Hi, unfortunately I’ve put too much effort into the cleaning of the bakelit bezel of my seamaster 60. (see photo, looks worse in real)
Is there a way to fix that? E.g I to fill the blank spots with paint/or „dirt“?
Continue readingHi, unfortunately I’ve put too much effort into the cleaning of the bakelit bezel of my seamaster 60. (see photo, looks worse in real)
Is there a way to fix that? E.g I to fill the blank spots with paint/or „dirt“?
Continue readingHello everybody!
This is a work in progress, and I would like to thank everyone who participated to this thread with pictures, reference numbers and production dates, and also The Omega Enthusiast who provides the world with such good quality pictures…
Continue readingWould be great to see the variations in a new thread. I’ll go first.
1961 Pie pan, Cal 561, Case Ref 14393, on a period 7912 Bracelet (stainless steel)
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December month has been a tough month for me regarding my workload, but I have had some time to look at watches!
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2024 has been an interesting and fun Speedyhunt (for me), maybe not so many nice 105-012´s or other stepped dialed Speedys….
Continue readingI recovered a holy grail recently,
but it suffered not very respectful treatment from a watchmaker during its life and quite a few parts were changed.
It works good, have a 1450/808
So I’m trying to put it back as close as possible to its original configuration,
as you can see it has a service dial, but I have the original dial which has lost some indexes,
I will have it restored soon, although wearing the watch with its service dial is not so bad,
my biggest concern is…
“Too long, didn’t read”: A little introduction to the Seamaster reference 2577, please do share your examples.
We have a few “Show me your…”-threads here, and I find they’re a great source for inspiration and serve as a very useful reference. You’ve found a dial configuration that you haven’t seen before? Chances are, there’s another example in the…
“Buy a chocolate dial and create the rest”
https://www.nzz.ch/wirtschaft/krimin…aet-ld.1738561
https://www.nzz.ch/wirtschaft/krimi…einer-3-millionen-franken-raritaet-ld.1738561
And: We have the same “system” in Germany. A a car-dealer with vintage Mercedes!
“Restauration” KIENLE: Prosecutor investigates
https://www.kienle.com/home.html
And don’t speak…
I know this model came in Black dials and white dials, with dates, no dates, automatic movements and manual wound movements. I wanted a no-date manual wind and I landed this less common GRAY dial version. I find the dial to…
Welcome to SM600 rogues’ gallery!
A little background information
Omega introduced the Seamaster 600 -series in 1964 and production lasted to 1969. SM600 proved to be a successful product for Omega and gigantic quantities were sold. At the…