I agree that Adam Lewis does fantastic work. He recently did some work for me as well on a FOIS and I absolutely love the result. Changed, the dial, relumed the hands and dial, faded the bezel (just a little bit to match the dial color), changed crown and added the hesalite crystal.
Why did he change the crown?
Very nice watch, I wanted to do this, too but then decided to get vintage Speedy instead.
I agree that Adam Lewis does fantastic work. He recently did some work for me as well on a FOIS and I absolutely love the result. Changed, the dial, relumed the hands and dial, faded the bezel (just a little bit to match the dial color), changed crown and added the hesalite crystal.
I can also inform everyone that the numbered edition is now over 12500 pieces.
I agree that Adam Lewis does fantastic work. He recently did some work for me as well on a FOIS and I absolutely love the result. Changed, the dial, relumed the hands and dial, faded the bezel (just a little bit to match the dial color), changed crown and added the hesalite crystal.
I can also inform everyone that the numbered edition is now over 12500 pieces.
This is a great looking watch, good effort; I've limited myself to changing the small seconds sub-dial hand to a white baton and fitting a deeper crown on my FOIS.
The hour hand has different shaped straight lume instead of the triangle, is it the original hand or a service replacement?
Yes, I and the funny thing is that I had not noticed this myself until you mentioned it.
The hands were also replaced (and the subdial hands). This way the hour hand also looks more like the original 2998.
It certainly does look more original but I was given to understand that the 2998s came with the triangular lume on the hour hands, the service replacements having he straighter narrow lume. Are these hands original Omega service replacements?
S stuart70On the U.K. website the FOIS is currently unavailable. Does this mean that production has now come to an end ?
Approximately 13,000 produced?
Quick question for all you happy FOIS owners -- does the more elaborate caseback have any implications for wearing comfort? The design itself seems to be slightly recessed into the caseback rim, but also features a more textured pattern, and I was wondering if it's noticeable on the wrist in daily wear.
Quick question for all you happy FOIS owners -- does the more elaborate caseback have any implications for wearing comfort? The design itself seems to be slightly recessed into the caseback rim, but also features a more textured pattern, and I was wondering if it's noticeable on the wrist in daily wear.
