Omega Speedmaster 376.0822 Holy Grail

impaw

Congratulations with the watch, and good luck with the hunt for the correct caseback😀

Gael.Bx

Hello All

I recovered a holy grail recently,

but it suffered not very respectful treatment from a watchmaker during its life and quite a few parts were changed.

It works good, have a 1450/808

So I'm trying to put it back as close as possible to its original configuration,

as you can see it has a service dial, but I have the original dial which has lost some indexes,
I will have it restored soon, although wearing the watch with its service dial is not so bad,

my biggest concern is the back which is that of a moonwatch from 1971+, if you had any clue to find a correct case back, there are no more spares left at omega, I will have to ask them if a changing the case and caseback (the both as a lot) is possible ?

but you never know, I'm throwing this bottle into the sea in case someone can help me....

Gael.Bx

I thank you, basically it's already done thanks to a member of the forum, once the dial exchange is done it will be presentable, and so will the 176.012 😁

Gael.Bx

I thank you, basically it's already done thanks to a member of the forum, once the dial exchange is done it will be presentable, and so will the 176.012 😁

Gael.Bx

Thanks, i think i will need a lot of luck, Luckily it's a watch I want to wear and not to collect, so I can live with its flaws.

Fatcat

Also the bezel is service and the hands are wrong also, but a good project

Fatcat

Also the bezel is service and the hands are wrong also, but a good project

Gael.Bx

there are both types of bezel on this model, B2 before February 88 and B4 after....
Having an insert with accent on Tachymeter would annoy me, (although...) but frankly I don't intend to bother with that.

For the hands, the minute hands are indeed not the right ones (the hour hands are), but I don't see where to find one.....

paddymoran

You could always look for a donor watch and well off the parts not needed. There might be something suitable in the sales area here on OF!!

Gael.Bx

is it possible to find another reference with the same hands that the Holy grail ?

paddymoran

I believe that the cal. 1045 Speedmaster Teutonic has the same handset. Maybe others can confirm and share the reference number.

Fatcat

Always have spare and Donor for the holy grail , pm me if you like to discuss for a service dial or tritium dial

Paul