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dougwhiz
路Gen 1 blue sunburst dial with 563 movement. Found on Ebay, just back from service with a new crystal.
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kohster
路I don't know how I missed this thread back when I first joined back in October 2022. Thanks to dougwhiz for the pointer! I've posted pics in other places but here's my 166.0079, cal 752 right after I got it back from servicing in December. I got it as a gift from my dad in October. He originally got it as a gift from my grandfather in 1969.
Here it was before servicing. You can see how getting rid of all of those scratches in the crystal made a huge difference (to me anyway 馃榾 ).
Here it was before servicing. You can see how getting rid of all of those scratches in the crystal made a huge difference (to me anyway 馃榾 ).
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masteroftime
路I got it as a gift from my dad in October. He originally got it as a gift from my grandfather in 1969.
Stunning example! These can be so hard to find without dial or hand damage. I hope you enjoy it and wear it in good health.
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Barking mad
路路Prolific Speedmaster HoarderMine on the wrist..
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Basset Hound
路Sorry about the poor quality pictures.
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Gav1967
路路Tend not to fret too muchDid someone say Dynamic? What about this one of mine? 馃槤
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kohster
路My guess is that it's some combination of degraded/crumbling lume material from the index markers and/or corrosion/aging dial material due to moisture? Would not place high confidence on this answer since I'm not an expert in the field; again it's just a a guess.
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bikerfox
路My guess is that it's some combination of degraded/crumbling lume material from the index markers and/or corrosion/aging dial material due to moisture? Would not place high confidence on this answer since I'm not an expert in the field; again it's just a a guess.
what is the fix for this issue, if any? careful dial cleanup?
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kohster
路Totally outside of my area of knowledge / experience. I've seen all sorts of posts here and elsewhere about dial restoration and such, but I don't know the details about the actual techniques involved. Another thing to consider though is what level of originality you want to maintain with a watch and to what degree any work would affect that. Those are all personal decisions. Just as an example, for my specific watch, it was a gift from my dad that was originally a gift to him from my grandfather, so there's a lot of sentimental value in it, and I wanted to keep the watch as original as possible. So it was important to me to take it to a reputable/recommended service place that had access to Omega parts, and I specifically told them I didn't want any metal polishing done since the little scratches that are on the case/bracelet are signs of ownership from my dad. Now, I did ask them to polish the scratches off of the crystal, but I didn't feel that would compromise the originality of the watch, and it was going to annoy me to no end to look at those scratches every day. 馃榾
Luckily there is no significant damage or aging/wear apparent on the dial of my watch. The lume basically doesn't work at all, which is to be expected with a tritium half-life of ~12 years and the watch being over 50 years old. But this isn't a watch that I'm going to be wearing where I have to depend on the lume, so I definitely didn't want to even think about asking anyone to try to restore/rejuvenate the lume on the dial/hands, since it looks so good as is. I think if there was some significant/noticeable damage on the dial I might not want to wear it every day like I do now, but that's hard to say for sure since it's just a hypothetical speculation. 馃榾
Luckily there is no significant damage or aging/wear apparent on the dial of my watch. The lume basically doesn't work at all, which is to be expected with a tritium half-life of ~12 years and the watch being over 50 years old. But this isn't a watch that I'm going to be wearing where I have to depend on the lume, so I definitely didn't want to even think about asking anyone to try to restore/rejuvenate the lume on the dial/hands, since it looks so good as is. I think if there was some significant/noticeable damage on the dial I might not want to wear it every day like I do now, but that's hard to say for sure since it's just a hypothetical speculation. 馃榾
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bikerfox
路Totally outside of my area of knowledge / experience. I've seen all sorts of posts here and elsewhere about dial restoration and such, but I don't know the details about the actual techniques involved. Another thing to consider though is what level of originality you want to maintain with a watch and to what degree any work would affect that. Those are all personal decisions. Just as an example, for my specific watch, it was a gift from my dad that was originally a gift to him from my grandfather, so there's a lot of sentimental value in it, and I wanted to keep the watch as original as possible. So it was important to me to take it to a reputable/recommended service place that had access to Omega parts, and I specifically told them I didn't want any metal polishing done since the little scratches that are on the case/bracelet are signs of ownership from my dad. Now, I did ask them to polish the scratches off of the crystal, but I didn't feel that would compromise the originality of the watch, and it was going to annoy me to no end to look at those scratches every day. 馃榾
Luckily there is no significant damage or aging/wear apparent on the dial of my watch. The lume basically doesn't work at all, which is to be expected with a tritium half-life of ~12 years and the watch being over 50 years old. But this isn't a watch that I'm going to be wearing where I have to depend on the lume, so I definitely didn't want to even think about asking anyone to try to restore/rejuvenate the lume on the dial/hands, since it looks so good as is. I think if there was some significant/noticeable damage on the dial I might not want to wear it every day like I do now, but that's hard to say for sure since it's just a hypothetical speculation. 馃榾
thanks for sharing your family story and it makes sense. you are very fortunate to be able to live this history through this heirloom.
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bikerfox
路Stunning example! These can be so hard to find without dial or hand damage. I hope you enjoy it and wear it in good health.
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such a beautiful collection. if you know of anyone who wants to part with an omega geneve dynamic as beautiful as your collection, please let me know.
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masek
路Thanks for a great thread.
Just wanted to share mine as this dial has not been presented here.
Just wanted to share mine as this dial has not been presented here.
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bikerfox
路beautiful!
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