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Omega Seamaster 300 166.024 1969: Hands & Service

166.024 1969 hands omega seamaster 300 vintage
bazelot
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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.

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I like the watch, and it appears the cat does too. 馃榾
 
Davidt
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Nice watch. Are you sure the hands are tritium? They look much more like superluminova
 
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Davidt 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.
 
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You could get a watchmaker to knock the lume out of the luminova hands and color match them with a tritium substitute material, they鈥檇 look spot on with the dial afterwards and it鈥檚 not too hard to do, a lot of good vintage watchmakers can handle it
 
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dsio 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鈥檇 look spot on with the dial afterwards and it鈥檚 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
 
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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.
 
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dsio 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鈥檇 look spot on with the dial afterwards and it鈥檚 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
 
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bazelot 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.

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I love the watch. , but the original hands would be my choice because your dial is perfect
Service hands on a service dial 馃憤
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I love the watch. , but the original hands would be my choice because your dial is perfect
Service hands on a service dial 馃憤
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Nice watch
 
bazelot
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Put in on Omega mesh. I actually like it a lot on that bracelet

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bazelot bazelot
Put in on Omega mesh. I actually like it a lot on that bracelet

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Yeah they so comfortable I now got 2 one one my Ploprof and one one my non date
 
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Looks great on the mesh! Also a brown leather strap will work great and highlight the dial nicely.
 
nkhandekar
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Its a lovely watch, and it is nice to see one with a date - Its not the general consensus around here, but a watch without a date gets limited wrist time for me (its why I still do not have a flightmaster or a speedie). Thank you for sharing the pics.
 
bazelot
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Yes, I never understood why some people think that the no date is so much better than the one with date. To each their own I guess. On a side note you should really get a Flightmaster, they are amazing watches, I own a 1st and a second generation one and they are both outstanding and wear real well.
 
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