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Oméga 14902sc61 Vintage Omega Watches Help, Discussion and

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rical
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Hello everyone,
what do you think of my constellation? Is the dial original or a Redial? It's from 1962.

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Peemacgee
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Welcome @rical

All looks good - congratulations.
And it looks like the correct alternative thin knurled crown.
 
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With what looks like the original (or certainly contemporaneous) yellow gasket.
 
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It has only had 3 revisions: 1967, 1974 and last week but so yes i thinks it was more of 50 year
Peemacgee Peemacgee
With what looks like the original (or certainly contemporaneous) yellow gasket.
 
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Interesting that they didn’t seem to have changed the crown at service - which was a common part of the service at the time as it is part of the waterproofing system.

This style of crown was only used for a short period of time around the early 60s and less frequently used on the doglegs than on the 14381/14393.
It’s possible that crown type was available in 67/74 but the decagonal crown was ubiquitous for the dogleg by then.

Whatever the reason, it’s a nice period quirk of your watch and infinitely easier to use than the decagonal crown.
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One of the services, according to the watchmaker who serviced it, was for the date frame; he thinks it must have had some play and the service fixed it. I Will try to have some picture. Next week
 
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Your dial features the, as I would call it- 'vertical sunburst' which is not so common IMO

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Peemacgee Peemacgee
Interesting that they didn’t seem to have changed the crown at service - which was a common part of the service at the time as it is part of the waterproofing system.

This style of crown was only used for a short period of time around the early 60s and less frequently used on the doglegs than on the 14381/14393.
It’s possible that crown type was available in 67/74 but the decagonal crown was ubiquitous for the dogleg by then.

Whatever the reason, it’s a nice period quirk of your watch and infinitely easier to use than the decagonal crown.
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This crown is IMO far nicer to use than the decagonal, I really dislike both the 10-sided and clover designs, this scalloped variant is my favourite in every model it or a variant of it is used on.

Its a nice non-piepan dogleg, not unpolished but pretty decent really, I'm sure it looks great on the wrist
 
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dsio dsio
Its a nice dome dial dogleg, not unpolished but pretty decent really, I'm sure it looks great on the wrist

Fixed it for you on the basis that some of us don’t see the dome dial variants as the negative of a pie pan but more of a positive.
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dsio dsio
This crown is IMO far nicer to use than the decagonal, I really dislike both the 10-sided and clover designs, this scalloped variant is my favourite in every model it or a variant of it is used on.

Its a nice non-piepan dogleg, not unpolished but pretty decent really, I'm sure it looks great on the wrist
Now, on the wrist with the 1036/12, the other question is: should I put a decagonal crown on it that I have in stock, or leave it as is?

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The scalloped crown might be original, the 10-sided crown you are showing seems to be newer and wider than original ones.

I’d stay with the scallops.
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Not quite sure if the scalloped crown is a correct one, mine for comparison...

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What a lovely piece. I hope you wear it in good health.

I would leave the crown as is btw. Infinitely easier to use and makes your watch more unique 👌
 
rical
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Having tried both, I gave up on the decagonal one and went back to the original one.
 
rical
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I only wear it on weekends and during the week it stays on the winder at home. Do you think that's a good thing or should I let it discharge?
 
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