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·So for my 500th post I thought I'd write about a project that I finished today. A few months ago I saw an auction listing for a group of Omega parts and saw a Speedmaster Companion dial! I could also spy a nice Seamaster Calendar dial.
(Seller's photos). As you can see the parts are a bit mixed up as the calendar dial is in the box marked 344, and the box marked 601 has the main plate from the 503 calendar movement, but I was still very excited about this lot! I checked through the seller's many other listings and they had a lot of nice looking Omega cases up too.
Hey now that is clearly marked 344... I bet these cases go with that movement lot. Sure enough the seamaster case goes with a 502/503 calendar but what about this middle case? They described it as a 135 01. Well that is very close to a 135.011 Speedmaster Companion! So I bid on both. I never like it when watches get split into separate lots but judging from the seller's other listings they were just unfamiliar with watches and not trying to drive up the price.
Needless to say I won both lots but man was I nervous about getting stuck with winning only one. When they arrived I was most excited about the 135.011 and began the hunt for a donor movement as the 601 had a good deal of water damage, rust, and broken/missing parts. The case had a fair amount of rust in it. The inside of the missing crown was stuck on the case tube and part of the rusty stem was lodged in the case tube. I ended up drilling out the case tube on a drill press just to clear it out. It cleaned up nicely. Well here is the finished results:
The reflection on the dial is the gold cross on the church next door. Thought it looked cool.
I enjoyed this project and look forward to the other projects awaiting me from these two lots. Thanks for looking!
(Seller's photos). As you can see the parts are a bit mixed up as the calendar dial is in the box marked 344, and the box marked 601 has the main plate from the 503 calendar movement, but I was still very excited about this lot! I checked through the seller's many other listings and they had a lot of nice looking Omega cases up too.
Hey now that is clearly marked 344... I bet these cases go with that movement lot. Sure enough the seamaster case goes with a 502/503 calendar but what about this middle case? They described it as a 135 01. Well that is very close to a 135.011 Speedmaster Companion! So I bid on both. I never like it when watches get split into separate lots but judging from the seller's other listings they were just unfamiliar with watches and not trying to drive up the price.
Needless to say I won both lots but man was I nervous about getting stuck with winning only one. When they arrived I was most excited about the 135.011 and began the hunt for a donor movement as the 601 had a good deal of water damage, rust, and broken/missing parts. The case had a fair amount of rust in it. The inside of the missing crown was stuck on the case tube and part of the rusty stem was lodged in the case tube. I ended up drilling out the case tube on a drill press just to clear it out. It cleaned up nicely. Well here is the finished results:
The reflection on the dial is the gold cross on the church next door. Thought it looked cool.
I enjoyed this project and look forward to the other projects awaiting me from these two lots. Thanks for looking!
