Thread: Wrist Watches

Originally Posted by DavidM

Wow, a lot of Omega fans here! I pretty much have had an Omega for the last 25 years and now I wear a 2254.50. You guys have great taste! Just for the record, if you ever have to have it overhauled send it to Switzerland. The price is about the same, and it will look like new. I have not had to do it yet though!

That's good service advice for any quality swiss watch. The swiss have invested in keeping competent repair people. In the U.S there are too many stories about people taking a watch in to a shop that "repairs" watches or even factory agents and when they pick up the watch it just never runs correctly ever again.

This was my Grandfather's, passed down to me when he died. I also had Omega restore it. I just love the plain and simple look of it. I wear it nearly every day.



James.

I was watching Antiques Roadshow earlier today and a guy brought in an old Omega pilot's watch. Apparently it was worth a "couple of thousand" (England). Then they brought out a servicing bill from the 1930's. The bill was for T.E. Lawrence, a.k.a Lawrence of Arabia. Needless to say, it increased the watch's value a little bit.

Does "send it to switzerland" mean the same thing as take it to an Omega dealer, or does one actually send directly to Omega somehow?
Mine was supposudly serviced just before I bought it (January of this year), but it was shipped from Japan so no idea where it was serviced. Seems to work fine though.

Originally Posted by bbshriver

Does "send it to switzerland" mean the same thing as take it to an Omega dealer, or does one actually send directly to Omega somehow?
Mine was supposudly serviced just before I bought it (January of this year), but it was shipped from Japan so no idea where it was serviced. Seems to work fine though.

You can send it back to Omega in Switzerland directly or you could send it to an Omega service center. I don't have the specifics but you could go to TimeZone, check the Omega Forum and get the info you need to send it in for service.

Here is the link for Swiss prices:

Repair Price

They will try to send you to a local service center, but if you ship it to Bienne, Switzerland it will go the the main Swiss Repair center. Truthfully, I would only send mine to Switzerland...I dunno, I think its just in their blood!

In the blood, eh? I'm actually part Swiss, which makes me think I could pop the caseback on my watch and all the parts will instantly make sense to me!

On the other hand, I'm also part Irish, so I might think it'd be a good idea to mix watch repair with some Jameson whiskey and then screw my Speedy up big time.

Yeah, I think I'll just send it to Switzerland when the time comes.

Originally Posted by RayG

Another Omega lover here.

If you don't mind a little story... my first watch was this blue faced Omega Constellation. I was in fourth grade, and our family could not afford to even buy any watch back then. I was a sacristan back then, and this was given to me by a kind monsignor I used to serve with. It was a gift from his parents upon his ordination as a priest. It did not leave my wrist up till it stopped working, well into my college years.

Fast forward 30 years... I took it out of its storage box last year and had Omega do a complete overhaul of the mechanism, buff the case and replace the glass and crown. It has a special place, not only for nostalgic reasons, but also as a reminder of human kindness.



The 2254.50 gets the most use out of my small rotation.


Along with the Stowa Marine Original

I have a fourty year old Seamaster that needs some TLC from Omega.
Can you E-mail me the cost for your restoration? I doubt they want these kinds of things posted here.

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Currently wearing a Breitling, Super Ocean; previously was a Tag but before that a O Speedmaster which i wore from 1960 until 2000, when they could no longer repair. No parts. It still works but loses time. Loved that watch but really do like the Breitling.
Sorry, no pics.

Originally Posted by dirt

Currently wearing a Breitling, Super Ocean; previously was a Tag but before that a O Speedmaster which i wore from 1960 until 2000, when they could no longer repair. No parts. It still works but loses time. Loved that watch but really do like the Breitling.
Sorry, no pics.

Actually, there are lots of Speedy parts available. I had quite a few NOS parts put on my watch when it was last serviced. A friend of mine has one that was completely assembled from parts sourced by the watchmaker.