Advice on old Omega

[indigo21]

My son inherited this watch from his uncle, but we don't know where he got it. It appears to be a "Gold Watch" given to a Mel Greene upon his retirement from NBC on December 28th, 1949. We've found references to Mr. Greene, who seems to have been an advertising salesman.



Any information would be helpful. The interior of the watch doesn't seem to be too bad, but the crystal and hands are missing and the face is rather rough, as you can see,



Thanks,


Wayne

[Archer]

This is a bumper automatic - Cal. 330 series.

The watch has certainly seen better days, and it appears that there has been water inside, so likely some of the movement parts will need replacing from that. The dial is shot, so you would have to find a donor dial, or get this one reprinted. The cost to get this fu8nctional will far exceed the market value of the watch, but if it has sentimental value, that's not that important. If you can show the numbers inside the case back, I might be able to give you some part numbers for a new crystal and crown.

Cheers, Al

[Baco Noir]

Feb 5, 2021 7:25:21 GMT -6 Archer said:

This is a bumper automatic - Cal. 330 series.

The watch has certainly seen better days, and it appears that there has been water inside, so likely some of the movement parts will need replacing from that. The dial is shot, so you would have to find a donor dial, or get this one reprinted. The cost to get this fu8nctional will far exceed the market value of the watch, but if it has sentimental value, that's not that important. If you can show the numbers inside the case back, I might be able to give you some part numbers for a new crystal and crown.

Cheers, Al

Good to see you Al and thanks for the information.

To the OP, Al is an Omega certified watchmaker in Canada and his advice is spot on.  If you want to restore it for sentimental reasons, then he would be a great person to send it to.  He has serviced several for me in the past and you will get a photo documented chronology of the disassembly, cleaning, refurbishment and reassembly.  He did that for my great grandfather's pocket watch and it's not an invaluable piece of the watch's history to pass on to the next generation.