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  1. Spacefruit Prolific Speedmaster Hoarder Oct 23, 2014

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    A quick snap, sorry its not better, of two 2998's.
    One was sent in 2005 to Bienne for a full service, the other remained in the proverbial sock drawer with only a little help from STS.
    I reckon one is worth four or five times the other.
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  2. flame Speedmaster Neil Oct 23, 2014

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    Wow....awesome tropical dial Speedy !

    Best - Neil
     
  3. marturx Oct 23, 2014

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    I take the right one! :D
     
  4. ock2915 Oct 23, 2014

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    ¿2 CK's? Then one was destroyed by Bienne ? ..... Can't believe::facepalm1::
     
  5. MSNWatch Vintage Omega Aficionado Staff Member Oct 23, 2014

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    Don't complain too much - it's because of this policy of replacing with new that makes the values of original examples continue to appreciate!
     
  6. JohnSteed Oct 23, 2014

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    Now that's chocolate -
     
  7. STANDY schizophrenic pizza orderer and watch collector Oct 23, 2014

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    Just think Omega might have a tray full of old chocolate dials they have replaced over the years :whistling:
     
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  8. dsio Ash @ ΩF Staff Member Oct 23, 2014

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    In 2005 when it was done half the Speedmaster collectors on this site didn't even own one either, and online resources were few and far between. Someone like the owner of that Ed White that just sold for $8k on eBay might have sent it for a full refurb prior to sale rather than coming here and getting told to leave it alone.
     
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  9. cristos71 Oct 23, 2014

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    Surely not such a big deal as Omega Bienne returns all replaced parts, right?
     
  10. incabloc Oct 23, 2014

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    normally yes but now they dont send back, for example, Dials's with Radium or Tritium to Countrys with a import ban.
    Thats a information i got last week from Omega Biel.
     
  11. Davidt Oct 23, 2014

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    Where do the dials go if they aren't or weren't returned? Are they sat in storage in neat, individual bags or are they destroyed?!
     
  12. Spacefruit Prolific Speedmaster Hoarder Oct 23, 2014

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    Well we can get more milky chocolate...

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  13. incabloc Oct 23, 2014

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    they have to destroy it....:whipped:
     
  14. mac_omega Oct 23, 2014

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    There must have been humid environment in the sock drawer :D
     
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  15. initialjh Oct 23, 2014

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    does Omega Bienne have the same policy of replacing old with new? or is Bienne more sympathetic with the collector?
     
  16. mozambique Oct 23, 2014

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    Bienne replacing the dial is one thing, but replacing a non-pro dial with a pro dial really beggars belief
     
  17. mondodec Editor Constellation Collectors Blog Oct 24, 2014

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    Bienne isn't all that sypathetic with vintage watches that no longer have a ready supply of 'signature' parts. This means the watch refurbisher)and I use that word deliberately) will replace the parts with "nearest to". For example I know of one cal 564 pie pan Connie that had a bridge replaced with a cal 565 bridge, also rotor bridge replaced with a non 'adjusted' example. The tiniest bit of powdering on an otherwise perfect dial will cause them to repaint it or refuse to service if you tell them not to.

    Where original parts do exist they can do a really good refurb job, particularly on some of the later but near-vintage tool watches.

     
  18. dsio Ash @ ΩF Staff Member Oct 24, 2014

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    There have been some people post good experiences recently on the forum from Bienne I think one bloke from the UK had a piece done by them quite well having given specific instructions.