Reply With QuoteHmmm I've been looking for one of those Citizen chronographs,
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I’m up north visiting my dad and it turns out he’s been having a little clear out. In a a wooden chest under his bed, which judging by the amount of dust on top of it, hasn’t been disturbed for 20 years, he rediscovered a haul of watches.
I was immediately drawn to the two Omegas, especially the gold seamaster. Both seem to be from the 60s.
The Seiko quartz I remember him wearing when I was a kid in the 80s. Apparently it needs more than a battery to get it running again. Turns out my dad took it somewhere local and was quoted £300 to replace a mechanism!!
The Camy was bought by my grandfather for his own 40th in 1968 from new. The rectangular Pulsar quartz watch was a gift to my dad from my mums dad on his wedding, weird cos he bought himself the Raymond Weil quartz for the same reason.
The rest were just acquired from house clearances that he used to do as a wannabe antiques trader in the early 80s. Everything apart from the small rectangular watch seems to wind up and run fine.
The Citizen is an oddity. Eco drive movement and really light but loads of analog alarms and calendar functions which seem quite difficult to figure out.
Anyway, if anyone’s I got any thoughts on the items, what’s worth servicing and keeping and what can be moved on. I’ve dropped in the Sinn 356 I’m currently wearing for scale...
There are apparently a few more somewhere, a Roamer and an Oris were mentioned
Last edited by Ummar01; 2nd December 2018 at 14:43.
Hmmm I've been looking for one of those Citizen chronographs,
n2
"Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it's enemy action."
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Looks familiar! This is my Grandpa’s watch, given to him by my Grandma on their wedding day in 1947. Still running well and in active service with me.Originally Posted by Ummar01
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Lovin' that Bauhaus Omega.
I'm willing to bet that the Record cushion is 9ct gold.
My dad mentioned it might be. The back has got a slightly pink tinge, characteristic of 9kt
Last edited by Ummar01; 2nd December 2018 at 14:50.
Nice find, all I’ve ever found underneath my dads bed is pornos
I wound it up last night and it’s still going. Seems to be keeping good time too
Looks familiar! This is my Grandpa’s watch, given to him by my Grandma on their wedding day in 1947. Still running well and in active service with me.
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You say it may not have been disturbed for over 20 years, but when did Citizen start making Eco-drive watches??? Was it really that long ago?? Or does time just fly by??
From Wikipedia it says around the mid 90s, but he could’ve been exaggerating
I’m looking for recommendations to get the two omegas services. The silver one has a bent lug and the the gold ones crown needs looking it....
I’ve been quoted £250 each locally which is a lot more than I’d like to spend
Did you manage to get the Citizen going?
"Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it's enemy action."
'Populism, the last refuge of a Tory scoundrel'.
That Langa (can't see the last letter, is it an a??) is a very attractive looking watch.
Even though it is a plated base metal case.
Dave
I love the numerals on tha tNew Ardath. <3
Great find. I have a very similar gold Omega being serviced atm.
Get them on the SC.
I’d be surprised if anyone would attempt to straighten the bent lug, far too much risk of breaking it clean off. If there’s a way of doing it safely I’m keen to learn.
https://forum.tz-uk.com/showthread.p...Datejust+fixed
Datejust has a lot more metal in the case and its a completely different design, we’re not comparing like with like here.
Omega Seamaster Devilles and similar cases from the 60s have very thin lugs, they get sprained inwards if the watch gets a hard knock and it’s tempting to try and straighten them. However, attempting to do so stresses the point where the lug meets the case, the case itself will end up flexing or cracking and the lug needs micro-welding to repair. If the spraining is slight it’s best left alone unless the repairer has access to micro-welding.
From the pics, the steel Omega doesn’t look bad to me. On a flat surface all 4 lugs should make contact, but often they don’t because the case/lugs have become sprained slightly. If the strap will go on, the caseback will fit and the bezel fits I wouldn’t attempt to correct this.
Last edited by walkerwek1958; 13th December 2018 at 14:07.
I have done the lug straightening on an old Omega Seamaster watch some 10 years ago by local goldsmith. Movement offcourse had to be removed and also the crystal.
Case was heated and straightened by a small hammer. It can be done.
I took it some where locally and they thought it had a 90% chance of success. Apparently its not bent at the case, just kind of splayed out probably from too long spring bars being used.
I havent actioned it yet as they were going to roll it in to the cost of a service which i'm still mulling over
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