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路Dear forum members,
since there are many discussions on the topic where to service vintage watches, i wanted to share my experience servicing by Omega Service Center in Bienne.
Like many here, i already had one rather unfortunate experience doing service on my modern Seamaster Diver 300m, when they polished the case against my will. But there was a major communication issue between the local Store and the Service Center in Switzerland.
Recently i acquired a vintage Seamaster Cosmic for my wife and also was researching where to do the sevice otherwise.
Since the case of the Cosmic was polished to hell, i decidet to send it to Omega again, because thats what they do 馃榾 they also refinish the cases! 馃榾 Since i have an Omega certified service center in my hometown, it is extremely practical to hand the watch in localy and pick it up, without having to send the watch around the world by myself. Also if there are any issues, with sending or garanty, then the local store can often be very helpful.
The sevice took exactly 9 weeks, and cost exactly 590,- EUR, just like estimated!
They replaced like half the movement, since the old parts do look very worn. 馃榾
I told them to leave the dial and hands as they are, although the hands had some minor signs left by previous watchmakers. To my positive surprise they did exactly as they were told, and left hands and dial completely untouched! 馃憤
They refinished the case in a very nice way, the watch does look much better than prior to service.
All in all, i absolutely love the Result! and i am sure my wife will love it too! 馃榾
With this post I dont mean you should or shouldnt be sending your most precious vintage watches to Omega for service! But i just wanted to point out that, they are also capable of doing a good work and not everyone that sends vintage watch to them has bad experience.
I hope some of you will find it helpful!
Cheers!
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since there are many discussions on the topic where to service vintage watches, i wanted to share my experience servicing by Omega Service Center in Bienne.
Like many here, i already had one rather unfortunate experience doing service on my modern Seamaster Diver 300m, when they polished the case against my will. But there was a major communication issue between the local Store and the Service Center in Switzerland.
Recently i acquired a vintage Seamaster Cosmic for my wife and also was researching where to do the sevice otherwise.
Since the case of the Cosmic was polished to hell, i decidet to send it to Omega again, because thats what they do 馃榾 they also refinish the cases! 馃榾 Since i have an Omega certified service center in my hometown, it is extremely practical to hand the watch in localy and pick it up, without having to send the watch around the world by myself. Also if there are any issues, with sending or garanty, then the local store can often be very helpful.
The sevice took exactly 9 weeks, and cost exactly 590,- EUR, just like estimated!
They replaced like half the movement, since the old parts do look very worn. 馃榾
I told them to leave the dial and hands as they are, although the hands had some minor signs left by previous watchmakers. To my positive surprise they did exactly as they were told, and left hands and dial completely untouched! 馃憤
They refinished the case in a very nice way, the watch does look much better than prior to service.
All in all, i absolutely love the Result! and i am sure my wife will love it too! 馃榾
With this post I dont mean you should or shouldnt be sending your most precious vintage watches to Omega for service! But i just wanted to point out that, they are also capable of doing a good work and not everyone that sends vintage watch to them has bad experience.
I hope some of you will find it helpful!
Cheers!
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