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tac said:
My Series 1 Omega Flightmaster 901 from 1971. Off to Germany to be refinished by the Master! It might even be on YouTube!

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There's a little story with this one. About ten years ago I took it to an Omega AD to get it serviced. Off it went, and in the fullness of time - about four months, it came back to the AD. They let me know it had arrived, and invited me to come and collect it, after having paid the requisite fee of about £800, that is.

They had done exactly as I had asked and left the case untouched - much as you see it above - I had seen a similar watch come back from their attention with a brilliant shiny finish, NOT the 'sunray' as seen on mine.

However, they had NOT replaced the faded hands. They had NOT corrected the slight off-set to the hand on the little black 12-hour dial. I could see specks of dust inside on the chapter ring but far worse was the exchange of the coloured pushers - a very noticeable feature of this watch, with plain ones.
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I was furious, and demanded to know why this had happened. The answer was amazing - 'it is company policy to replace all pushers with the common smooth style whenever possible, as it is getting increasingly difficult to find correct replacements for them'.

That was all I got from them. A very pointed letter was sent from me to Geneva, for which I still await a response.

It took me two years to find a set of pushers - from Australia, of all places, at a good price for un-opened original packaging. Getting them put on cost me almost £300, though.

The German gentleman I'm trusting with the work has recently fully-refurbished the case for a series 2 version of this watch, and it's a stunner! See it on YouTube! -
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Woww the dial is stunning 😍 I’ve got a pure addiction to all thing watches
 
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tac said:
My Series 1 Omega Flightmaster 901 from 1971. Off to Germany to be refinished by the Master! It might even be on YouTube!

View attachment 736982

There's a little story with this one. About ten years ago I took it to an Omega AD to get it serviced. Off it went, and in the fullness of time - about four months, it came back to the AD. They let me know it had arrived, and invited me to come and collect it, after having paid the requisite fee of about £800, that is.

They had done exactly as I had asked and left the case untouched - much as you see it above - I had seen a similar watch come back from their attention with a brilliant shiny finish, NOT the 'sunray' as seen on mine.

However, they had NOT replaced the faded hands. They had NOT corrected the slight off-set to the hand on the little black 12-hour dial. I could see specks of dust inside on the chapter ring but far worse was the exchange of the coloured pushers - a very noticeable feature of this watch, with plain ones.
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I was furious, and demanded to know why this had happened. The answer was amazing - 'it is company policy to replace all pushers with the common smooth style whenever possible, as it is getting increasingly difficult to find correct replacements for them'.

That was all I got from them. A very pointed letter was sent from me to Geneva, for which I still await a response.

It took me two years to find a set of pushers - from Australia, of all places, at a good price for un-opened original packaging. Getting them put on cost me almost £300, though.

The German gentleman I'm trusting with the work has recently fully-refurbished the case for a series 2 version of this watch, and it's a stunner! See it on YouTube! -
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Omega are a funny lot, I bought my Seamaster secondhand from a jewellers in London some years ago. Unbeknown to me, the watch originally had a blue dial and bezel, and the jewellers had fitted a new black dial and bezel. When I sent it for a service I had scratched the bezel and asked Omega to fit a new one. When it came back it had a blue bezel, still with the black dial!! When I asked them why they had done it they told me that according to the serial number the watch should have a blue bezel. So I sent it back to be changed.
When it came back it was stopping during the night. so again, it had to be returned . Then a lady from Omega phoned me and told me that the self-winding rotor was only working in one direction, which reduced the reserve power, and it would cost x number of pounds to put it right. I told her it had only just been serviced and I wasn’t obliged to pay anything. After a lengthy heated discussion, they eventually did it. I don’t think I’ll be using them again
 
davyboy30 said:
Omega are a funny lot, I bought my Seamaster secondhand from a jewellers in London some years ago. Unbeknown to me, the watch originally had a blue dial and bezel, and the jewellers had fitted a new black dial and bezel. When I sent it for a service I had scratched the bezel and asked Omega to fit a new one. When it came back it had a blue bezel, still with the black dial!! When I asked them why they had done it they told me that according to the serial number the watch should have a blue bezel. So I sent it back to be changed.
When it came back it was stopping during the night. so again, it had to be returned . Then a lady from Omega phoned me and told me that the self-winding rotor was only working in one direction, which reduced the reserve power, and it would cost x number of pounds to put it right. I told her it had only just been serviced and I wasn’t obliged to pay anything. After a lengthy heated discussion, they eventually did it. I don’t think I’ll be using them again
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You’re definitely doing it right,if you’re going to bring a watch back to its glory days,then you need to do it right.
I watched the video and I was in shock,not just how the dial looked but also the chapter ring, gaskets, like new,very well made watch.
My comment on the poly watch for the crystal,let’s say superglue is better,again I was surprised how it just shattered in to dust.
Please keep me updated on your watch please 🙏
 
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I just bought a cheap Casio AE-1200. Probably the best £30 watch money can buy. It seems it is popular to modify these and sell them for between £70 and £200 depending on whats been done.

Thought I would have a go myself. Brand new watch now fitted with four different coloured filters and the resin case replaced with a stainless steel one.

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btmaldon said:
I just bought a cheap Casio AE-1200. Probably the best £30 watch money can buy. It seems it is popular to modify these and sell them for between £70 and £200 depending on whats been done.

Thought I would have a go myself. Brand new watch now fitted with four different coloured filters and the resin case replaced with a stainless steel one.

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That is cool. Well done
 
Pete-Tee said:
You have history in your hands,definitely not have it polished,it just wipes away everything.
I would never buy anything old that has been polished.
You have done very well Sir,I’m loving it 👍👍
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Nope, not polished, just restored to what it was, with that trade-mark finish. I'm hoping he can make the minor fixes to the hands, as well.
 
Radiator said:
What’s the lume like @Brimfire
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Lume has never been much of a consideration for me - can't recall a time when I ever needed it.
I now know it's a b****r to get a decent picture of it though.

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It says C3 Superluminova in the blurb and given a minute's charge with a powerful torch it looks good but then doesn't all lume in the first minute? I suppose the real test is how long it stays visible and, ducking under the covers this morning, the hands were only just legible at 7am.

I don't know if that's good, bad or average for a watch at this price point.
 
davyboy30 said:
View attachment 736891My little mid-size Seamaster Professional, lovely little watch. Had it a few years now but still going strong 🙂👍
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I have 2 Omega automatics and a Tag-Heuer Kirium but now I’m old and less active, the autos tend to stop at times and I have to use a quartz watch most of the time, so I bought a Seiko SNA029, which is a nice sized watch for my skinny old wrist.
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