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Eastham76

·Mar 9, 2023

Anyone able to advise on this Omega model, serial number dates to 1970, needs some attention, trying to determine if worth fixing or sell as parts, bracelet number 1185/168

 

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efauser

·Mar 9, 2023

I have a lot of questions about the watch. The best place to start is take the back of the case off and take clear photos of the movement (include all numbers) and the inside of the caseback. A photo of the outside of the case back might tell us a lot.

 

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UWG

·Mar 9, 2023

This could have been an Omega Constellation Electroquartz f8192 in its former life. Dial is damaged/ looking strange. Case, bracelet and crown might be correct. Datewheel should be red. Maybe another model?
Caseback fixed with four screws? Open it and use Google for further information.

 

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p4ul

·Mar 9, 2023

UWG

This could have been an Omega Constellation Electroquartz f8192 in its former life. Dial is damaged/ looking strange. Case, bracelet and crown might be correct. Datewheel should be red. Maybe another model?
Caseback fixed with four screws? Open it and use Google for further information.

Left handed? This one was at Sotheby’s.

 

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UWG

·Mar 9, 2023

I think, they are all left handed. Did not see another yet. Just like this one:

 

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Eastham76

·Mar 9, 2023

Thanks all, 4 screws at the back, think your right on its previous life as an electroquartz. Got the watch at an auction as a project, was water damaged in 2010 and a horrendous fix job undertaken, previous quartz was included in sale after i contacted auction house, red wheel. Ill decide on whether ill try and reinstate to former glory, not like parts are easy to come by

 

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Evitzee

·Mar 9, 2023

Probably not worth the time, effort and cost to restore it unless you really like the original design. Would be a pass for me, I wouldn't need the aggravation.

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kaplan

·Mar 9, 2023

I remember this auction,a different Quartz movement inside

You could sell it as case/bracelet/spare parts, but not realistic to restore it

 

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UWG

·Mar 9, 2023

Yes, a lot of examples with wrong bracelets outside. Try to sell as parts, start with the bracelet. Love these ones in general. But not this one🙁.

 

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sheepdoll

·Mar 9, 2023

Often it is the unusual item that survives because it is different.

I tend to think anything is restorable. Of course this could lead one to Abraham Lincoln's Axe. What Once belonged to George Washington and Benjamin Franklin. By the time Lincoln got it the handle had been replaced three times and the head of the axe twice. But it is very much the same axe.

 

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lucian23

·Mar 10, 2023

I do not think it worth to restore it as long you do not have "feelings" for that watch.