I'd like to thank @peatnick for this wonderful watch! It sits wonderfully on the wrist, and I've changed the brown strap it came with to a slightly slimmer (by about 1mm) cream Omega strap that I had lying around.









A silver Omega buckle will be coming in the next week or so! I'm going to slowly work on getting a signed crown and crystal, and then send it off for a good service

 

Mine says hi.

 

Mine says hello too.

 

So after a few more months appreciating other watches and tools, I got some parts off Cousins for my Seamaster 30. First thing done is replacing the crown!

Stem in a pin vice and generic crown taken off. Had to use some pliers for the initial twisting.



New crown on the stem. One of @Archer's posts mentioned that the crown might make the stem too short/long and cautioned that a new stem and adjustments may have been needed. Luckily that didn't need to be done here. I do thank him for making me approach this more carefully though



Comparison of the new crown and old.



Stem re-fit and crown is securely on.



Looking closer to original condition!



Obligatory wrist shot. I know that I should have probably cleaned out the tube, stem and crown and then put silicone on for waterproofing; however I'm waiting on parts and more tools for the job. You can see a original crystal part in the background - that's what's coming next once I have more experience. Thank you again to @peatnick for letting me acquire this watch.

 

Earlier I said I would wait for more tools for the crystal...upon reading @ashleysteadman's guide here, and seeing the Speedmaster also uses a tension ring crystal, I decided to go ahead and change it!

Opening up the caseback and taking off the stem, I believed the movement would come out straight away. It wouldn't budge. Looking at the Cal. 286 document (courtesy of WatchGuy) I saw that there were two case screws. I loosened those and their retainers; voila, the movement came out!







Movement out and getting the new crystal ready.





When I pushed the old crystal out, it broke on me! My tool is probably not the best; nonetheless, I continued and took the tension ring out.



After calming my nerves down, I put the new crystal in, and pressed it in - I heard the click and there it was, all nicely fitted!



I had a quick clean and blow of the case and crystal before reassembly.



Back on the wrist in original condition! @peatnick your watch is now a stunner