Omega 300 166.024 from 1969

bazelot · Sun. 3:13pm

I bought this watch a few years ago and i had it serviced and waterproofed earlier this year. I haven't worn it much since then but i started wearing it a few week ago and i love it more and more. My watch repair woman told me that it was the driest watch she had ever serviced and it was a chore to remove the crud from each part (it had to be done manually). It is now working flawlessly at 0 second a day. I have the original hands but for now i decided on a set of tritium hour and minute hands that are Omega service replacements. I know it is not to everyone's taste but i like the ability to tell the time in low light.

wagudc · Sun. 4:10pm

I like the watch, and it appears the cat does too. 😀

Davidt · Sun. 6:12pm

Nice watch. Are you sure the hands are tritium? They look much more like superluminova

bazelot · Sun. 6:16pm

Davidt
Nice watch. Are you sure the hands are tritium? They look much more like superluminova

My mistake, you are correct they are superluminova modern replacements.

hansaboy · Mon. 5:12am

NICE!!
👍👍👍

dsio · Mon. 7:36am

You could get a watchmaker to knock the lume out of the luminova hands and color match them with a tritium substitute material, they’d look spot on with the dial afterwards and it’s not too hard to do, a lot of good vintage watchmakers can handle it

pkaye6 · Mon. 9:40am

Give that gorgeous watch lots of wrist time. 🍻

bgrisso · Mon. 10:50am

dsio
You could get a watchmaker to knock the lume out of the luminova hands and color match them with a tritium substitute material, they’d look spot on with the dial afterwards and it’s not too hard to do, a lot of good vintage watchmakers can handle it

was just thinking the same thing, you should be able to get the best of both worlds

bazelot · Mon. 12:24pm

The original hands are missing all their lume so they woukd be exellent candidates fir reluming, i just never got around to it and i like the superluminova brightness in the dark and when i use it underwater. A dive watch has to be practical for me.

bertmuller · Mon. 12:36pm

dsio
You could get a watchmaker to knock the lume out of the luminova hands and color match them with a tritium substitute material, they’d look spot on with the dial afterwards and it’s not too hard to do, a lot of good vintage watchmakers can handle it

I was in contact with a company in Germany recently recommending from a person on here
That will use the right period lume amazing work they seem to do
@Horoluma On IG And the guy is Lukas. I only heard great things about them

bertmuller · Mon. 12:40pm

bazelot
I bought this watch a few years ago and i had it serviced and waterproofed earlier this year. I haven't worn it much since then but i started wearing it a few week ago and i love it more and more. My watch repair woman told me that it was the driest watch she had ever serviced and it was a chore to remove the crud from each part (it had to be done manually). It is now working flawlessly at 0 second a day. I have the original hands but for now i decided on a set of tritium hour and minute hands that are Omega service replacements. I know it is not to everyone's taste but i like the ability to tell the time in low light.

I love the watch. , but the original hands would be my choice because your dial is perfect
Service hands on a service dial 👍

bazelot · 2026-06-09T14:45:29-0500

B bertmuller
I love the watch. , but the original hands would be my choice because your dial is perfect
Service hands on a service dial 👍

Nice watch

Omega 300 166.024 from 1969

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