Introduction to Omega

Hello everyone!

I recently got a decent promotion and bonus at work and was finally at the point of my career where I felt I could afford to buy my first Omega. I bought this 167.005 as my introduction to the Omega because I love the history behind the Constellation and the “Beads of Rice” bracelet reminded me of the style of watch my grandpa would always wear when I was a kid.

When I took the watch to one of the most respected Vintage Watch dealers in my area they quoted me a price of around $900 to service the watch and “get it running like intended”. It’s running at about 10+ seconds a day. Just from lurking on this forum and a few Reddit pages I was assuming a service would run around $200-$300. Was my initial assumption wrong for a service and at 10 seconds or so added a day is it worth it to even consider getting a service? I have a few days before the escrow period runs out on my Chrono24 purchase for me to return the watch if I so choose.

I would greatly appreciate this forum’s input on what they would do in my position. Should I return the watch and continue my search for my first Omega or should I keep it and get it serviced to keep it running as intended? Or are there follow up questions I should ask the vintage watch dealer I took the watch to, to get a better understanding of what my watch needs?

Yep, looks lovely. $900 for a service is more than I've been quoted for Rolex services and would expect the low hundreds rather than high hundreds. It doesn't look like something in need of that much work.

Good luck and congrats!

I second everyone else’s emotion here: It’s a nice watch, $900 is astronomical for service, it sounds like it’s running fine (but still should get a service), and this forum is the best place in the world to get recommendations for the most reliable watchmaker in your vicinity.

Thank you! The person I bought it from mentioned it had been sitting in a jewelry for 10 years, so I was under the impression going in that I would need to get a service.

Thank you! I’m in the Chicagoland area, but also have a lot of friends and family I visit a lot in Omaha and Lincoln, NE. If there are any recommendations for any of those three cities!

Thank you everyone for the comments! You all have made me feel much more confident in my purchase. I’m looking forward to being part of the community!

Very nice watch and please do not worry about 10 seconds error because in my opinion it is an acceptable one. Although I wear a watch every day when I have to see the time I am looking to the phone..😀