Opinions wanted: Holy Grail service

jimmyd13 · Oct 24, 2018

dan7800
To each their own, but I am generally always in favor of leaving original parts in and leaving the case as-is. Part of the story for me.

ac106
Lots (and lots and lots ) of collectors would disagree but as long as you are upfront about it the market will decide. The prices on these are so crazy right now it will be hard to tell the impact.

As a rule I'd agree with leaving the case. If you look back at the pictures of this one, though, the lugs look pretty uneven and I'd say someone's already tried polishing it heavily by hand. This one would probably be better being filled and refinished.

oddboy · Oct 24, 2018

herold
@oddboy

Excuse the late reply. Sure, but just the uninstalled due to service reasons atm. My local watchmaker (AD) deinstalled the tritium parts, since i didnt want Omega to mess with these, even though the parts are in poor shape...

Nice dial! Do I understand correctly that you removed it before sending in for service so that Omega couldn't mess without it? Will it go back on?

herold · Oct 24, 2018

oddboy
Nice dial! Do I understand correctly that you removed it before sending in for service so that Omega couldn't mess without it? Will it go back on?

Yes, i do have a local watchmaker (Omega AD) who deinstalled the original tritium parts before sending the watch to omega.

Last time i sent my other HG (sold some time ago) to Omega for a service, they dropped the original dial and hands in a plastic bag with all the other parts without protection (including all movement parts)...

Not this time. The dial looks better on the pic than in real life btw.

oddboy · Oct 24, 2018

I've considered doing the same! Haven't had a chance yet though.

Regarding your last comment, it looks better in the pic that real? What do you not like about it?

herold · Oct 24, 2018

Loss of lume and some small white spots, which are invisible on the pic.

rcs914 · Oct 24, 2018

I would venture that anything you do to it will decrease the value when you go to sell it. So not only will you spend money to have it done, but it will reduce what the watch is worth. Did you see the one on Ebay last week? It was beat to hell and it sold for over $10,000.

oddboy · Oct 24, 2018

I don't know if that one is a good reference point. I don't think it was bought because of its original condition. Maybe someone needs some of the NLA parts for one in better shape, or is just really desperate for the reference, but I wouldn't say this is an example of a watch that went high purely because it appears to be an "unmolested" example as happens with earlier references...

Opinions wanted: Holy Grail service

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