I fell in love with Seamaster Cosmic.

Eve

So cool, i bought the exact same model for my wife some montgs ago. The dial is in excellent condition. I was googling for this dial layout for a long time without success, i guess they are not that common.. didnt expect to find the exact same one on the forum 😀
For a second i thought maybe its the same watch, but then realised that the crosshair on my one is crossing the word COSMIC.
My wife never wore a watch before, but doesnt take this one off the wrist 😀
I also suspect those Cosmic dials are so well preserved since you need a special tool to open the case.
I hope the service by omega for this one will not cost me a fortune though..

Eve

So cool, i bought the exact same model for my wife some montgs ago. The dial is in excellent condition. I was googling for this dial layout for a long time without success, i guess they are not that common.. didnt expect to find the exact same one on the forum 😀
For a second i thought maybe its the same watch, but then realised that the crosshair on my one is crossing the word COSMIC.
My wife never wore a watch before, but doesnt take this one off the wrist 😀
I also suspect those Cosmic dials are so well preserved since you need a special tool to open the case.
I hope the service by omega for this one will not cost me a fortune though..

JamieG

Don’t send it to Omega, send it to Swiss Time Services in Essex or to Simon Freese. Simon was Workshop Manager at STS for more than ten years. Both will do a sympathetic restoration without destroying the provenance or patina.

STS are Omega approved and Simon has done all of the training. You’ll not go wrong with either of them.

Rochete

Do not take it to Omega, they are not simpathetic to vintage so they'll send it to Switzerland to try to get it back to "as new" condition destroying all value and charm, charging a little fortune for destroying your watch. Any serious independent watchmaker can service the watch sinmpathetically to its vintage condition for a fraction of what Omega will charge.

Eve

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I was told by the Omega Service Center today, that they would not get the replacement parts for this one, so would have to send it to Switzerland. But where would the independent watchmakers get replacement parts if needed, if even the official Service Center cant get them?

Rochete

Im sorry, that's too late already.

Rochete

They don't bother. There are independent watchmakers with Omega parts accounts, plus these movements are aplenty, even on ebay one can normally buy needed parts.

Eve

Sorry, dont want to disagree, but are you talking from experience or just speculating?

This is an official Omega Service Center, and they do service watches locally, however for this reference they told me they dont get the parts, because Omega would only service them in Switzerland directly. Might be true, might be not.

I think this is a calibre 565 movement. Just like you say, should be plenty of donor parts available over the internet. Doesnt mean an independent watchmaker would go ebay searching for new spare parts. At least not every watchmaker.

I guess the only way to check for sure if a qualified watchmaker could check the availability of parts on the Omega intranet.

Eve

The problem is that i am located in Austria, and Simon is in UK?
I thought about it shortly. But since the dial doesnt have any aged lume, i thought they would leave it alone. Or am i mistaken?
The case is anyway kind of overpolished on this one, i thought it wouldnt get worse than it is now. Maybe i am wrong..
As long as they dont touch the dial and hands i guess i am fine. And i wrote it on the order. The watch is supposed to leave to Switzerland this week, for the cost estimation.
Unfortunately i read your reply a bit too late. Otherwise i would have tried contacting Simon first. Now i feel a bit bad..
Edit: now that i think about it, UK is in EU, so not such a big deal.. Maybe i should try contacting him after all..

JamieG

If you’ve still not sent it to Switzerland and you are thinking about what to do. Give SImon Freese or STS a call and talk it through with them. If you are not confident, if English is not your first language drop them an email.

[email protected] +44 1702 474441
[email protected] +44 1702 543100

Both are well respected for working on vintage Omega watches.

Eve

Thanks a lot! I actually sent him an email few days ago, havent received any answer yet. Maybe contacing over a phone is a good idea! 👍

Woodward

Cosmics are beautiful and stylish. Here´s mine:

Regards,
Woodward