Is this worth servicing before selling?

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I took a gamble and ended up with some pretty good looking hands! BUT when trying to install the second hand, I managed to break off the 4th wheel seconds-hand-post! I found one for sale (hopefully) so I'll have to wait for that. Makes me wonder if the hand is too tight by a bunch, it is sold for this movement I think, but perhaps too tight anyway?

I'll have to broach it out when the new 4th wheel comes in. Oh well, I was sure I had 5 minutes left on this project that turned into a bunch more ๐Ÿ˜€
 
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FINALLY got this all the way back together and put it on my wrist! A new set of hands works/looks great, and I'm glad I did them. The old hands were a mismatch and I don't think authentic, whereas these are all fresh out of Omega packaging ๐Ÿ˜€

@DON helped me out on the 4th wheel that I broke above! The second hand went on pretty easily with a VERY small amount of work (I actually got a PCB drill bit, ground a slight taper on it, then 'drilled' the first slight bit out of the second hand, and it pressed on perfectly).

The MINUTE hand required a ton of broaching to open up, it was quite a bit too small. BUT that was easy enough. It is perhaps still a touch tight, but it pressed on perfectly.

I'm wearing it now, and it is keeping good time! I am shocked by how little I notice/feel the bumper, based on holding it, I would have thought the bumper would be very noticeable, but I'm not sure I can really notice it on the wrist!

The dial is bothering the crap out of me (the font on Omega Automatic sticks out like a sore thumb IMO, replacement dials that are 'better' looking are basically not around), and the case is way too small for me (and I have WAAAAAAAAY too much money into this one ๐Ÿ˜).

In the end, I'm glad I got it done, it was a fun project, but likely going to not get any wrist time.

 
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I wore it to the OB today (I had to turn my 321 in to go in for a warranty repair ๐Ÿ™) and the folks there thought it was pretty neat! Apparently quite a few bumper automatic fans there! Wore it all afternoon, and it worked flawlessly.