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Vintage Omega inherited in 1987.
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BlueOcean
·Chaps, Simon Freese has worked his magic. Thanks to all who directed me to him.
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verithingeoff
·What a stunning watch!
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stahlmotte
·Nice find!👍
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ConElPueblo
·Very happy to see everything worked out for you 👍
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BlueOcean
·Very happy to see everything worked out for you 👍
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Len
·Hi BlueOcean.
The watch your father left you is most likely a ref. 2279 housing an early CHRO C12 - the movement that in later iterations would be named cal. 321 and placed in Speedmasters etc. It is probably from around 1940, give or take a few year.
It sound like the buckle is an early Omega-branded one, which is pretty rare in its own right.
I take it you are in England? If so, many options for sympathetic repairs are available; STS, Simon Freese, Watchguy.co.uk or our own @ChrisN. I have had very good experiences with the latter two 😀
Welcome aboard - looking forward to more photos of your beauty!
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BlueOcean
·I can highly recommend Simon Freese, he will send you a pack so you can post the watch to him using next day delivery, comes with a hard plastic box to protect the watch, he will then email you a quote, collectors from all over the world use him especially for Omega, his work is second to none and very reasonable. I think Spacefruit uses him too - you won't get better
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wouter van wijk
·this is soo nice. i love that piece
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Adb_85
·Was admiring this watch on Simon's Instagram page and now I've seen the full story too. Congratulations, its a beautiful piece. Would be good to see some wrist shots too
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BlueOcean
·Was admiring this watch on Simon's Instagram page and now I've seen the full story too. Congratulations, its a beautiful piece. Would be good to see some wrist shots too
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jwvargas
·Beautiful watch.
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BlueOcean
·Outstanding! Let’s hope it always stays in the family.
I bet Simon was delighted to work on this.
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shaun hk
·Both case and dial are in amazing condition and it’s heartwarming to see it brought back to life and into use. Simon probably warned you of this but try to keep it dry, even after service it will be far from waterproof.
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werdna77
·What a great story and inheritance!
