run. I just want to know more about it!

Just having seen the transformation, I feel even more connected with the watch.

I'm still at that point where I can do nothing but stare at it!

Below are pictures of the "after". I'll see if I can dig up the "before" later.

 

Nice story. Also 500 for all those fixes? Wow I thought it would've been more expensive due to the Omega brand.

 

It was $495....the bracelet was extra. I keep my watchmaker pretty busy, so it believe I get good deals.

 

There was a glitch with 48M serial numbers. They were reissued in the mid-90's. It's all semantics, as it does not matter if it's a 1988 or a 1998, as far as I'm concerned.

http://watch-pop.com/omega_2/watch-17375.html

 

What you (or the URL you quote) refer to is not a glitch in the 48mil serial numbers but the fact that a 145.022-78 case has been used for quite a while after 78.
This is not unusual as this was standard already with earlier cases like -65 and -69.

 

I'll order the extract today

http://forums.watchuseek.com/f20/omega-serial-number-confusion-years-511520.html

 

Any idea why we can't get an extract in the US?