hi,

I received a vintage omega watch from my grandfather that passed away 10 years ago. And i know nothing about the watch. It would be nice to find out some details of the watch. Hope someone can help me out.

kind regards,
Nathan

 

That looks like a nice memento and should clean up very well.

It would be wise to get rid of that steel bracelet, even though it's not one of the spring loaded "lug chewers" it can cause wear.

Here's a guide on finding out more about your watch.

https://omegaforums.net/threads/vintage-omega-posting-guide.383/

 

thank you for the reactions. I went to the shop yesterday to get a new strap. It already looks much better


The shop owner told me it's impossible to clean that watch up ?? is this really true ?

 

A new crystal and a gentle scrub with a moist old toothbrush would do wonders in terms or the look of the watch. If you plan to wear it you should get it serviced. I'll give your watchmaker the benefit of the doubt and assume he meant you can't really clean the dial but it's possible he just doesn't have the skills to work on proper(non battery) watches....

 

No, this is completely false.
I strongly recommend that you get the watch serviced by a good watchmaker before internal damage is done by wearing it.
As for cleaning it up, take a piece of tissue paper and dab a pinch of toothpaste on it, you only need a pinch. Then rub the toothpaste tissue paper onto the watch glass (crystal), after rubbing for a few minutes clean off with another dry tissue (do not use water at any time). You will find the crystal has cleaned up a bit and already looks better. You can buy a product called poly watch instead of using toothpaste, it will do the job much better.

 

Try some polywatch on the crystal. Search on U Tube for a demonstration