Is it serviced?

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nonuffinkbloke

·Dec 19, 2019

Good Lord!... What a wonderful Omega Speedmaster! 😀

 

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harrymai86

·Dec 19, 2019

Seems like all the racing dials all enroute to our OP @Spacefruit

 

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ndgal

·Dec 19, 2019

Very cool!
I wonder how much (less) this caseback weights on a Microgram scale vs. an untouched one as so much material has been removed from the inside! 😀

 

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Ian_km

·Dec 20, 2019

Beautiful piece, well done finding it, enjoy!

 

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Rman

·Dec 20, 2019

To my eye much more balanced and attractive than the earlier dial. Congratulations.

 

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Pilot85

·Dec 20, 2019

Beautiful watch!!!

 

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Lonestar

·Dec 20, 2019

you have a talent for catchy threads titles... 😉

Stunning example - thanks for sharing with us 😀

 

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Cuttysark

·Dec 20, 2019

It's a fake Speedmaster.. I can free yourself from this big problem for free..😁😁

Beautiful watch🥰🥰

 

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Flatfoot

·Dec 20, 2019

I opened this thread on the somewhat small screen on my iPhone and only saw the case back image at first. After counting over a dozen service history marks, my thought was “oh boy-what’s this one going to look like, and how many parts have been swapped out”

scrolling down to the next image of the watch itself brought a great smile.

A stunning catch. Simply gorgeous.

How DO you do this?

 

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VetPsychWars

·Dec 20, 2019

JwRosenthal

I would expect that case to be polished to a nub with that many services- that watchmaker should be commended for the careful handling.

There are plenty of watchmakers who are quite competent.

Tom

 

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Ninja2789

·Dec 20, 2019

Man. It’s always the nicest ones that are the rarest. Congrats!

 

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JG808

·Dec 20, 2019

Incredible piece!

 

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JwRosenthal

·Dec 20, 2019

VetPsychWars

There are plenty of watchmakers who are quite competent.

Tom

Totally agreed- just that until the last decade or so (with the originality collector frenzy), it was SOP for watchmakers to “make it shiny” when you brought them a watch. Doesn’t mean they are incompetent, it was just standard practice at the time.

 

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VetPsychWars

·Dec 20, 2019

I had a watchmaker I was shooting rifle competition with tell me he no longer polished watches because his customers accused him of stealing their gold!

Tom

 

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Archer

·Dec 20, 2019·Omega Qualified Watchmaker

VetPsychWars

I had a watchmaker I was shooting rifle competition with tell me he no longer polished watches because his customers accused him of stealing their gold!

Tom

Somewhat related...I have a friend who is a goldsmith and he sand the used buffs and the matt in front of his polishing machines out for gold recovery...that's pretty common practice to recover scrap gold...

 

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kov

·Dec 20, 2019

Great! Good to see them surfacing. Well done 👍

 

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bazamu

·Dec 20, 2019

Such a beauty. As others have pointed out, it's rather amazing to see the lume fully intact (on hands also) and case sharp after so many servicings over the years. Cheers to the watchmaker(s) who took good care of it.

 

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JwRosenthal

·Dec 20, 2019

Archer

Somewhat related...I have a friend who is a goldsmith and he sand the used buffs and the matt in front of his polishing machines out for gold recovery...that's pretty common practice to recover scrap gold...

They use gold leaf in the restoration of gilt architectural features and frames where I work- I have watched them using it and the flakes that float off always make me want to grab them in the air. They say it’s so minute the value is negligible....but if you could capture 20 years worth...maybe you could have a buck or two 🙄

 

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tdn-dk

·Dec 20, 2019

This one have also been taken care of 😀

 

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JwRosenthal

·Dec 20, 2019

It’s amazing how collectors cringe at the idea of “serviced” and love a “drawer find” that looks like it’s never been touched- but have no idea of the amount of hours on the watch.
If we were presented with a 40 year old car that never had an oil change or service and had 200k miles on the clock (I know, impossible- but for the sake of arguement) any rational person would run away screaming!