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Subject: [Leica] OT: Omega parts?
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:34:01 +0530
References: <B69835C8-4E18-47F6-A953-8BEA62B63172@ameritech.net>

In London, highly recommended - they did a brilliant job of restoring
my father's 1948 Rolex Oyster. They were recommended to me originally
by Rolex UK. Not cheap, though:

http://www.watchrestoration.co.uk/

Cheers
Jayanand

On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 6:32 AM, Dante Stella <dstella1 at ameritech.net> 
wrote:
> Ok - now I'm guilty of dragging things way off topic.
>
> I have an Omega CK 2869 Seamaster (Cal. 501, late 1950s) that my wife gave
> me as a gift a couple of years ago (oddly, I just discovered that my
> grandfather has exactly the same watch...).
>
> On this one - which has sentimental value but not enough for the $2,000
> restoration that Omega USA quoted - ?I need to replace the hands (radium 
> has
> flaked off and the silver has tarnished) ?and probably the dial (which was
> refinished at some point, but not to my compulsive standards - and without
> the radium dots at the tips of the markers - which I noted my grandfather's
> copy had).
>
> Would anyone have a parts book that might shed some light on what the part
> numbers for the hands and dial are?
>
> And failing that, could anyone recommend a shop that does quality dial
> refinishing? ?I have friends in Switzerland, so it would not be a big
> problem to send it there if there is no such place in the United States.
>
> Thanks!
> Dante
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>
>
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