Timegrapher Results and Omega Boutique Visit

I was in the vicinity of the Omega boutique in NYC today and decided to stop by and have them take a look at the movement of my recently acquired 145.022-69.

It was an interesting experience to say the least, more on that below.

But first, I was hoping for some advice from forum members on interpreting the timegrapher results. The watchmaker said that the seals looked good and the pressure result was good, and that the movement was running well but could use a full service as the oils were probably drying up. No surprise there for a 45 year old watch. I've attached the results. Does anything stand out as problematic?

On to the interesting part: the employee at the counter recommended a $675 service that included replacing all 6 of the hands, and polishing the case. He then went on to tell me that he would recommend replacing the bezel as it had chips in it, and that a case replacement may also be necessary as the new bezel may not fit the old case.

I know that the Omega boutiques often try to restore watches to like new condition, but the complete lack of comprehension of the value of the vintage characteristics of the watch were quite surprising to me.

I thanked the employee for his time, and exited the store as quickly as possible!

I'm just surprised that there was, what seemed to me at least, a complete lack of understanding of why someone would want to preserve the vintage character of a watch.

Agree though, very nice people.

Any thoughts on interpreting the timegrapher results?

If you don't have a service history, then I'd get it serviced somewhere as it's a lot of watch to risk.

You can't tell if the movement is fine from the timegrapher results as it could be running dry and chewing the pivots. Have a search on here for something by Al @Archer as he posted a thread with one watch that measured okay but was suffering wear.

From an interest point of view, the numbers on the left are for three positions, which is all an 861 non chronometer needs to be measured in but, most people would do all six. The three positions are CH, 9H and 6H. Here's a little picture of the various positions (5 for a Chronometer) but missing 12H which is an unnatural position on the wrist.


So, you have horizontal amplitude of 294 degrees and vertical of 253 degrees, minimum. Both of these are fine but vertical could be a little better.
The daily rate varies across the three positions from +14 to -6 seconds a day. Can't remember the spec on these but I think it's a delta at full wind of 25 seconds Max.
You have a Max beat error of 0.8 ms which just happens to be the maximum allowed.
All the numbers on the right are derived from those except the small ones at the top which are the lift angle (50 degrees) and, likely, the test period of 30 seconds.

So, assuming this is full wind, it doesn't look too bad but I would not be happy with the rate variation or beat error. You really need to make a +24H check as well (wind fully, leave for 24 hours and do it again) as there are another set of specs then as well as average rates between 0H and 24H. You should also test with the chronograph running when there is an allowable amplitude drop. There is quite a lot in this....

Long explanation to say I'd get it serviced anyway.

Regards, Chris

Thanks everyone for the detailed responses, this board is a great asset.

A service is planned for the near future!