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Winston_Smith
·Hi everyone,
As some of you may know about it, I was in constant search for my dad's Omega;
To be honest, I was just after the watch regardless of its condition; I was seeing in my dreams that my father and I were having long conversations about it. So I was merely chasing after the watch.
While organising his stuff, I've finally found it 😀 Very simply put, it's an Automatic ref 328275 3977 SC with cal 471 in18k solid gold case from late 1950s (serial 16xxxXXX). The part 328275 didn't get me anywhere so far and that's why I cut it short as 3977.
When I first held it, I noticed that the case was in beautiful shape with almost no polishing and still keeping its curves, so is the original signed glass and probably original crown (confirmation would be appreciated). However, the dial was in terrible condition with hands and some indexes removed and some "glued":
I've carefully installed the indexes and hands myself using my new watchmaker tools, curved the second hand which was touching the curved glass), cleaned up the terrible glue which was used to stick some indexes (I want to believe it wasn't my old man who would have done it to this piece 😁 ). Now it looks fairly better and is working, though keeping the time with significant error. The power reserve is still high, perhaps little less than its original 46h.
The photos and detailed reference no are all as in the pictures:
Could you be able to tell me more about the model and condition of this watch, as I've found very limited information on my Google and Omega catalogue searches?
It absolutely requires a service and, I'm afraid, re-dialing since I think the current colour (gold) of the dial is just the colour of the plate and not the original colour (also note the faded AUTOMATIC sign below Omega logo). What do you think about it?
As some of you may know about it, I was in constant search for my dad's Omega;
I've always thought that my father also had an Omega watch but this was a mere thought until my uncle told me the story of how his watch dealer called my dad one afternoon to inform him about the availability of a vintage Omega with all its original box etc and how they just jumped in my uncle's car to go & get it... The watch stayed in its box on my dad's -quite messy- study desk for a while, until my parents moved from their old apartment. Still couldn't find that particular piece despite finding more than 60 watches...
To be honest, I was just after the watch regardless of its condition; I was seeing in my dreams that my father and I were having long conversations about it. So I was merely chasing after the watch.
While organising his stuff, I've finally found it 😀 Very simply put, it's an Automatic ref 328275 3977 SC with cal 471 in18k solid gold case from late 1950s (serial 16xxxXXX). The part 328275 didn't get me anywhere so far and that's why I cut it short as 3977.
When I first held it, I noticed that the case was in beautiful shape with almost no polishing and still keeping its curves, so is the original signed glass and probably original crown (confirmation would be appreciated). However, the dial was in terrible condition with hands and some indexes removed and some "glued":
I've carefully installed the indexes and hands myself using my new watchmaker tools, curved the second hand which was touching the curved glass), cleaned up the terrible glue which was used to stick some indexes (I want to believe it wasn't my old man who would have done it to this piece 😁 ). Now it looks fairly better and is working, though keeping the time with significant error. The power reserve is still high, perhaps little less than its original 46h.
The photos and detailed reference no are all as in the pictures:
Could you be able to tell me more about the model and condition of this watch, as I've found very limited information on my Google and Omega catalogue searches?
It absolutely requires a service and, I'm afraid, re-dialing since I think the current colour (gold) of the dial is just the colour of the plate and not the original colour (also note the faded AUTOMATIC sign below Omega logo). What do you think about it?
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