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dootcho
·Dear OF
I wanted to share my latest addition to the collection, as some of you may know my long term goal is to own the first trilogy of Omegas, so to me this was a great milestone achievement, maybe also a naive thought but the fact that this was a -1 iteration made me it more desirable to me..
The watch went on auction in April, it took me some time to study it and take pictures for this post (also haven’t removed the caseback as I don’t feel comfortable doing it myself so I will provide the listing pictures for that), it has a spa appointment with my watchmaker in august.
When checked I n person I think a couple of issues are more evident vs how it was presented in the listing, nothing that bothers me too much but I would appreciate everyone’s comments on my assessment and proposed works.
Dial: the crystal is badly scratched and also has damage, which didn’t help while checking online, my feeling was that it should however be in good condition, and I think I was right, I tried to take pictures from multiple angles to show that most of the perceived flaws are due to distortion from the crystal, will ask for a clean picture of the dial aro my watchmaker. I also have high hopes about the lume wells being intact and filled with radium, I ordered a cheap Geiger counter in amazon, will add readings once received although I have no idea what the read should be, I just expect the thingy to start screaming.
Crown: in my pictures is more evident that the auction houses’ it does not look like the original one and also lost its polishing.
Case: this is probably the part that is in worst condition, there are heavy signs of use, I’d say also polished since most of the edges have smoothened, but I can live with it. There’s a protuberance on the side near the crown that I have never seen before, I am not even sure how it generated and would appreciate if someone could tell me what’s the best thing to do, leave as is or should the watchmaker do something about it? Weirdly enough there’s a similar protuberance in the upper end link..
Hands: they look to me as correct BA hands with nicely patinated lume, seconds hand also correct
Caseback in good condition, with correct spacer and soft iron cover.
Bracelet and endlinks: 7077 with 6 single-notch endlinks, not in the best shape but better have it than not.
Movement: cal. 284 15Mln serial, I only have the auction houses’ pictures and they show a clean movement, will know more after watchmaker’s assessment.
What I’m thinking to ask my watchmaker to do:
- Full movement service
- Sourcing the right crown and crystal
- Wouldn’t touch case or caseback, but that protuberance really bothers me.. anyone has any ideas how to make it more likeable ?
Thanks a lot to everyone who will share their opinion
I wanted to share my latest addition to the collection, as some of you may know my long term goal is to own the first trilogy of Omegas, so to me this was a great milestone achievement, maybe also a naive thought but the fact that this was a -1 iteration made me it more desirable to me..
The watch went on auction in April, it took me some time to study it and take pictures for this post (also haven’t removed the caseback as I don’t feel comfortable doing it myself so I will provide the listing pictures for that), it has a spa appointment with my watchmaker in august.
When checked I n person I think a couple of issues are more evident vs how it was presented in the listing, nothing that bothers me too much but I would appreciate everyone’s comments on my assessment and proposed works.
Dial: the crystal is badly scratched and also has damage, which didn’t help while checking online, my feeling was that it should however be in good condition, and I think I was right, I tried to take pictures from multiple angles to show that most of the perceived flaws are due to distortion from the crystal, will ask for a clean picture of the dial aro my watchmaker. I also have high hopes about the lume wells being intact and filled with radium, I ordered a cheap Geiger counter in amazon, will add readings once received although I have no idea what the read should be, I just expect the thingy to start screaming.
Crown: in my pictures is more evident that the auction houses’ it does not look like the original one and also lost its polishing.
Case: this is probably the part that is in worst condition, there are heavy signs of use, I’d say also polished since most of the edges have smoothened, but I can live with it. There’s a protuberance on the side near the crown that I have never seen before, I am not even sure how it generated and would appreciate if someone could tell me what’s the best thing to do, leave as is or should the watchmaker do something about it? Weirdly enough there’s a similar protuberance in the upper end link..
Hands: they look to me as correct BA hands with nicely patinated lume, seconds hand also correct
Caseback in good condition, with correct spacer and soft iron cover.
Bracelet and endlinks: 7077 with 6 single-notch endlinks, not in the best shape but better have it than not.
Movement: cal. 284 15Mln serial, I only have the auction houses’ pictures and they show a clean movement, will know more after watchmaker’s assessment.
What I’m thinking to ask my watchmaker to do:
- Full movement service
- Sourcing the right crown and crystal
- Wouldn’t touch case or caseback, but that protuberance really bothers me.. anyone has any ideas how to make it more likeable ?
Thanks a lot to everyone who will share their opinion
