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TurboBrick
路Well, figured it's been a while since I last posted, so figured I should show off the 166.033 DeVille I've mentioned a few times on here.
Backstory: My uncle was a jeweler in the Bay Area for some decades. After his passing about ten years ago, my dad and I helped my aunt clean up the home workshop he set up. As we were loading the last of his stuff into the truck for donations/scrap, my aunt handed us this Omega as a final "oh by the way" item.
It was non-working (my dad thought it was quartz) and I promptly bent the minutes hand trying to wind it. It sat forgotten in a kitchen drawer for the next decade until I decided to get a new Omega for my upcoming birthday. I ultimately decided against that and then remembered this thing. Sure enough, it was still in that drawer under the toaster oven and it was now mine.
Future: I plan to get it fixed at some point, though figuring out where and when is another question since I bounce up-and-down the West Coast and COVID uncertainty has me putting this on the back burner.
Is it still possible to get a replacement 166.033 minute hand? The little onyx piece which snapped off is still in the case. Would it be easier to un-bend and epoxy it back in?
It says T SWISS MADE T, so I'm guessing it's a tritium?
Backstory: My uncle was a jeweler in the Bay Area for some decades. After his passing about ten years ago, my dad and I helped my aunt clean up the home workshop he set up. As we were loading the last of his stuff into the truck for donations/scrap, my aunt handed us this Omega as a final "oh by the way" item.
It was non-working (my dad thought it was quartz) and I promptly bent the minutes hand trying to wind it. It sat forgotten in a kitchen drawer for the next decade until I decided to get a new Omega for my upcoming birthday. I ultimately decided against that and then remembered this thing. Sure enough, it was still in that drawer under the toaster oven and it was now mine.
Future: I plan to get it fixed at some point, though figuring out where and when is another question since I bounce up-and-down the West Coast and COVID uncertainty has me putting this on the back burner.
Is it still possible to get a replacement 166.033 minute hand? The little onyx piece which snapped off is still in the case. Would it be easier to un-bend and epoxy it back in?
It says T SWISS MADE T, so I'm guessing it's a tritium?
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