Ploprof 600 restoration ideas

Taddyangle

I had mine restored by @photo500

He did a service, and also converted from left to right. I bought a date wheel and sent that to him. He also rehabbed my case and painted my modern hands to match dial, which was not touched.

Search "Roll call: ploprof" on this message board. Lots of ploprof info in that thread.

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F Francisco S

I’m not sure about it. I know my dad is lefty and wears all his watches on his right hand. I am assuming he have this watch assembled the “lefty way”. He is now close to 80 years old and is not a convincing historian anymore...

My understanding (and I know nothing about this watch) is that there was no “inverse Ploprof” watch from the factory. All of them were fabricated and assembled with the crown at 9pm.... later one can have it configured to the “lefty” assembly.

I guess I will figure out once the watch is opened

F Francisco S

What a stunning watch Taddyangle!

I think I’m going to have it serviced now and leave it the way it is. Later, I will get a dial and hands in better shape to rejuvenate the watch and keep the originals in a safe place.

@photo500 did a great job there. Do you think he could service mine? Nice to have a recommendation, thank you!

ilayd

Check the links in my replies, both mention and show pictures of the watch coming already in the configuration your watch is in.

ilayd

There's also more reading here that I found that could give you more info about the watch and the specific details.

tritto

Take a look at this thread. Photo500 is Omega certified and has access to parts and official information that we can only dream of.
https://omegaforums.net/threads/ploprof-case-orientation-the-final-word.89393/

Knudsen1971

Thanx for this link, I have updated the thread with my info. Francisco`s watch are maybe more desirable, than you think, if it is a factory destro.... as based on the info form J.Wallis book everybody was inverting back do lefty, but this was probably a nice unintended hoax :😀

drhombus24

I do know of some people. I haven’t given them anything vintage (since I don’t currently own anything vintage), but they seem to know their stuff. When I met them, one was wearing an old Seamaster with a cal 321 in it. They also told me their business is primarily in vintage watches. No guarantees, but I think these may be good guys. Just search Gehan and Doherty watchmaking. They’re located in Sandy Hook, CT

ChrisN

Are all these PloProfs linked by the ley lines or some other mystical system? 2 hours after I sent a PloProf out (the only one I've ever worked on) plus 30 minutes after I posted some pictures on Instagram and you've given an update on your watch😲😉

Great to hear it's coming together. The calibre number is on the auto bridge so, you probably have a replacement auto bridge although, I read somewhere that as they can be a pain to service, back in the day, these movements were often swapped out at the factory. I can't see they would have fitted a different calibre though, if that were the case.

Good luck with it and will be interested to see the result.

Regards, Chris

ChrisN

Are all these PloProfs linked by the ley lines or some other mystical system? 2 hours after I sent a PloProf out (the only one I've ever worked on) plus 30 minutes after I posted some pictures on Instagram and you've given an update on your watch😲😉

Great to hear it's coming together. The calibre number is on the auto bridge so, you probably have a replacement auto bridge although, I read somewhere that as they can be a pain to service, back in the day, these movements were often swapped out at the factory. I can't see they would have fitted a different calibre though, if that were the case.

Good luck with it and will be interested to see the result.

Regards, Chris

F Francisco S

Chris I've also read that back in the day the swap from a 1002 to a 1001 during services was not uncommon. Perhaps this is what happened. The calibre 1001 is a Chronograph and 1002 is a non-chronograph. Newby assumption here: I assume that watchmaker would be able to tell the difference and tell me whether this is actually a chronograph (cal. 1001) or it is in fact a 1002 with the auto bridge of a 1001?

I forgot to mention something what I consider as a little bit of a bad news. He mentioned that the piece where the serial # is engraved was replaced at some point and that the replacement doe not have a serial #.... I am not sure if my dad still has the documentation of this watch and I was really hoping to dig on the story of it using the serial number.

F Francisco S

So this are some pictures showing a watch that hasn’t been opened for over 20 years. Some rust damage product of a missing seal . Luckily they told me they were able to restore it and bringing back to life