New Member with Vintage Omega - Help Please.

Hi,
Looking for help with a vintage Omega that I have recently purchased. I have just joined up here and looking to learn more about these.

As the watch was not working at the time of purchase I sent it away to Omega for a full service and new parts ( face , hands , side winder ).

I am thinking of purchasing the original strap for this watch and would appreciate any thoughts on whether this would be a wise decision. I paid £75 in auction for the watch and have spent £580 on the full service and new parts.

Any help or experience is and would be appreciated, I hope what I have written does not sound stupid!

Thank you in advance
Ian

Thank you JimInOz and Spruce. I appreciate the information. Ian

Hi Ian,

nice looking watch!

I would be interested in seeing pictures of the watch before the service, do you have some?

Thanks

Hi Passover, I wish I did take some pictures but I didn't. Omega have sent back to me the old parts etc. Shame really but have to put it down to experience. I think I am going to add the strap ( £200 they are asking) and then it will be fully restored ( in my head!). Not sure what it will be worth at this point. I don't think I would sell just interested to know. Ian

Hi Ian,

first let me make this clear: It's up to you what you decide to do with your watch(es), I (and nobody here) don't want to interfere at all!!

There are different approaches:

You decided to "make everthing look like new again", thats fine

As far as I can see, dial and hands look quite good at least so the other possibility would have been to only service the movement back to
running condition.

Most people here on the forum prefere the second way in order to preserve as much of the original condition as possible.

So, get you a new strap (if you like to) and enjoy your watch and keep looking around here at the forum, always nice Seamasters (and other watches of course) to be seen here!

Thanks Passover. I do understand people wanting to keep the original parts and that is fine by me. I choose to get this restored because it wasn't working. This included new hands glass front etc, so I can say that it is nearly all new directly from the manufacturer. I am very happy with it and a new strap will look different as I understand it is brown in colour as well. I will keep an eye out on here and may post one last picture when the strap is on!