Help me figure out what is wrong with this Speedy...

Speedmasterfan88

Congrats @Wanta68GT ! That's one bargain pickup, rarely seen these days!

Listen to @kov 's wise words of advise. He's spot on.
Three years ago I was in a similar situation as you are now.I bought my -69 SW for 1.500 €.
I was hesitant at first to get it serviced (500€) but after hanging around here a bit and begining to appreciate what a great deal I got on a very valuable watch I found my self having it serviced and tracking down the correct bracelet after just a couple of weeks and never looked back on the money invested.
It will serve you for many decades to come (if serviced) and give you a great deal of joy everytime you take a look at it.

Cheers,

Max

Speedmasterfan88

Congrats @Wanta68GT ! That's one bargain pickup, rarely seen these days!

Listen to @kov 's wise words of advise. He's spot on.
Three years ago I was in a similar situation as you are now.I bought my -69 SW for 1.500 €.
I was hesitant at first to get it serviced (500€) but after hanging around here a bit and begining to appreciate what a great deal I got on a very valuable watch I found my self having it serviced and tracking down the correct bracelet after just a couple of weeks and never looked back on the money invested.
It will serve you for many decades to come (if serviced) and give you a great deal of joy everytime you take a look at it.

Cheers,

Max

Dan S

Interesting, this isn't my experience. I've often seen quite decent tritium hand sets for half that price. Maybe I should stock up.

Dan S

Interesting, this isn't my experience. I've often seen quite decent tritium hand sets for half that price.

gdupree

Well apparently @kov has them all! haha...

Wanta68GT

Hey Brother. As requested:

stefman

Wow! Congrats! Great to see that there’s still such good bargains out there.

wwhntr

I love it when Christmas comes early! Congratulations on a super nice find! I’ve owned 50 Speedmasters in the last 10-15 years, but have not had a 220 bezel.

As you can tell, most members here that have been in this any time would have walked out of that pawn shop with watch in hand, especially at the price you negotiated! Glad you sought advice here and happy members were kind in their responses!

If mine, I would find set of hands and have installed during service. Installing/removing hands can inevitably cause paint/lume loss.

If it has not already been stated, DO NOT let Omega service watch! Where do you live! Members here will chime in on their preferenced places for service. The cost of service excluding parts can be from $200-1000+ USD, depending on who you choose. Fortunately you have so little in watch compared to its actual value you have plenty room for any repairs!

Please keep us posted.

Dan S

Maybe I got lucky, but I got a really nice tritium set for $300 recently. Not the tear-drop sweep hand ... the later one.

Dan S

Ordinary pre-moon 145-022 today.

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