Inherited 60s Omega Constellation

amcclell

Taking your vintage 1960's Omega Constellation to the dealer for service is akin to taking a vintage 1960's Corvette to the local General Motors dealer (substitute Jaguar, if you live in the UK). The overwhelming majority of the service work done at a dealer will be routine maintenance and warranty work on modern watches. Vintage watch owners, like vintage car owners tend to be very particular about what is done, and how it is done. Dealers don't tend to provide the same level of individualized service and processes are set up to get the work in and out efficiently. It may not even be the same person working on the job from start to finish.

J Janne

Today I collected the watch from the watchmaker after having it serviced. According to him it runs very well with good power reserve. Since recieving it five hours ago it hasn't deviated a second. Seconds hand is now the correct one, the original crown is still there and no polishing was done. I absolutely love the watch and Iook forward to giving it a lot of time on my wrist 😀 Thanks again for all the help!

J Janne

Today I collected the watch from the watchmaker after having it serviced. According to him it runs very well with good power reserve. Since recieving it five hours ago it hasn't deviated a second. Seconds hand is now the correct one, the original crown is still there and no polishing was done. I absolutely love the watch and Iook forward to giving it a lot of time on my wrist 😀 Thanks again for all the help!

watchyouwant

And now the important question: which watchmaker did you choose in the end ? AD? Local, first guy? Somebody else? And how much in US$ did you pay ?

J Janne

I went with an independent watchmaker in Stockholm with Omega parts account that was recommended to me on a Swedish forum. The reason for not going with the local watchmaker was that it would, from my understanding, have been difficult to source the correct seconds hand without a watchmaker with parts account. Cutting the existing seconds hand would in my opinion have been a very unnecessary compromise and I therefore gladly spent a couple of hours in the car to get the correct one. I paid $538 which was the same price as quoted by the local watchmaker and about $100 cheaper than the AD.

J Janne

I went with an independent watchmaker in Stockholm with Omega parts account that was recommended to me on a Swedish forum. The reason for not going with the local watchmaker was that it would, from my understanding, have been difficult to source the correct seconds hand without a watchmaker with parts account. Cutting the existing seconds hand would in my opinion have been a very unnecessary compromise and I therefore gladly spent a couple of hours in the car to get the correct one. I paid $538 which was the same price as quoted by the local watchmaker and about $100 cheaper than the AD.

Peemacgee

if you derived no other value from coming to OF, it was worth it just to have followed this course of action for servicing your watch 👍

Syrte

Major congrats and so glad to hear our advice was helpful!
The watch looks great on your wrist, would you kindly share some pictures taken in daylight? Or am I wrong thinking this is indoors with artificial lighting?

In any event wear it in good spirits and in the best of health. 👍

Gui13250

Hi @Janne, could you please give me the part number of the gold omega buckle?
Would like to get one for mine 😀

Gui13250

Thanks Philip, I wasn’t clear enough 😀

I would like to buy a brand new gold plated omega buckle for my Connie. I know that you can buy a SS version for 50€, and I guess they also have the gold plated version but do not have the part number. Maybe someone have it?