Hello experts!

I recently had my grandfather’s old Seamaster serviced at Omega AD, reference 168.023.

They unfortunately changed the hands.
I have requested them to change them back to the original, and in the meanwhile I’ve successfully relumed the flaking lume hands.

But i found this rubber bit, which seems to have come out of the hour hand hole.

Is this a necessary part of the watch? Chat-gpt is exacerbating my fears, and saying this rubber bit might be a…

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Hi guys, this is my first post in this forum.

My grandfather’s watch is an Omega Seamaster 168.023 (751 calibre). I absolutely love this watch and wanted to get it serviced due to some issues I was facing, namely:

1. The time setting mechanism seems loose and clicks without adjusting time, unless I am very deliberate with pressure (video below for reference)

2. The crown is too tight when pulling out

3. The quick set date is very rarely working

I am thinking to take…

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Hi everyone, I was looking to buy a bracelet for my grandfather’s Seamster “sparkle” reference 168.023.

The only bracelet still available by Omega according to my authorized service centre is the 1125 with 560 end links (photo attached). But it’s $500

However after reading some posts on the forum , i noticed that members that owned a FOIS were also able to use the.1125/560 bracelet due to same 19mm lug width and similar end links size. So wondering if opposite is possible.

My…

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Hello everyone,
I recently got my grandfather’s Seamaster 168.023 officially serviced from Omega.

Unfortunately they replaced the hands of the watch (attached pics). But have agreed to change back to the original as I have them with me.

Before I ask them to replace the hands – i thought it would not be a bad idea to clean them a bit, and possibly stabilize the lume, especially because I suspect the Omega service in India might not do the latter at all while cleaning and replacing the…

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