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Tom Dick
·Evening all
Thought I had posted this already but appears not
I've owned literally dozens of Speedies but I think for me by far the nicest is the MKII racing, I have been looking for a new one for some time now and about three months ago found a nice UK one on fleabay, back and forth with the owner and I managed to land it. It was an unserviced original condition MKII racing, the current owner was the nephew of the original owner and had been given the watch about ten years back.
When it arrived I sent it off to STS, I must admit I was a bit worried as Omega no longer allow them to service many vintage chronographs (lets not go there as I know it has been covered already in watch talk) and I really dont want to send it to Bienne, I trust STS and they are UK based, more importantly their customer service is great. Anyway, luckily for me they can still cater for the 861 calibre and so a length discussion with Simon (their service manager) and we agreed that it would have the full works, including the lapping of the case on the factory equipment they have just bought.
So, without further waffling here are the results, I must admit I am thrilled
The case has come back great and really goes with the original dial and original hands, which is quite rare to find now
It come back great but most importantly looks brilliant on
Cheers Tom
Thought I had posted this already but appears not
I've owned literally dozens of Speedies but I think for me by far the nicest is the MKII racing, I have been looking for a new one for some time now and about three months ago found a nice UK one on fleabay, back and forth with the owner and I managed to land it. It was an unserviced original condition MKII racing, the current owner was the nephew of the original owner and had been given the watch about ten years back.
When it arrived I sent it off to STS, I must admit I was a bit worried as Omega no longer allow them to service many vintage chronographs (lets not go there as I know it has been covered already in watch talk) and I really dont want to send it to Bienne, I trust STS and they are UK based, more importantly their customer service is great. Anyway, luckily for me they can still cater for the 861 calibre and so a length discussion with Simon (their service manager) and we agreed that it would have the full works, including the lapping of the case on the factory equipment they have just bought.
So, without further waffling here are the results, I must admit I am thrilled
The case has come back great and really goes with the original dial and original hands, which is quite rare to find now
It come back great but most importantly looks brilliant on
Cheers Tom
