That's probably about 3x what a basic service should cost, but they are apparently including a dial, which would be nice to have because yours is in bad shape. Make sure that the markers match the case color, and you will also need hands.
Also, I don't know how important the watch is to you, but $1500 is probably more than the value of the watch after restoration.
I would find a reputable independent watchmaker, give it a service, have someone competent give the hands a relume with appropriate color, and try wearing the watch for a while, before considering replacing the hands and dial. The dial imperfections are seen at way beyond life size in this thread, I wonder if IRL it may look pretty good, plus it has the family history as-is. If you end up actually wearing it a bit, and the dial is really bothering you, then you can consider replacing it (and keep the original dial/hands so you can always swap back).
You are absolutely correct.
There is a jumbo reference that has the ‘missing text’ dial (14777) so it could be that.
We should give the watchmaker credit that they have actually had the back off and looked at the reference.
Interesting that there are any Omega sourced service dials available at all.
@elee530 would you be so kind as to measure the width of the case excluding the crown please.
The dial indicated is "correct" for the following 3 case references per the Omega Extranet:
14777
1680001
1680020
I met the watchmaker. They show me a picture of the Indice. All the parts are coming from Omgea themselves. They will also give me my old parts back as well.
I will defenitly be asking them about the pink indice. I believe this should be yellow
Not Archer, but I can tell you that the dials of jumbo Connies 168.001 and 14777 absolutely do not fit 14393s, 14381s etc. It’s not even close.
Which makes me wonder what’s going on there. I had no idea jumbo service dials are readily available from Omega ( @Archer would it be possible for you to share pics from the database?) and I do not understand what the shop is doing there, potentially ordering a dial for an incorrect reference. The case backs also aren’t interchangeable between the refs, so how they get the idea this might be a good fit is above me.
No, not going to do that. The last time I posted a bunch of dial photos from the Extranet Omega got on my ass about it, and I had to delete all the pics.
I suspect what the watchmaker is doing, is actually looking at the case number inside the case back, and ordering according to that. That is after all, how you do it. Unless this watchmaker is completely out to lunch, he's not going to order a dial for that kind of money, have it be wrong, and then not be able to return it (you cannot return parts because you ordered the wrong thing, so he would have to eat the cost of that dial). I trust what this watchmaker is doing more then the measurement that's been given, but that's just me as I do this for a living and know the consequences of screwing up.
I'm baffled why the watch owner decided not to take a photo inside the case back, or even write that number down, because it would end all speculation.
