Hi, I have this 1959 Pie Pan with hands thar have corrosion on them. When I bought the watch a while back I first thought about replacing them but can’t find any ones out there. Nowhere. Then I thought about some moderate cleaning. What if I just gave them a little Coca Cola treatment and then do a very light sanding. What do you think, making better or worse? Doing anything with the value when touching them? Sorry, had to zoom in. Heavily so bad quality pic.

ps, without the insert it would be no issue since these hands I found.

 

They might be chrome or white gold plated. I'm not sure of that, but you should be cautious.

 

A good Watchmaker can do it better than you I presume

 

exactly. As Dan mentioned they might be plated and most watch makers are pals with a jeweler so the hands could be removed and re-plated. sanding or attempting to polish them is not a good idea. Bring it to a watch maker.

 

I’m having my watch maker take a look if they can do anything in my Connie as well. Same situation with only markers.

 

I've posted this before, but this gives you an idea of what's involved:

This is a video made by the Lititz Watch Technicum - Rolex school in the US.

Note that the hands on the Constellation are likely plated, so additional steps would be required. It's not a small job if you want it done properly.

Cheers, Al

 

Thanks. The thing it that imago’s do not want them “brand new”. So I am a bit in doubt. The best would be to find a set that is better and genuine. Can’t find them anywhere.

 

What would these be plated with? I thought these were the standard hands. So no platinum (not at that time I think) nor gold.

 

Read my previous post.

 

I found two hands in the UK but no seconds hand. Anybody an idea where to get a new one. Not the obvious places.

 

Also stumbled into these. What is the catch here?

https://www.ebay.nl/itm/NEW-Omega-C...hrome-2-sets-500-Series/183784396313#shpCntIdPurchases made through these links may earn this site a commission from the eBay Partner Network

 

My old refinisher would replate the hands as long as the corrosion didn't go beyond a set condition

Hour and minute look doable. Sweep hand not so much.

He also replated indexes, so hands matched

You can buy a new sweep hand or see if a parts supplier has a generic that matches or comes close

DON

 

view/climb ratio don't make sense to me, but hey, it is yours. Careful it doesn't look new on old face when done.