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Originally Posted by Wormius
Thanks. You must have noticed me lurking in this thread for a long time searching for the post. It looks great.
Is that the nature of the older watches, or is there something just wrong with the movement of the one you had restored? I noticed that a few of the older Omegas are quartz which was interesting, and made me a bit curious about whether the watches were some kind of knock-offs with modern "guts" put into them.
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I believe it is the nature of this particular watch. Not knowing the history of it, I have no idea when was the last time maintenance was done on the watch. I have a new Omega and I was told to bring it back in 6 years to have maintenance performed on it. The old Omega, I was told to bring it back in 2-3 years if I wore it a lot.
With my old Omega being in the 30-50 year old mark (I really have no idea), and with the possibility that no maintenance was performed on the watch, it would explain the issues I have with it.
I asked for pictures of the watch during the restoration, but the watch repairer only took before and after. I should have specified I wanted pictures of the guts.
I don't know enough of the history of Omega to know which models were quartz. They do still produce quartz watches but I believe only in Woman's models. (I took a peek around the website, but didn't look too hard)
If you look at the watch forums, you'll be able to see how much the older Omegas will go for and what models and time periods they are.