Restoring an unidentified 1940s Omega. No idea what I have here.

My father gave me this Omega this past week. Apparently it was my grandmothers. The only thing he told me about this watch was it was purchased in 1946. A graduation present from her mother. She passed away in 2018. He told me he went to several shops in NYC and Shanghai and no one would touch it. Probably have never been serviced. I live in NYC and about a year ago, I tried to get my father's 1972 Seamaster restored and the guy literally told me.... youre going to spend close to 1000 to restore a 1000 watch. And this one here is even 40 years older. Anyone know the model of this watch. I've never seen one with 2 4 6 8 12. I did find a 3 6 9 12 ww2 model. Any advice is appreciated. Im going to restore it. The cost doesn't matter. Just need a shop in nyc that will touch this thing.

In NYC you need to see our pal George. We use him exclusively as do many high end collectors and his prices for service are very reasonable.

He is very well-known in the collector community and also a fairly successful actor who can be seen on Saturday Night Live as well as numerous TV shows and movies!

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Thanks. I got a week in feb off. I'll pound the pavement. I'll post pics whenever this thing gets restored. I'll take any tips along the way here.

if it's a family heirloom and you want it done right and reasonably then pound the pavement straight to George on 25th st. in Chelsea. You won't be disappointed.

When does he have time to repair watches?

Guy was ripping you off at that $1000 price for the '72 model. Maybe $200 to clean and same for the steel automatic in the post. If no parts are required. $250.00 if you want the correct crown which you can still buy.

Minute hand was re-lumed, so it doesn't match the hour.

If you can find someone to open the case. You can see what caliber the watch is and get reference number on the inside back of the case (if this early model has one).

Could be a caliber Cal.28.10rapc inside

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Maybe between commercial breaks?