Please help me, Im a watch noob

Hi everyone,

I'm from Hungary, my english is not the best, so pelase excuse.
I joined this forum to ask for help, I'm very new, hopefully my post doesn't violate rules.

I would like to ask for help about my watch I got from my grandfather a few years ago, I know that he was using it as a daily watch, and I do the same since. But recently the condition of this watch started to bother me, I would like to restore it somehow, but I never owned an old watch or had any experience with this stuff.

What I know is that the chain is new on it, not the original, didnt find the original (my grandfather since passed, and I regret not asking him about this watch more, I didnt really try to understand where its from, but most likely he purchased in Germany, he was living there for long time around the 1970s) but I dont know if the rest is even original or what is the deal with this watch.


Please help me with these:

-what year/model is this exactly?
-how can I find out the manufacture date?
-is there maybe a site to track like a "service tag/serial" if they have one somewhere inside?
-is it worth restoring?
-around what costs can I expect for restoration?
-does Omega offer older model restoration themselves outside warranty ones? I feel like trusting them as the manufacturer if they do.


About the condition, it is rough I guess, the only thing which is broken on it is the date is not changing on its own, have to manually increase it by one daily. And it needs to be "winded up" to work properly every day (maybe thats normal, sorry I'm a noob). And the pointers sticker stuff is falling off as well inside.

I added a few photos, please let me know if I should post more and from what parts.
Looking forward to your help and advice, really appreciate the help in advance.

This watch may look rough to you but it has lots of potential! With a service and sympathetic restoration of the lume, it will look superb. The problems you mention can be fixed, but a watchmaker needs to see the movement to give any idea of price and difficulty. Do not send it to Omega as they do not have a special "vintage" service. Their policy is to bring watches back to new condition, which can involve replacing original parts that you might prefer to keep. Hopefully someone here can recommend a good watchmaker near you. Don't be in a rush - patience is definitely your friend!

Beautiful watch there. As said in comments above, practice patience and take it to a vintage service. I'm sure it will give you many years of wear.

Thank you everyone for the replies and the information, I will be patient, and try to find a local watchmaker who can make the restoration.