Omega 176.0014/376.0805 restoration project

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ortope

·Sep 26, 2019

Bought this Omega - TV dial restoration project in very "original" conditions...
Does someone have a couple of pins that fixes the clasp to the band?

Will keep you updated as the restoration will progress.

Kind regards

 

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kingsrider

·Sep 26, 2019

Pins?. I would say you have your priorities a little backwards. Will you be performing the restoration yourself? Best of luck and keep us posted.

 

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ortope

·Sep 27, 2019

Yes, pins, because the rest of the parts can be "relatively" easy be found.
The band ref. 1204/212 is rare and spares are almost impossible to find!
Any idea where to find the round sticker with the serial number?
Furthermore I have no idea what kind of pushers where used on the ref. 176.0014/376.0805
The main job would be performed by my watchmaker.
Thank you for any help.

 

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jaguar11

·Sep 27, 2019

Can't wait to see the finished result. I have a liking for this model.

 

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ortope

·Oct 1, 2019

The watch arrived today and was completely dismantled and the still usable parts were cleaned.
The spare part list isn' t too long...
I didn' t find the date disc in German though. Maybe somebody could help.

I found also the serial number: 39.xxx.xxx.

To be continued

Have a nice day

 

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jove14

·Oct 1, 2019

In need of some TLC me thinks.
Joe.

 

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ortope

·Oct 1, 2019

a lot of TLC...
LOL

 

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ortope

·Oct 1, 2019

The watch was found by a scuba diver on the bottom of a lake...
Here a few more pictures:

The clasp was linked to the band with the same spring bars that are mounted between the links.
The have a overall length of 15 mm, the tube has a width of 12 mm and the bar end has a diameter of 0.9 mm.
Any idea where to find a pair?

I was lucky to find these spare parts too:

Does someone know where to find a crystal gasket for the ref. 176.0014/376:0805 or at least know the gasket's ref. number?

Thank you for your help

 

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vienna

·Oct 1, 2019

I kind of like this under water patina😀
kind regards Max

 

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ortope

·Oct 1, 2019

I found the ref. of the crystal: It is 063TN5277TA.
Does anybody know if the gasket for this crystal is still available and its reference number.

Thank you

 

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vienna

·Oct 1, 2019

Try to contact Archer, he helped me out on parts numbers a few times.

kind regards Max

 

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ortope

·Oct 2, 2019

Thank you Max for the advice!
The new crystal fortunately arrived with gasket

First little step in the right direction:

 

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ortope

·Oct 2, 2019

another little step:

 

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percymon

·Oct 2, 2019

I originally thought it’d be nice to keep the original dial with its patina to show its prior history, but the new dial is super crisp in comparison

 

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ortope

·Oct 3, 2019

The watch's case after some cleaning:

 

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ortope

·Oct 4, 2019

Removed the crystal, to be honest an easy task:

 

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ortope

·Oct 4, 2019

a few hours later:

I don' t know if the gasket would be still available and therefore I regenerated it too

 

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JwRosenthal

·Oct 4, 2019

The original dial is in surprisingly good shape for being submerged for what we can assume is at east 30 years. I assume the case leaked,but didn't flood- very cool.

Enjoying watching the progress on this fun project.

 

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·Oct 4, 2019

I found out that the watch was found in the "Lago di Garda" in northern Italy.

Because with the spare part supply you never know I regenerated the original gasket too.

This shows the old gasket with the new crystal

 

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Archer

·Oct 4, 2019·Omega Qualified Watchmaker

You need a new gasket for the crystal. These are hard plastic gaskets that are compressed on installation, and once they are distorted once they will never have the same holding power. I've given you the gasket part number, and they are still available from Omega, so if you know someone who has access to parts they may be able to get one for you, or you can use the part number to find a gasket on the open market.

Not replacing it would put the watch at risk of further water damage.

Cheers, Al