Omega 33.3 Chro T5PC rescued :O)

durri70 · Nov 23, 2021

Hello to all members :O)
today after a very long day I had the pleasure to rescue an amazing Omega 33.3, dial was in great condition until it was badly removed from its case, it's terrible to see how gold dealer destroy our passion. Wanted to share some pics as I believe there is an spring missing, the machine is .... no words for such a movement. With daily light I'll try to make better pis, I hope the dial can be fixed ....

Dgercp · Nov 24, 2021

Nice find. Hopefully dial can be salvaged. Fortunately tachy ring mostly spared and bezel will at least cover some of the dial edge. Is any of the metal folded over onto backside of the dial? Best of luck and keep us updated.

durri70 · Nov 24, 2021

Dgercp
Nice find. Hopefully dial can be salvaged. Fortunately tachy ring mostly spared and bezel will at least cover some of the dial edge. Is any of the metal folded over onto backside of the dial? Best of luck and keep us updated.

True I hope that bezel covers the damage, my watchmaker already removed the dial and luckily is genuine, I manage to fix a bit the damage area . Now will do a proper service to make it run like a horse. Movement it’s in excellent condition😀
Sharing a picture of the dial
Hope someone know the reference of the watch so I can search for a proper case.
Movement is 33.3 Chro T5PC

durri70 · Nov 24, 2021

not very lucky as when remove the movement from the case they broken some parts on the movement and need to search for them, may be some one has parts for this caliber 33.3 , here is the list of the references I need:
1106, 1730, 1757, 1758, 1781, 1796, 1797, 1798
thanks,
David

mac_omega · Nov 24, 2021

David,

I don´t want to rain on the parade but this is a money pit... you will never find the correct case as it would have been gold and most likely had a unique serial number. so you will always have a franken...

durri70 · Nov 24, 2021

mac_omega
David,

I don´t want to rain on the parade but this is a money pit... you will never find the correct case as it would have been gold and most likely had a unique serial number. so you will always have a franken...

thanks Mac, then what should I do? sale the movement as spare parts and forget about it? thanks again

mac_omega · Nov 24, 2021

durri70
thanks Mac, then what should I do? sale the movement as spare parts and forget about it? thanks again

yes, not a bad idea - these movement are sougt after as parts donors.

another option is to keep it as a donor movement and wait for a whole watch to come where parts might be needed to be replaced or just for spares for the future where it will be more difficult for sure to source Omega parts... it can´t hurt to have it handy

durri70 · Nov 24, 2021

mac_omega
yes, not a bad idea - these movement are sougt after as parts donors.

another option is to keep it as a donor movement and wait for a whole watch to come where parts might be needed to be replaced or just for spares for the future where it will be more difficult for sure to source Omega parts... it can´t hurt to have it handy

thanks for your sharing your thoughts

durri70 · Nov 24, 2021

mac_omega
yes, not a bad idea - these movement are sougt after as parts donors.

another option is to keep it as a donor movement and wait for a whole watch to come where parts might be needed to be replaced or just for spares for the future where it will be more difficult for sure to source Omega parts... it can´t hurt to have it handy

by the way, do you know the exact reference of this watch? thanks again Mac

durri70 · Nov 24, 2021

mac_omega
yes, not a bad idea - these movement are sougt after as parts donors.

another option is to keep it as a donor movement and wait for a whole watch to come where parts might be needed to be replaced or just for spares for the future where it will be more difficult for sure to source Omega parts... it can´t hurt to have it handy

the bezel will cover the damage part of the dial? what do you think ? sorry to keep asking you but your are the one with huge knowledge about vintage Omega

mac_omega · Nov 24, 2021

You can not tell the reference (=case model) by only the dial - could derive from various models. it must have been a gold one because the case was obviously scrapped.
You could try to ask Omega for an EoA but this is tricky - they ask for a photo of the watch which you can´t provide.
If they were gentle on you and answer your request when you only provide the movement serial# there is no guarantee that you will receive a satisfying answer. With these old chronograph watches the movements came from Lemania and most of their old archive books were lost - you must be very lucky if you received a "complete" EoA. Most EoA don´t provide details like model number or case serial#. Often they just confirm that the movement came from Lemania and all the other specifics are "n.a." not available because they can not be found in the archives.

