I just had a look at the archive section by Omega and I’ll go down that route first. Thanks!
I’m trying to remember when I actually bought it, i wish I could find the estimate paperwork as that would obviously tell me, but I’m thinking 2009/10
I bought it as a non working watch with the bezel missing and with what I thought was an amateur paint job on the stop watch hand.
This is the first time I’ve read about the orange hand being possibly an Omega option.
After I was told it would be away for a year at Omega I had it sent back and did nothing with it.
I didn’t realise until l saw the comparison to another 321 movement today that lots of parts were actually missing.
It’s in a bit of a sorry state along with half the movement missing and the dial isn’t the best...
I think this will be triggers broom if I go ahead with a service, who knows what that will cost.
Hopefully cheaper than the Rolex Heritage department!
Didn't you compare it with this one albeit an 861?
It is always worth a conversation with an independent but Omega have been funny about allowing Indys to work on the 321 for a couple of years now so even the ones with accounts will struggle to get parts. The Omega price could well be the cheapest option.
The problem is, they just don't have that many, and the claims and promises of all parts being available again with the "new" 321 have unfortunately not materialized, and I don't believe they ever will.
What would be your guess as to why they won't follow through with making parts available again?
What would be your guess as to why they won't follow through with making parts available again?
Because they need to maintain the mystique surrounding this movement, that requires "special scans" and "special teams" of watchmakers to work on them...
I hope I'm wrong on this, and people here have outright told me I'm wrong in the past. But so far, no parts have materialized. People will argue it's a new release and the parts just haven't been made available yet, but as we've seen the case, dial, hands are all already available and being made into frankens...but zero movement parts have been made available for the 321B movement. Not holding my breath...
Neither do I, yet the parts that certain people here said were going to flow, haven't.
Again I hope I'm wrong, but so far no parts...
Please be aware that Bienne may choose not to work on your watch. All vintage watches they work on have to authentic. When I sent my 1961 Seamaster in for service, the Omega Boutique stressed that if they find anything in the movement that's not authentic and that looks like it's been worked on by authorized personnel, they will return the watch and refuse service. They will charge you $75 for the shipping to and from Bienne. Based on the missing parts, I would say you're highly likely to be rejected for service. You should call Omega to double-check as you obviously don't want to spend the $75 for nothing.
The reason they do this is due to the fact that once they service your watch, they fully stand behind the work so that they will cover the watch for any problems for 2 years. Also, they don't want to be responsible for a vintage movement that someone might have messed up as it could cost them an arm and a leg to get it back into pefect working order due to someone else's negligence.
I used the regular full service and not the restoration service which is much more expensive. They may have a different rule for the more expensive service and allow for missing parts. You'll have to check with them on that.
Best of luck!
