A Little Hand Work...

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X350 XJR

·Mar 29, 2024·Vintage Omega Aficionado

Helped a friend replace a 2531.80.00 which was stolen.

Found a nice original owner piece on eBay. Zero feedback seller, no sale so I got it off eBay for a good price including a new Omega blue rubber strap and deployant.

Everything was great until they "fixed" the bracelet before sending it to me...😡

Took me a couple hours with no power tools but I think it turned out OK.

Pics blow up if you click them.

 

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Dan S

·Mar 29, 2024

So they polished the whole thing? 😲

 

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paddymoran

·Mar 29, 2024

Dan S

So they polished the whole thing? 😲

Yep, was thinking the same … not good After pics are a lot better.

 

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X350 XJR

·Mar 29, 2024·Vintage Omega Aficionado

Dan S

So they polished the whole thing? 😲

Yes.

 

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coffee

·Mar 29, 2024

Yikes, the seller turned it into a blingy Breitling bracelet. Great work getting the brushed portions back to life.

 

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Aroxx

·Mar 29, 2024

It just looks so wrong polished like that. Nice work fixing it! I have a bracelet I would like to refinish the brushing myself sometime.

 

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fiberguy

·Mar 29, 2024

Nice work, looks 1000x better

 

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hen

·Mar 29, 2024

Great work, what did you use? What grit and how did you mask?

 

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Dsloan

·Mar 29, 2024

Any pics of the process / tools you used? Looks like you salvaged the situation pretty well. I can't believe they polished that poor bracelet!

 

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Archer

·Mar 29, 2024

Good job! Looks way better than it did. 👍

It looks like you laid it flat the whole time, right? There are some areas near the end of the brushed links that are still a bit polished based on the photos, so to get those you need to flex the bracelet to expose those areas, then brush them.

Not sure what you used as a mask, but Kapton tape is the standard material for that.

 

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gmmy775

·Mar 29, 2024

What can be said---you did a great job reversing a tragic boo boo

 

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Olhenry56

·Mar 29, 2024

Wow. That must have involved some painstaking masking. Looks great!

 

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wagudc

·Mar 30, 2024

Wow, nice work. I think most of us would have just requested a return.