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Revo
·^^ could drop a replacement movement in and keep the old one? But still I’d get it fixed, finances permitting.
Inherited omega dynamic... worth the price to repair?
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padders
··Oooo subtitles!So circa £550 to repair? Ignoring the sentiment for a minute and viewing it objectively, the question was is it worth it to repair. Short answer is basically no. The watch will be worth maybe £500-600 when running well so the maths doesn't stack up, especially since it is worth maybe £300 as a non runner. The longer answer is of course more complicated. It is hard for a stranger to quantify the emotional and sentimental value to you. Would I repair it in your circumstances? Hell yes, but I'm not you.
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SkunkPrince
·No matter what watch you buy, you essentially buy it again when you have it serviced. I just put $1300 worth of exhaust system on a 2007 Camry. Was it worth it? Sure, because it has a lot of service life left.
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Archer
··Omega Qualified WatchmakerThen also I’m not actually clear whether it’s running or not right now?
Since the watch is in my shop, I can answer this - the watch was not running when it arrived. Fully wound it and the movement would not tick at all.
In any case, the debate is moot at this point - the service has been approved and the base movement is already serviced and ticking away on my bench...
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TonyMac
·It is a super cool watch. Enjoy it!
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Revo
·No matter what watch you buy, you essentially buy it again when you have it serviced. I just put $1300 worth of exhaust system on a 2007 Camry. Was it worth it? Sure, because it has a lot of service life left.
This. Just done the same on a 2002 Honda Civic!
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··Omega Qualified WatchmakerAlso there’s the possibility of buying a donor 565 to swap in.
^^ could drop a replacement movement in and keep the old one? But still I’d get it fixed, finances permitting.
Can you guys please tell me where you are finding 50 year old donor movements that are verified to be in fully working order? I could understand this argument if this has a modern ETA 2824-2 inside, because you could likely find one in running condition or new for not a ton of money, but I'm not so sure this is really a viable option with the movement like this.
But if you know of a source, please let me know, because I'll be first in line to buy some as spares.
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Canuck
·Better to spend the money on a project like this, than to piddle it away on inconsequential stuff over time, and have nothing to show for it. I just spent $1,300.00 on new tires and brake work on my 43-year old AMC, and soon will be spending more. To date I have spent $20,000 plus (over 25 years) on it. I quit smoking 42 years ago, and by doing that, I have spent money that might have been spent on tobacco, on my car. Which was the better investment? The car, or the smoking? The car, hands down! You’ll never regret spending the money on the Omega!
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·But if you know of a source, please let me know, because I'll be first in line to buy some as spares.
Haha, that's basically what I was saying too. A lot of these watches seem to sell on ebay for between 350-550 USD, and they'd still need some level of service. For a watch where there's no upfront purchase price putting $1000 into it can make sense. If the OP fell on tough times and had to sell this watch in a couple years it's still a recently serviced (with proof) watch that could probably recoup a significant chunk of that investment.
Also at 950CAD currently around 750USD it's even more of a safe bet in my eyes.
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·Please don’t shoot me down... I’m just trying to give a rounded view here...
The OP mentions that he might wear the watch on special occasions only, so I guess fairly infrequently. It does seem quite possible that over time the frequency of wearing or might reduce. Of course it might not, but it might. So let’s say the OP might wear it for 25 days over the next 5 years. Then also I’m not actually clear whether it’s running or not right now ? If it is, was your grandfather wearing it regularly until he sadly passed ? If it is working, and it is likely to have little use in the future, then you “could” consider just leaving it as it is. I’d say it boils down to how much the 970CAD means to you.
Also there’s the possibility of buying a donor 565 to swap in. Now I personally wouldn’t even consider this on a family watch as you’d be losing a large part of the character, but there are plenty of guys in the watch business that would. It’s potentially one of the cheapest ways to get it running if it’s not running at the moment. It would certainly damage the collector value on an expensive watch (as any archive extract in the future wouldn’t match), but this watch isn’t quite in that value range.
So there are options. It’s clear that the more you spend the better the result, but without knowing someone’s fininacial situation it’s hard to state outright that a 1k service with an Omega authorised watchmaker is the best option for you.
What have you been smoking?
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Revo
·Can you guys please tell me where you are finding 50 year old donor movements that are verified to be in fully working order? I could understand this argument if this has a modern ETA 2824-2 inside, because you could likely find one in running condition or new for not a ton of money, but I'm not so sure this is really a viable option with the movement like this.
But if you know of a source, please let me know, because I'll be first in line to buy some as spares.
Yeah, fair enough!
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dsio
··Ash @ ΩFIt’s a lot of all new parts and it’ll be very good watch when done, I’d do it if it had any sentimental value to me especially as its one of the more interesting and wearable Omegas of that era
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alexei.joukovski
·Skip the watchmaker. Yikes - 970CAD.
That's insane
That's insane
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JwRosenthal
·With c. 500CAD of new parts from an Omega certified watchmaker? Sounds pretty reasonable to me.
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DSotW
·The days of $30 factory crystals are over.
For Omega, yes.. for some other companies, not yet...
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··Omega Qualified WatchmakerYeah, it’s the parts that get you- and the watchmaker has no control over that. The days of $30 factory crystals are over.
Indeed. The price of crystals has skyrocketed from Omega. The price you see quoted by the OP isn't the current price either. When I looked up what the crystal was for this one (the current crystal came out of the case way too easily, and being a front loader having a tight fitting crystal is important to keep everything together properly), I checked my stock and I actually had one on hand.
It's not a crystal I buy a lot of (unlike say Speedmaster crystals, which I go through a lot of), so I looked through my prior orders to find out what the price of it was when I ordered it, and that is what I will charge for it. I'm sure plenty of shops would just use the current price, which is $150.
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padders
··Oooo subtitles!
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perks713
·Are you a watchmaker ?
Since we know the OP isn't a watchmaker he's still going to have to pay someone to take the watch apart and put the new movement in. I'd assume the least someone is going to do that work for is $200USD. So you'd need to have a donor movement that works well and needs no other work for less than $200 USD? You still run the risk that donor has an underlaying issue that's going to need service. You're starting to get pretty close to the 750USD for a fully serviced movement with new parts, a new crystal, and probably a 2 year warranty...
Again I'm genuinely curious about how you'd approach it not looking to start an argument 😀
