An Ed White Serviced by Omega: anymore?

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Spacefruit

·Aug 1, 2018·Prolific Speedmaster Hoarder

This one was serviced by Omega.
It got service dial bezel and hands, luckily I also got the little bag of parts, that no one else who viewed the auction noticed.....

....and yes the dial and hands are re lumed but that’s why omega threw them out in the first place.

Any more Omega serviced watches?

 

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marturx

·Aug 1, 2018

They replaced that dial??

 

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abrod520

·Aug 1, 2018

marturx

They replaced that dial??

It probably looked a lot worse before the aforementioned relume

 

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marturx

·Aug 1, 2018

abrod520

It probably looked a lot worse before the aforementioned relume

Aha. Saw it now. Still looks like a nice dial to me, so a surprise if Omega detected the relume and changed it because of that. Must have been because of non-glowing then?

 

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grizzlycanuck

·Aug 1, 2018

Do we get to see the little baggy of parts??

 

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ext1

·Aug 1, 2018

Omega throws out the dial to the bag if they see it's been relumed? I had to send in my relumed 2998-5 due to a large lack of movement parts missing inside it that made it unfeasible for independent servicing, and I was told they are going to keep the same dial.

 

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abrod520

·Aug 1, 2018

marturx

Aha. Saw it now. Still looks like a nice dial to me, so a surprise if Omega detected the relume and changed it because of that. Must have been because of non-glowing then?

I think he meant he relumed the dial and hands after purchasing the watch, then reinstalled them. Chances are when it arrived at Omega's service center, the dial lume was a bit grubby

 

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Kringkily

·Aug 1, 2018·Omega Collector / Hunter

This was sent to Omega 2 years ago before I got it but thankfully they only replaced the hands and even left the browning dial alone

 

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Spacefruit

·Aug 1, 2018·Prolific Speedmaster Hoarder

marturx

They replaced that dial??

To clarify, I had the dial and hands re lumed as they were Algae. I do not have a before shot.
Always get too exited and impatient to take them.

Dial body itself is pretty good.

This is how it looked on arrival with service parts

Edited: Aug 1, 2018

 

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chronoboy64

·Aug 1, 2018

Shame on Omega for what the made out of this great Ed (pic after service)

 

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sjg22

·Aug 1, 2018

Spacefruit

To clarify, I had the dial and hands re lumed as they were Algae. I do not have a before shot.
Always get too exited and impatient to take them.

Dial body itself is pretty good.

This is how it looked on arrival with service parts

The relume looks outstanding.

May I ask two questions:
1) Who performed the work?; and,
2) if you were in the market for an Ed White and this exact watch popped up for sale with relume noted by the seller, given how attractive the work is, would you pay more, less or the same as an average example of this reference?

 

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ext1

·Aug 1, 2018

I just noticed something....why does it look like the speedy came back on a silver rehaut from omega??

 

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Kringkily

·Aug 1, 2018·Omega Collector / Hunter

ext1

I just noticed something....why does it look like the speedy came back on a silver rehaut from omega??

They used the wrong crystal probably meant for a 105.002 or 2998

 

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Spacefruit

·Aug 2, 2018·Prolific Speedmaster Hoarder

ext1

I just noticed something....why does it look like the speedy came back on a silver rehaut from omega??

It was quite common.

 

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ext1

·Aug 2, 2018

Huh...learn something new every day. Thanks for the education!

 

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Pahawi

·Aug 2, 2018

Bought this 145.012 back in 2014:

Seller mentioned it was serviced at Omega in 1998 and that some of the old parts followed the watch back. Turned out he still had them:

After a new service and old parts attached (under all the gunk a near perfect bezel showed up):

Never got around to find better hour and minute hands, though....

 

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bgrisso

·Aug 2, 2018

Spacefruit

To clarify, I had the dial and hands re lumed as they were Algae. I do not have a before shot.
Always get too exited and impatient to take them.

Dial body itself is pretty good.

This is how it looked on arrival with service parts

It must suck to work for omega and ruin vintage watches for a living. Their after shot is painful. Great catch and restore !

 

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boogedyboo

·Aug 2, 2018

Pahawi

Bought this 145.012 back in 2014:

Seller mentioned it was serviced at Omega in 1998 and that some of the old parts followed the watch back. Turned out he still had them:

After a new service and old parts attached (under all the gunk a near perfect bezel showed up):

Never got around to find better hour and minute hands, though....

Why would Omega replace that bezel? I thought they only replaced parts which were damaged.

Dial, I can understand they replaced because of the missing lume.

 

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Traveler

·Aug 5, 2018

Previous owner told me that my Ed White was serviced by Omega - it came in an Omega service box, but had no documentation.... the case looks pristine, the hands are service ones (I had them retouched). The dial and bezel look original, although the lume plots have been washed off - apparently they were muddy, and the guy wanted to keep the original dial, but have it looking ‘cleaner’. What’s left of the plots are actually a sort of creamy color, so I don’t think it looks that bad, but I have considered getting it re-lumed.

 

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ext1

·Aug 5, 2018

Wow...that case! That's one amazing condition.

I relumed my 2998-5 because the lume was pretty much all gone. I don't regret it.