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  1. Banner Roar Jul 3, 2018

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    This came in the post this morning. Want to get the back off but not obvious how to without possible damage, any tips. Want to get a few pics before sending to Simon F. for a checkout. Tks, Marcus

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  2. GuiltyBoomerang Jul 3, 2018

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    Best tip is to keep it till a watchmaker can look at it.

    If you do need to open it, best to get a thin piece of plastic sheet (a cut coin bag works well,) place it over the slot you will use a caseback knife, and use a very thin blade - a craft knife blade is very useful, or a surgical blade if you can find one.

    And resist the urge to pop it up, @Archer recommends going around the case with progressively bigger tools until the caseback just loosens itself off. A pop and you can easily gauge the soft gold.
     
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  3. Banner Roar Jul 3, 2018

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    Ok, so after a lot of patience and then I heard that pop........

    nice set of marks....looks correct for a 14327
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    a 13m 354 bumper movement in not bad condition.....
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  4. Banner Roar Jul 3, 2018

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    Off to Simon F. now for service and see if he can improve the dial. Anyone have experience with these guilloche dials. Marcus
     
  5. GuiltyBoomerang Jul 3, 2018

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    The dial seems original though...think it would be fine as is.
     
  6. Banner Roar Jul 4, 2018

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    This buckle came with the watch. From the sticky on buckles it seems a genuine Omega.

    Any ideas if this could be original to the watch.

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  7. GuiltyBoomerang Jul 4, 2018

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    It's gold plated buckle to a solid gold case, so I would say a replacement (or official if it was offered for a lower price during initial sale.)

    @mondodec should know more about the watchand buckle :)
     
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  8. ClarendonVintage Jul 4, 2018

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    What a nice dial!
     
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  9. X350 XJR Vintage Omega Aficionado Jul 4, 2018

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    Buckle is much later than the watch.
     
  10. mac_omega Jul 5, 2018

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    It is the shape of the buckle that indicates it is a replacement not the material.

    Most of the gold chronometers which I have examined (and that was a large number) had only plated buckles... it is reasonable as the buckles were "consumer parts" which were discarded together with the worn out straps

    Only few of the more prestigous models like the Centenaire or de Luxe or Grand Luxe had solid gold buckles.
     
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  11. Banner Roar Jul 7, 2018

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    While waiting for the watch to return I have been looking into the case back markings using the reference website http://www.vintagewatchstraps.com/swisspdm.php#pdm5

    The key of Geneva with #28 indicates watch cases made by Patek Philippe.

    I have already applied for an extract......have never seen anything like case maker info on a archive extract so will be interesting to see what it says if anything.

    Might ping the Patek archive to see what they say.
     
  12. merchandiser Jul 7, 2018

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    Looks like a great find, congratulations! Personally I wouldn't do anything to the dial.
     
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  13. mondodec Editor Constellation Collectors Blog Jul 7, 2018

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    Nice example. Movement looks tidy and the dial original. I'd leave the dial as is, because there are so few specialists around these days who could improve it by removing the lacquer and re-laquering. Agree with Erich re the buckle and it looks very much like a Sixties replacement. Patek still has that mark registered, but in those days Patek was a much smaller operation and clearly augmented income by making cases for others.

    Cheers

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  14. Banner Roar Nov 15, 2018

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    Took a while but back from Simon now after a clean and movement service. Now combined with period Omega strap and gold buckle.
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  15. Biezmez Nov 15, 2018

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    Looks stunning and an interesting watch. Let us know if anything interested comes out of the archive information.
    Best regards
    Chris
     
  16. Banner Roar Nov 15, 2018

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    Have started by getting a archive extract. Likely it will be the easy bit. Getting more info from either Omega or Patek about the case will be more difficult. So far Patek have not answered my requests for info.
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  17. Vanallard Nov 15, 2018

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    Awesome! Serial number is only 25 away from the one I have listed for sale. Would be interesting to know how many of these were produced.
     
  18. Banner Roar Nov 16, 2018

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    See the case reference numbers are only 5 away from each other. Does anyone else on the forum have one of these. Can you share your movement and case numbers.
     
  19. François Pépin Nov 16, 2018

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    And several French gold cased watches, as well as a few (many?) British's ones. I am not sure of the ratio, but I guess there were more solid gold buckles in French and maybe British Omegas of that period. But is another topic!
     
  20. François Pépin Nov 16, 2018

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    Would you mind posting a few pics of the new buckle (both sides)? thanks!