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··Omega Qualified WatchmakerFor arguments sake, I buy a brand new speedy pro, I then purchase a genuine Mitsukoshi white dial sealed in the package with all the factory information on the lid and also a set of silver hands to go with the dial (also factory and unopened)
Few years go by and I decide to have the watch serviced. Can I bring this watch to my AD with the parts still sealed and say I'd like these parts installed at the time of service? Or am I stuck going to a non authorized watch maker to do the job (swap dials/hands) and service the watch?
Omega will not put parts on a specific watch that aren’t original to that watch, so they won’t put a white LE dial and the hands on a regular Speedmaster as you use in your example.
If you get another watchmaker to do this for you, and you send the modified watch to Omega for service some time in the future, they will convert it back to the original configuration and charge you for the parts required to do so, or they will refuse the service and return the watch to you if you don’t agree to have it converted back.
Omega does not condone modified watches the way that many people on forums have their watches modded, but under some specific circumstances they will allow a watch to be fully converted from one model to another, but not using LE parts, and no mixing of parts from several models is allowed.
Cheers, Al
