Bad Soden ist immer eine Reise wert, Montags ist er nicht da, aber vorher anrufen kann nix schaden.

 

you can also go to Robin Israel
www.uhrenkunde.de

 

you would never want to buy a car that had not been serviced regularly, however the reverse tends to be true with vintage watches - the more services they have had in the past the more undesirable they become! Due, of course, to having so many parts swapped out, heavy polishing and often poor watchmaking.

By the way if you're going to wear it on a NATO strap be sure to fit a case back sticker.

 

Thanks everyone! Now i have a lot of good addresses to have my speedy serviced. Already had a small watchmaker "sound the corner" check it and put some oil on the right spots...he said i should be fine for the next years, but i'll ask a specialist just to make sure.

THANKS again, what a great forum.

 

Did anything ever come of the Omega parts you were going to look at ? Cheers.

 

Beautiful watch, enjoy!

 

yup, i went there and had a great evening. It was all chaotic and unsorted, but certainly a treasure. Tons of parts, 20 boxes +, incredible. He won't sell much though...He is a serious collector of watches of all kind and his son is a watchmaker. So he knows more or less what he has, but it's really IMPOSSIBLE to sort those parts without being an Omega watchmaker with a LOT of experience. I guess there are some people here on this forum who could help a lot, but he doesn't really want to sell much.

I was lucky enough to get two dials and some small parts for my speedy...

He is a great guy and i will keep in contact. If he ever asks me for help, i will let this forum know.
Cheers...

 

thanks a lot, i already do...... Hope that my new leather strap arrives soon...still stuck in customs clearance!!!

 

...and, you know...why not tease you guys a bit.......

 

Wow, great picture, a proper Aladdins cave there i'm sure! At least you managed to get a few bits. Well done.

 

If the guy around the corner added new oil to pivots without first disassembling and cleaning the movement, you will want to get it serviced sooner rather than later. Adding new oil to a dirty watch makes a fine grinding paste for the pivots...

 

arrrghhhhhhhhh!!!! thanks a lot. learning things the hard way i guess. don't know what he did exaclty, but....anyway, i am going to have someone look over it really soon. Thanks for the valuable hint...!

 

thanks Archer