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Serial 173........... 1960 I think. . This is the before pic. Its now getting serviced

 

Hands, bezel and possibly crown are later replacement. Can not tell the dial condition, hope it is still original.
Need more better quality pictures from various angle + movement and inside case back pictures to tell more....

 

I took a quick pic before I handed it over to my watchmaker...got serial number and case number..... Phone pic not so good. dial obscured by crystal scratches.... It's in for a complete service , he's an omega service agent. Will post nice pics when I get it back in a month. It all runs ok, keeps good time. All chrono functions work ,

 

Is it advisable to seek out and replace with
original hands and bezel?

 

replaced hands and different bezel..... yes, replace hands with alpha steel hands and the bezel as well. will be nice then.... kind regards. achim

 

How did you do?

Well It ALL depends on the price, once we can see what you have. We know it has problems, but the ones visible are correctable. Replacement hands and bezel, while close to impossible, can be done with lots of money, patience, and an ability to move quickly and decisively if ever you see them available. (You would have to beat me to them, for example).

What you have is a great reference, with incorrect details, and unreadable condition of what is correct.
The number could be correct, i would need first four digits to be sure.
Lets hope you have a good case and dial - if those are not right you have a sow's ear.

I love posts like this. I wish you all the best in putting it together. I have seen worse turn out better.

 

A lot of grown men ( and women!) will cry ,,,,

It's been sitting in a friends draw for twenty odd years, picking up the " odd scratch"......... I started collecting (mainly zeniths) a few months ago, and said I wanted a speedy when I could find an old one ,he offered it to me for £400....... He wanted a daily wearer, which this isn't.

So with the full service it will cost me £740 all in, plus whichever strap I add....

So how did i do. ..?

 

Serial no. 17301...
Case. 2998/1
Cal 321

All info supplied by the watchmaker at omega service center. I didn't open it up

 

Plus it has 19mm lugs if that helps

 

" so, how did i do....? " that seems like a rhetorical question...... you know the answer. it is very nice to find a watch like this for micky mouse money. but you will not make too many friends here, if you rub that in too often. if we start, who found what over the years, there will be many tears..... enjoy it ! kind regards. achim

 

Yeah....when I first started trying to identify it the hands threw me off, like I said i was obsessing over zeniths at the time, head in rossler's book, so didn't have much info on speedys, other than a feeling I had to have it....plus i was after a birth year watch Which I thought this May be at the time...... Actually quite close, 1962 birth year, Watch comes up as 1960 from the serial number

 

My reason for posting was to get the hands etc feedback from people who know, not to rub anyone's nose in... I never mentioned cost till I was asked...ijs.

 

In the same visit to the watch maker I also showed him the j w benson 1915 Borgel I bought, Hoping it had a longines movement ....... It didn't. Swings and roundabouts.

 

You need to start another thread and show us your Zeniths.

 

Well, you can give me your friend's email to me, in case he had another chronos in his drawer