durri70 · Nov 24, 2021

mac_omega
You can not tell the reference (=case model) by only the dial - could derive from various models. it must have been a gold one because the case was obviously scrapped.
You could try to ask Omega for an EoA but this is tricky - they ask for a photo of the watch which you can´t provide.
If they were gentle on you and answer your request when you only provide the movement serial# there is no guarantee that you will receive a satisfying answer. With these old chronograph watches the movements came from Lemania and most of their old archive books were lost - you must be very lucky if you received a "complete" EoA. Most EoA don´t provide details like model number or case serial#. Often they just confirm that the movement came from Lemania and all the other specifics are "n.a." not available because they can not be found in the archives.

Thanks Mac, I really appreciate

durri70 · Nov 25, 2021

It seems
That I’m very lucky lately 😀 see the picture , got the new Omega parts that need to be replaced . Super happy

durri70 · Jan 14, 2022

Hell

mac_omega
You can not tell the reference (=case model) by only the dial - could derive from various models. it must have been a gold one because the case was obviously scrapped.
You could try to ask Omega for an EoA but this is tricky - they ask for a photo of the watch which you can´t provide.
If they were gentle on you and answer your request when you only provide the movement serial# there is no guarantee that you will receive a satisfying answer. With these old chronograph watches the movements came from Lemania and most of their old archive books were lost - you must be very lucky if you received a "complete" EoA. Most EoA don´t provide details like model number or case serial#. Often they just confirm that the movement came from Lemania and all the other specifics are "n.a." not available because they can not be found in the archives.

Hello Mac, I am thinking on doing a good case for the watch which already has beee serviced and runs very fine. I need your help to identify the case that would match with the watch, is it possible to share pictures of the case or complete watch. Ideally will be great to have the measurements of the case so I can build one accordingly. So far I can not find and SS case.
Thanks
David

mac_omega · Jan 14, 2022

David,

as I already mentioned before you cann´t know how the watch case looked in which this movement "lived" in before it was scrapped.
You can only guess... the only fact which is pretty sure is a case diameter of 37.5 mm
Google 33.3 chronographs and choose a well preserved one of a reference you like as sample for your casemaker.
Thats it...
good luck with your project

Oku · Jan 14, 2022

durri70
Hell
Hello Mac, I am thinking on doing a good case for the watch which already has beee serviced and runs very fine. I need your help to identify the case that would match with the watch, is it possible to share pictures of the case or complete watch. Ideally will be great to have the measurements of the case so I can build one accordingly. So far I can not find and SS case.
Thanks
David

Hi David,
the dial reminded me of a thread some months ago:
https://omegaforums.net/threads/18-k-omega-33-3-chronograph.109418/
The case of your watch may have looked like the ones in that thread.
Good luck!

durri70 · Jan 14, 2022

mac_omega
David,

as I already mentioned before you cann´t know how the watch case looked in which this movement "lived" in before it was scrapped.
You can only guess... the only fact which is pretty sure is a case diameter of 37.5 mm
Google 33.3 chronographs and choose a well preserved one of a reference you like as sample for your casemaker.
Thats it...
good luck with your project

thanks again Mac, take care. David

durri70 · Jan 14, 2022

Oku
Hi David,
the dial reminded me of a thread some months ago:
https://omegaforums.net/threads/18-k-omega-33-3-chronograph.109418/
The case of your watch may have looked like the ones in that thread.
Good luck!

thanks for sharing the link , it is very helpful. I would really love to finish the project and wear such a watch. I'll keep you posted

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