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Hiya,
I’ve just got a 1970 MK2 with the 1162 bracelet . It looks a little worst for wear although it functions fine. An STS service on it was quoted as £250 or about £400 for the service replacement. Any other options ? What would you do?
Cheers,
Chris.
At those prices I’d get a service replacement.
Hi. Thanks for your reply. Are you a speedy owner? I wondered if the service item replacement was leaps and bounds above the original quality wise? Keeping things original seems to be important to Speedy folk so I just wondered.Quote:
Originally Posted by oldoakknives
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Keep the original as part of the set and look for a decent second hand one for everyday use or better still, buy an Uncle Seiko Omega bracelet for less than £100. When it's on the wrist no one will see the difference.
https://www.uncleseiko.com/store/c20/Omega.html
I like the look of the uncle seiko flat link ,anyone got one ? Is it worth the money? it will save my 1039 getting used but give me the look.Do his shipments come through ok?
Not sure he does a MKII replacement bracelet!
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Originally Posted by Wallasey Runner
Cheers they do look the part :) I’ve a MK2 1970 speedy. Do these bracelets come with a narrower 20mm link and then come out to 24mm like the originals do? I might drop them an email as all of the pics are FOIS not MK2 .Quote:
Originally Posted by Wallasey Runner
Thanks for the heads up:)
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Well, a quick thread and an easy solution... ordered a new one today from Ernest Jones ...thanks folks
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Simon Freese may be able to rebuild the original...
Uncle Seiko has a UK site for his Seiko stuff but I haven't been able to find a UK link for the Omega bracelets. Isn't there one or am I just being stupid? I actually have a couple of NOS Omega 1175 clasp covers that I'm hoping would fit the US1035 flat link bracelet, for my 1968 Transition Speedy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wallasey Runner
Uncle Seiko has no Omega fit stock in Europe as yet so if you want a US Omega bracelet you have to order from the USA and pay VAT on the way in. Yes Omega clasp covers fit the US flat link well. Here is an incentive, these are both Uncle Seiko Flat Link bracelets:Quote:
Originally Posted by TomGW
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I may well send it to him at some point. It’s had its day I think. Mine is actually an October 1969 so it should have had the other type of bracelet on anyway... the one that’s impossible to get now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Foxy100
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Some Omega replacement braclets have a habit of being a bit rattly and less solid (I have three!). Mine all replaced knackered bracelets, one day I may follow my own advice and see if I can have them rebuilt.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stilgoe1972
uncle seiko flat link ordered,lets see what its like when it lands
Mine was polished to bits. All pin arrows were gone , all definition gone . Clasp was slightly clicky and somebody has modified/repaired the first link .Quote:
Originally Posted by Foxy100
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Thanks for that. I’ll get one ordered. I have at least one, possibly two, NOS clasp covers left. Obviously you were able to source some as well. I bought a few of these, together with a NOS complete clasp for a 1175 (No.12) bracelet, although I wasn’t sure what bracelet it was for at the time. As it turned out I had an old, broken bracelet that had come off a ‘straight writing’ Speedy and the clasp was correct for it. Just one of the rare times the stars align.Quote:
Originally Posted by Padders
Pity uncle Seiko doesn’t cater for MK2 lugs.
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I could be wrong, but I don’t think that bracelet is as old as the watch. The original 1171 bracelets of that era had a trapezoid shaped logo and AFAIK the 1162 was the same. They are essentially the same bracelet apart from the first & second link which flares out to 22+mm.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stilgoe1972
I think you are right . I have no trust in it though as some of the link pins are half gone and it’s got so much horizontal play in the pins that IMHO it is a liability .Quote:
Originally Posted by TomGW
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