I've noticed on a few occasions people post Constellations and other vintage Omegas with missing bezels, querying whether bezels are available. Thought I'd share this contact with you as this guy has made one for a 168.005 and it turned out exceptionally well. In this case it was a 14k gold bezel, as is the standard for Connie Gold capped models of the time.

He does stainless as well.

http://www.watchcaserepair.com/

Regards

Desmond

 

Duely noted and bookmarked, thank you Desmond!

 

Thanks for the lead!

 

I needed one of these! Great!

 

Wonder if he can recut lugs? My favorite JLC has become quite rounded. I know some gold will be lost, but it would really look great with crisp edges.

Thanks for the tip Desmond!

(marking for future reference: ecclesiastical)

 

Desmond, unless I'm missing something - do we have a photo/writeup of the Connie bezel? Could we invite the owner onto the site to share?

 

Quadrophenic-Schizophrenia

 

I'll ask him if he wishes to share.

 

Ah yes, now I get it.

When I saw a previous one by you I thought you had a case of keyboard Tourette Syndrome

It's a good idea, thanks Dennis and Jim

Die Walküre

 

Depending on the job, his waiting time can be measured in years rather than weeks or months.

 

I'm still waiting for him to return my email when he returns to the office. Here's the email. Note the date? Clearly not a priority for him, and I have little patience for folks who hold their service hostage to those who seek it.

 

If you are still waiting a year later, I'd say he's pretty much forgotten you. I've never dealt with them, so I can't say if that's typical or not, but being on the other side of the situation to some degree I can sympathize with getting flooded with emails, and some do fall through the cracks despite my best efforts to stay on top of them. When I get an email from this morning pushed 2 pages down by tonight, sometimes they get missed. I am thankful for those that follow up with me in a few days if they have not heard back, as it helps me keep on top of things. Have you followed up with them?

I often spend more than an 2 hours each day just answering emails - emails asking for pricing, status updates, asking technical questions from clients and other watchmakers, and even advice on how to become a watchmaker, etc. Not all are pleasant like the guy who recently asked me for pricing on a couple of very small jobs (polishing one watch and replacing the crystal on another) and when I told him I only do full service work, he wrote back with a tirade about how I was being unfair as he was a senior and just asked for pricing...like I knew he was a senior and that this fact makes any difference...sometimes people take things personally, and it's not, it's business.

Not making any excuse for bad service or not returning emails in a reasonable amount of time (I shoot for 48 hours max, regardless of weekends, holidays, Xmas - yes you would be surprised how many emails I get on Xmas day, etc.) but sometimes things get hectic.

Cheers, Al

 

I feel like if I drop a line to say I'm still waiting for a response that I'll just piss off the guy who didn't get back to me, and end up with a quote 3x the value of the completed watch. My paranoid imagination in full swing!

 

Well I can't speak for the guy obviously, but as I mention I usually welcome a gentle reminder! I guess my main point is, don't take these things personally, because more than likely it's nothing personal from the other side.

Cheers, Al