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·I have a 1957ish Omega Connie that my Mom bought for my Dad ~ 1957 in Turkey. It originally came with a leather strap but sometime in the early 1960's he replaced that with a 5 bead BOR bracelet. and used it everyday for years. It is a tough watch and bracelet as I vividly remember him wrenching on cars wearing that watch.
He passed it on to me several years ago and I wore it daily for ~ 10+ years, but and since it was up for service again, I decided to send it back to Omega Geneva for a refresh. They offered to replace the much battered BOR bracelet (returning the original of course), but when it came back, instead of the two tone with 11 markings on the end links, it came back with 511 markings and in all gold plate. While nice, I was hoping that they would have duplicated the two tone Omega watch. I was told that they gold plate was what was available when the watch was new and the replacement two tone must have been later - thus the reason that Omega Geneva changed it. Not quite sure I believe that, but now I am on the hunt for a replacement two tone bracelet like in the attached pictures.
Any help ion identifying the Omega part number and leads would be greatly appreciated. Note: the last picture is of the watch after the Omega refresh with the gold plated bracelet. The other pictures are of the old bracelet that I am looking for.
Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated.
He passed it on to me several years ago and I wore it daily for ~ 10+ years, but and since it was up for service again, I decided to send it back to Omega Geneva for a refresh. They offered to replace the much battered BOR bracelet (returning the original of course), but when it came back, instead of the two tone with 11 markings on the end links, it came back with 511 markings and in all gold plate. While nice, I was hoping that they would have duplicated the two tone Omega watch. I was told that they gold plate was what was available when the watch was new and the replacement two tone must have been later - thus the reason that Omega Geneva changed it. Not quite sure I believe that, but now I am on the hunt for a replacement two tone bracelet like in the attached pictures.
Any help ion identifying the Omega part number and leads would be greatly appreciated. Note: the last picture is of the watch after the Omega refresh with the gold plated bracelet. The other pictures are of the old bracelet that I am looking for.
Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated.