She's not a Heuer, but she's beautiful! I've got a '71 Speedmaster Pro that's currently being restored and I am so anxious for it to be all done. I (somehow) managed to get a killer deal on a 1450 bracelet and a NOS early 70s dial, so now I'm even more anxious to get it completed.

Your Speedy is a beauty though and it's great that her new owner is respectful of her age! ;)

Congrats.

: I know it is not a Heuer...and I know it is just a much over-hyped
: old Speedy but I am not a member of any Omega forums so I
: thought I would post a picture here. I bought this not working
: out of the junk drawer of a watchmaker in the Midwestern US a
: few months ago. It looked like nice junk to me. It seemed to
: have all of its bits and pieces so I brought it to Dan, one of
: my favorite local authorized Omega watch makers for a bath. He
: had to scrounge up one of chrono mechanism levers which took a
: while but he found the original old part and I picked it up
: yesterday and it has been within about 3 seconds in the last 12
: hours with all of the functions working as they should.

: It is a ref # 2998-5 for those who might want to know. While
: certainly not a pristine virgin but I think she is a fine
: looking lady and I like her a lot. I had Dan leave her with all
: of her scratches and nicks and rounded edges. I replaced the
: original ref 7912 bracelet with a nice JB Champion adjustable
: mesh which some of the US Astronauts wore to space on their
: Speedys. The original bracelet is all there but has seen better
: days and I don't want to make it any worse.

: JohnCote

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