Omega Honeycomb from the 50’s - need info

theluckyluke

It would help if you could provide some guidance as to what you’d like to do with the watch (sell, wear, keep etc.)

The answer partly depends on whether you paid for it (or inherited it) and what you’d like to do next.

A service of the movement is recommended if you plan on wearing it often. However if you plan on selling it, it might not be worth doing. The hands are probably not original, and the second hand is missing.

Usually there is no way to restore a dial other than repainting it professionally. This diminishes value, as it’s no longer original. But value is also dependent on the condition of the dial, and this one has some stains. Yours seem original (others might chip in to validate the statement) so the question is how much do you care about originality, and can you wear like this? Do you like it? If you want to sell, best to leave untouched.

If you start adding work to the watch, and have some money invested in it already, it can become quite expensive. So this would only be worth if you’re wearing it and do not care too much about resale value (ie. it has sentimental value).

theluckyluke

Hi, welcome to the forum.

It would help if you could provide some guidance as to what you’d like to do with the watch (sell, wear, keep etc.)

The answer partly depends on whether you paid for it (or inherited it) and what you’d like to do next.

A service of the movement is recommended if you plan on wearing it often. However if you plan on selling it, it might not be worth doing. The hands are probably not original, and the second hand is missing.

Usually there is no way to restore a dial other than repainting it professionally. This diminishes value, as it’s no longer original. But value is also dependent on the condition of the dial, and this one has some stains. Yours seem original (others might chip in to validate the statement) so the question is how much do you care about originality, and can you wear like this? Do you like it? If you want to sell, best to leave untouched.

If you start adding work to the watch, and have some money invested in it already, it can become quite expensive. So this would only be worth if you’re wearing it and do not care too much about resale value (ie. it has sentimental value).