Vintage parts and where to source them

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In my experience genuine crystals are hard to find on the secondary market. The days of finding them for £30, especially for the popular models is long gone unless you’re lucky. Around £80 seems to be the norm if you need it relatively quickly. Even Omega charge around £50-60.
 
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Generally speaking correct generic crystals are just fine.

$10.00 vs $50-$100, really worth it?

Worth it as an original Omega ring is the best protection for the dial, which is the most valuable part of the watch - but worth it at $40 in my opinion 😀
 
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You find the crystal based on the case reference, not the movement caliber. That's the same with the crown and the stem. Do you have that number? It should be something like 166.050.

£142 is a crazy amount for the original crystal in my opinion. I don't know much about cosmics, but it makes sense to me how it would be hard to find new crystals for them. Because these models are front-loaded, the only way to access the movement is by removing the crystal. People easily mess up the crystal while doing that, which I have seen with many cosmic models sold on eBay in the past. You can tell by the cracks around the crystal.

How are you thinking of replacing the crystal? You will need a crystal lift tool like the Bergeon 6400.

If the stem issue you described is with the cosmic, that one should have a split stem. It's hard to tell without seeing (and I'm not an expert either), but the issue you described does not necessarily mean that you need a new crown and a stem. It could be the connection point of the two parts of the stem, but I'm just speculating here. You could reuse your current crown with a new stem, if that's where the issue is.

You might want to take the watch to a watchmaker to have them figure it out for you. If they have an Omega parts account, they might be able to get the crystal at a more reasonable price from Omega as well.
I know £142 is a crazy price, l can get a genuine cheaper the confusing bit is its the same parts number for the crystal omega 5123, but for a 166.032, mine is a 166.0260 same measurements 32.95mm. I took the old cracked crystal out with a crystal press and saw that however installed the crystal either broke the ring or they put it in with the broken ring

As for the crown and stem, l'll wait and fit the new generic crystal and see if l can engage the crown as the crystal and tension ring acts as the movement holder in the cosmic, it would just be handy to know the stem part number, the crown looks okay
 
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In my experience genuine crystals are hard to find on the secondary market. The days of finding them for £30, especially for the popular models is long gone unless you’re lucky. Around £80 seems to be the norm if you need it relatively quickly. Even Omega charge around £50-60.
Thanks for your reply, l will get a generic crystal and keep looking for a genuine omega with the omega sign in the middle
 
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Worth it as an original Omega ring is the best protection for the dial, which is the most valuable part of the watch - but worth it at $40 in my opinion 😀
When l removed the crystal this was the ring looked like
 
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either broke the ring or they put it in with the broken ring

That is how they are supposed to be.
 
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When l removed the crystal this was the ring looked like

That’s not broken, they have a split in them.
 
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I can’t comment on this specific reference as I can’t recall owning one, but for some references, particularly the front loaders like 166.020, generic crystals often do not work well at all.

In these refs the crystal has a tension ring similar to the one you’ve shown, which also acts to secure the dial. Generic crystals often put too much or too little pressure on the dial and also can be a poor fit with the bezel, being too tight to properly apply or too loose to be properly secured.