Vintage Omega as everyday beater?

Many people have come to the point that the watch is only a service item, to be used up and discarded when it quits. That’s okay with disposable watches. But when a treasured watch is worn the way disposable watches are often worn, guess what! There is a difference between USE and ABUSE.

You and the rest of the world.

At least I can clean and oil my watches. I wore my speedy as an everyday beater for much of the 1990s into the early 2000s. Now it is all banged up. Especially the DON bezel. I could clean and oil the movement, but I really want someone who can deal with the case gaskets pressure testing etc. The back got swapped, and a new back is like 1000 bucks. I lost the back with a prior caretaker's initials engraved on it.

Self servicing is anything but reasonable in costs. Probably more expensive, and I have watches with 30+ year wait times. A single part can cost as much as a whole watch. Then there are the times one flicks a 10 buck balance stud screw across the room never to be seen again, because it is smaller than a microelectronic chip resistor.

Not a big fan of plastic bags. They out gass as they breakdown into microplastics. Recently got a balance shipped in a baggy and the hairspring got tangled. I also found some ladies movements, in the bottom of one of my shoes. They were still in the plastic shipping bag and fell off the desk. Surprisingly the balances still seem to work even after I must have stepped on them and walked arround. Surprised I did not feel them.

Need to really make a nice watch roll, with old pipe organ leather and renfair costume fabric.