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Meyrin
·Hi all! During lockdown I unpacked my 1973 solid gold Omega Genève Automatic, inherited from my father. I wore it for years before I bought my Rolex Submariner new in 1996. It always performed faultlessly, running slightly fast which I like. I was always careful not to shower etc. while wearing it, as it´s obviously only splash-resistant. I had it serviced twice by an Omega AD.
I´ve been wearing it around my apartment a lot, and my love for this watch has been re-kindled…it´s so elegant with its clean, uncluttered dial, and the black hands on gold make telling the time easy and immediate…I can´t stand watches where I have to spend seconds looking at a cluttered, fussy dial to tell the time! It doesn´t have any lume, but I don´t care…I have an iPhone for when it´s dark!
I have two questions for you experts:
1) Newer automatic movements can´t be over-wound. But does this apply to my old Omega? As I wanted to be careful I only gave it an initial 20 turns of the crown (it started almost immediately after the first turn of the crown).
2) How many turns of the crown should I give a watch this old when it has stopped?
I´ve no idea what movement is inside, but it still runs slightly fast. It doesn´t have hacking which doesn´t bother me, as I don´t OCD about setting the time to the exact second. Once things calm down here I´ll be taking it in to my Rolex AD for cleaning and lubrication (they also deal in Omega) and a better strap. I trust them, they´ve done two excellent in-house services on my Sub. Thanks for any help/suggestions about my lovely old Omega Genève, so different to my normal every-day Rolex!
Here´s a photo of it, with my Sub sulking in the bacground:
I´ve been wearing it around my apartment a lot, and my love for this watch has been re-kindled…it´s so elegant with its clean, uncluttered dial, and the black hands on gold make telling the time easy and immediate…I can´t stand watches where I have to spend seconds looking at a cluttered, fussy dial to tell the time! It doesn´t have any lume, but I don´t care…I have an iPhone for when it´s dark!
I have two questions for you experts:
1) Newer automatic movements can´t be over-wound. But does this apply to my old Omega? As I wanted to be careful I only gave it an initial 20 turns of the crown (it started almost immediately after the first turn of the crown).
2) How many turns of the crown should I give a watch this old when it has stopped?
I´ve no idea what movement is inside, but it still runs slightly fast. It doesn´t have hacking which doesn´t bother me, as I don´t OCD about setting the time to the exact second. Once things calm down here I´ll be taking it in to my Rolex AD for cleaning and lubrication (they also deal in Omega) and a better strap. I trust them, they´ve done two excellent in-house services on my Sub. Thanks for any help/suggestions about my lovely old Omega Genève, so different to my normal every-day Rolex!
Here´s a photo of it, with my Sub sulking in the bacground:
