1950 Ref 14311 Restoration Follow Up

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Doles75

·Apr 16, 2021

Some of you may recall my January thread asking for help ID’ing my great-grandfather’s 1950 Ref 14311. Thank you to those who offered advice on tastefully restoring it.

https://omegaforums.net/threads/help-id’ing-vintage-omega.124218/

I got the watch back from a watchmaker this week and am quite happy with it. With help from you, I sourced a scrap Omega watch face that had what I believe are the same period 3-6-9 faceted arrow markers.

The watchmaker applied them to my watch and replaced the badly worn crystal. I bought a vintage gold Omega buckle that I believe is from around the period.

 

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wagudc

·Apr 16, 2021

Looks great! I just read the other thread. You got a bunch of great advice from some true Omega sages. This story is what OF is all about. 😀

 

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Jones in LA

·Apr 16, 2021·Not in LA anymore.

The result is spectacular, congratulations!

 

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WatchCor

·Apr 16, 2021

Wonderful, thanks for sharing the end result

 

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Doles75

·Apr 16, 2021

WatchCor

Wonderful, thanks for sharing the end result

With all the great (and free) advice offered here, the forum deserves to see the end result!

 

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wagudc

·Apr 16, 2021

Doles75

With all the great (and free) advice offered here, the forum deserves to see the end result!

Now you need an avatar, perhaps a picture of a certain special 14311 Omega would do.

 

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Doles75

·Apr 18, 2021

wagudc

Now you need an avatar, perhaps a picture of a certain special 14311 Omega would do.

This will have to do for now. 😀

 

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size11s

·Apr 19, 2021

Congratulations Doles75, that couldn't have turned out better. Really special watch, thank you for sharing.