Help Identify Omega and Advice on what to do!

Hi,

I was given an Omega by my grandmother a few years ago that promptly stopped working. I believe before i was given it it was working and was serviced (not with Omega), the strap is obviously relatively new and not official Omega.
At the time she wasn't sure where it had come from but had been rattling round the house for a long time (maybe 50 years or so) and probably wasn't new then. My grandfather used to do legal work after the 2nd world war and often did it for payment in kind for those who couldn't afford what they needed, most likely this is how he acquired the watch.

I recently took it to a shop to get serviced and they quoted that it would cost over £1,000 to get working again and would charge me £60 to send it to Omega to get the exact estimate. This doesn't feel like it would be worth the money (could just buy another for less) as another shop i took it into to get serviced but they wouldn't do it and tried to buy it off me for £2-300.
I have no idea how to take the back off (and don't really want to in case i break it) but some advice on the following things would be great!

Any idea how old it is?
Any idea what watch it is?
Is it worth repairing for £1,000?
Any guesstimate on value?

I love the look of the watch

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You should be able to get it serviced for considerably less than that. Sounds like it's being sent to Omega for service. Not a good idea if you want it to be kept in vintage condition.

Thanks for the help!

My best guess is that the value will be a couple of hundred quid when fixed.
I am taking it down to a local-ish independent watch maker to see if they can get it running perfectly. I guess as long as i don't spend more than the value of the watch it is not throwing money away.

And thanks for the advice about not getting Omega to fix it if i wanted to keep it looking vintage, the vintage look is the reason i really like the watch!

Thanks again!
Tom

If you're anywhere near Essex take to Swiss time services (STS), if in the West Sussex area try Allnutts in Midhurst.
Both are excellent.

thanks for the Advice, in Oxfordshire so both a little bit to far away for me!

STS is worth a visit if you ever find a reason to travel that way. They are knowledgeable, helpful and a friendly bunch. They also have a stock of Omega spares. Good luck.

Could be a caliber 30.

Worth a bit more than a couple of hundred. Looks like a 37.5 mm sized model and these are always collectable.

Movement maybe a 30T2SC (sweep second) and nice dial design with silver leaf and blue second hand.

Similar to this movement



Probably just needs a cleaning. Maybe a £100 - £125 est. to clean and time if nothing broken

Simple movement to service

Worth hanging onto

DON

Another recommendation for UK service is watchguy.co.uk though they are busy and it may take a while to get a booking. It's a very nice old watch and in my opinion a few hundred on a service will give you a marvellous heirloom to pass down to your grandchildren one day.