Can someone help with the right term to search for, a name for those ghastly wavy metal washers some manufacturers use to create compression when the caseback is screwed on? When squished between caseback and spacer ring, it holds the movement securely…
Continue readingOddball 70’s Seamaster soft crystal gasket fitment help
I wonder if anyone’s had the pleasure of dealing with this case before, and can guide me a little here? This is a colleague’s 1970’s Omega Seamaster, case 166.066.
Continue readingThe original crystal gasket had turned to an unstable goo and eaten up the chapter ring below it. I’ve sourced a new gasket 088NS5133 and crystal 063TN5166, which has a very deep groove to accommodate.
There’s no chamfer for the case to accept the gasket, it’s not immediately clear how this is supposed to compress in a way that…
