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nick79
·Greetings from Chicago everyone!
I just wanted to share my Seamaster 120 manual wind and see what you guys think of it.
As to the history, I was gifted the watch 12 years ago. The first 8 years it was just sitting in my drawer, it couldn't be wound and the crystal had a couple cracks, but mostly because I didn't know a thing about watches and that it just needed a service to get it going. So about 4 years ago, maybe more, I had it serviced and replaced the crystal. It also had a Spiedel elastic strap that I replaced with a cheap bracelet.
A few questions to the experts:
1. It is running 27 seconds slow, how often should I have it serviced?
2. The back case doesn't have the waterproof engraving, but from researching on this forum this is normal. Just curious if it makes it a rarer piece?
3. I would like to keep it on a bracelet and will try to hunt down an Omega. Which bracelet was the original model and which other Omega would look good with it(1171 is one, I think)? Also, any good aftermarket bracelets that have some weight as a back up option?
4. Should I clean the bezel and with what? Any way to clean the groove between the bezel and crystal? Don't need it 100%, never will polish it, but would like to remove some of the old gunk.
Thanks in advance!
Nick
I just wanted to share my Seamaster 120 manual wind and see what you guys think of it.
As to the history, I was gifted the watch 12 years ago. The first 8 years it was just sitting in my drawer, it couldn't be wound and the crystal had a couple cracks, but mostly because I didn't know a thing about watches and that it just needed a service to get it going. So about 4 years ago, maybe more, I had it serviced and replaced the crystal. It also had a Spiedel elastic strap that I replaced with a cheap bracelet.
A few questions to the experts:
1. It is running 27 seconds slow, how often should I have it serviced?
2. The back case doesn't have the waterproof engraving, but from researching on this forum this is normal. Just curious if it makes it a rarer piece?
3. I would like to keep it on a bracelet and will try to hunt down an Omega. Which bracelet was the original model and which other Omega would look good with it(1171 is one, I think)? Also, any good aftermarket bracelets that have some weight as a back up option?
4. Should I clean the bezel and with what? Any way to clean the groove between the bezel and crystal? Don't need it 100%, never will polish it, but would like to remove some of the old gunk.
Thanks in advance!
Nick
