Mk II Speedy Project

I thought some of you might be interested to see the final result of my project.

After all of the effort I had put in, I decided not to attack the case myself as there was too much metal polished out of it. I found a case on eBay that was in good shape but re-brushed to a patchy satin finish and had a low offer accepted. STS treated it to a lap dance and got it back on Friday.

Firstly a reminder of the seller's photo:

How it is now:

Back on its 1162:

...and finally introduced to its brother:


Maybe I need to find a racing dialed one to complete the set.

All that remains is a massive thanks to Al for all of his help and to the rest of you for all of your comments.

Definitely need a gray dial in that family. 😉

Congratulations on finishing your project and achieving spectacular results!👍

Thanks. I have just re-read the whole thread and hope I don't sound too smug in saying that I am actually proud of my achievement with this one. I think it may stay on my wrist all week.😀

Eight years later and this link is still AWESOME!!! 😀

I`m late to the party but I want to congrat for your great work!

And ad an info for the needed crystal tool:


They`re out of production for decades now and AFAIK you can`t buy them new but they pop up from time to time on the net.
Just when you have the chance to grab one be sure to have the complete set of tension rings with it.
This tool is not from Mido itself but you need it for watches like Mido Commander and Zentra Savoy and others so this tool can have different brandings or no branding at all.
AFAIK there is a similar vintage tool from Citizen to.

EDIT:
I stumbled on this thread where Al is so kindly to show the original Omega tool:
https://omegaforums.net/threads/crystal-gasket-for-speedmaster-145-014.20134/
Which is sadly out of production to.