Costs...
: Could I ask roughly how much a restoration like
: that would cost... it looks brand new.
The final price was quite a lot, but you can save some money.
- The "basic" maintenance service was 630 Swiss francs ( CHF ) ( I'll come back to this )
- New Dial 142 CHF ( I asked for this to be swapped, but Omega said the old one was OK ).
Georges has picked up on this. the "Old" dial has tritium ( T SWISS MADE T ), the new doesn't ( SWISS MADE ). I knew this before I made my decision. But it would really annoy me to see a perfect watch, with an "old" dial - yellowed markers etc . I've made this mistake on cars. you think the Chrome is OK, but after a respray, the old chrome isn't quite good enough, so I end up buying new Chrome anyway.
- New Case Back 232 CHF ( Omega recommended this, to ensure the waterproofness. I had a think & decided to go ahead. they sent the old one back anyway . the part number suggests they have used the "wrong" case back, but to be honest, I don't mind & won't be opening her up for a few years - if ever)
- New crystal 78 CHF ( No option here... look at the old one !)
- Extract of records 50 CHF ( this is basically a certificate of the data about my watch - shipping date / country etc, that Omega have )
- Postage 30 CHF
So the total was 1162 CHF. BUT I could have saved 424 bringing it down to about 740 CHF.
What amazed me is that the crystal is extra, but in the "service" they swapped the hands, inner rotating bezel , all pushers & crowns etc etc. I also send the watch in WITHOUT it's bracelet. I already have one. I have seen restauration jobs where they send the watch back on a new bracelet. I don't know if there is an extra cost for this.
Finally, I live in Germany. The postal service charged me about 120 Euro's Tax , since the packet came from outside of the Europe :-( I don't know where you are in the world, but you should calculate some import tax into the final cost too.
: Also how long was the watch gone.. I'm looking
: forward to getting my 70's seamaster no
: matter the condition if thats the sort of
: job omega can do to restore it :)
The watch was away for quite a while, but this was mostly my fault.
I sent it in at the start of November. I got a quote within a few days. The quote was valid until Feb 2006. Due to the price & Xmas etc etc I didn't give Omega the OK until almost the very last day.
Once they had the OK, they started on the watch. the initial estimate was for 35 working days & that is about what they took.
So I reckon, 2 months plus postage time is a reasonable time for a job.
One of my next possibilites is a Speedmaster MK II that I have ( my 1st Omega ). I KNOW Omega don't have new cases for these watches & that worried me a bit. but looking at what the made of my old flightmaster case, I think I worried uneccessarily.
I am more than happy with my decision. I must have one of the best flightmasters in the world now.
the only "problem" is that it may be too nice to wear.... but isn't that a GREAT problem to have ?
: Matt
All the Best
Steve
