Another Dad's watch..

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Sorry, you are wrong there. As has been stated it's a clear redial.
I have a vague recollection of my Dad being pissed about the watch when he got it back from having the crystal replaced. Maybe there's the reason....
He did tell me last weekend the face used to be a bright silver. I thought he meant dulled through the patina of time. Faack! That's crushing.
Is there anything in any of these numbers that would indicate the correct hands, face, etc?
 
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Is it possible it's the result of, shall we say, an aggressive cleaning? Wow, this is disappointing. I have my mother doing the detective work with Dad. She remembers an issue when he got it back from the crystal replacement. Thanks for expertise all. I'll keep you posted.
 
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It was common for watchmakers to spruce up a dial many moons ago. Part of the service to make a watch look like new again.
Only us nutters here would notice 😉 Have seen 10x worse redials so don’t sweat it too much.
 
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Hard to see why you’re worried as to whether or not it’s a redial, unless you are actually intending selling your father’s watch.
 
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It's the OMEGA font that looks damning. plus no Swiss Made.

No bother! the watches story makes up for that. And any redial is within the history of the watch in your family, not for some unscrupulous mis-selling venture.
 
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Just enjoy your watch. It has has been in the family and has a first rate movement.
 
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No intention of selling. Dad says it's the dial that it's been on it since he received it back after my grandfather's death in Aug 1978. My dad still has his merchant mariners discharge documents. My mother is going to pull out the one that shows when he was in Aruba and when he bought the watch.
The redial must have been done between 1959 and 1978. I was just wondering if there is any way to know if it's at least the correct dial and hands as sold. The second hand looks short but I've seen others online with short second hands if the minute dots are closer to the center.
This is fun for me and makes the watch even more priceless to me, if that's a possibility.
 
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I can't find any definitive date or model when Omega started putting Swiss made at the bottom of the dial. Any ideas?
 
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It's the OMEGA font that looks damning. plus no Swiss Made.

The minutes track is also too heavy-handed.

No bother! the watches story makes up for that. And any redial is within the history of the watch in your family, not for some unscrupulous mis-selling venture.

Absolutely! I would love to have my late father's 70's Seiko which he lost years prior to his death. If that had been redialed, it wouldn't have made any difference to me.

The style of the redial is similar to other fifties Seamasters, I would hazard a guess that the person doing the redial followed the original design.
 
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I can't find any definitive date or model when Omega started putting Swiss made at the bottom of the dial. Any ideas?
Because there is no definitive date. Depends on the model and where it was sold.

This looks like an older redial to me.
gatorcpa
 
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It all just adds to the story. Bringing up old memories with my 82 year old parents. Hearing stories that could have been lost. Other than a cleaning and putting on the older flexo-band he had on it that fits my wrist and shows the same wear as the watch. It's what it is.
 
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It all just adds to the story. Bringing up old memories with my 82 year old parents. Hearing stories that could have been lost. Other than a cleaning and putting on the older flexo-band he had on it that fits my wrist and shows the same wear as the watch. It's what it is.
The story...
I called my 76 year old aunt today. It turns out my fuzzy memory was close.
In 1976, my grandfather almost cut his leg off while tilling his garden. According to my aunt. While still being sewed and stapled shut he was in a rage that he broke the watch. She said it bothered him more than having to use a cane for the rest of his life.
He took it to a watchmaker either in Cresskill or Englewood NJ for repair. Months later he got the watch back with the wrong crystal, the second hand broke, and a repainted dial.
The story refreshed my 82 year old father's memory. He said the original dial was this beautiful silver with bright chrome hands.
With this in mind, and with Dad's blessing. I'd like to find the NOS crystal, hands, and dial. Then, I will send it to my watchmaker friend to clean and replace those parts. Back to stock, but with the flexo-band. Like Dad and Grandpa did.
This is where I'd like some help. Where would I source these parts, if they can be found at all. And how do I know what the original dial was? Can that be found out with the serial number?

Thanks again in advance.
 
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Crystals and hands may be ordered by any watchmaker with an Omega parts account.

In the case of your watch, I think the hands you have are original to the watch, or at least are correct replacements. Please see this thread.

https://omegaforums.net/threads/seamaster-2938-buy-or-bye-bye.94570/

Another Ref 2938. Note the size and configuration of the hands. You will probably need to replace the seconds hand.


NOS dials generally cannot be sourced from Omega. You would need to find another watch with the exact same case reference. Since the lacquer finishes on many older Omegas were poor to begin with, it is quite difficult to find nice vintage dials.

Hope this helps,
gatorcpa