Seamaster - Calibre 562 - Gold Cap Case

Omegas have long been a favourite of mine and this little gem came in for service after what appears quite a long and active life. The typical Omega copper tones of the movement plates & bridges have long since sucumbe to age and humidity and turned a rainbow of colours. The movement was erratic and with quite alot of dirt and spread oil i was not sure this would be as straight forward as it would appear. The wear & tear was a concern and the loose rotor was indicating something was not right from the offset. Time to strip her down and get to work >>>

The Movement

Quite often cleaning a movement can uncover other issues that the dirt and oils are hiding, until this movements clean its too early to tell. The rotor swings but is rather loose and is not going to be very productive for maintaining power on the move :(

Time to strip down and clean >>

Dial & Hands

With the movement cleaning away it was time to draw my attention to the dial and hands. The original lume on the dial had all gone or had broken up to dirt, the hands were worn but i figured it was worth trying to save them to keep the watch as original as possible. Dial & Hand re luming >>

Stem & Crown

Moisture is always a very destructive force in a watch and the stem and crown had suffered quite badly here with breakage only a matter of time. A fresh new crown and new stem should set things right so time to get the new crown and stem together ready for final assembly >>>

Final Assembly

I was surprised when assembling the movement that there were no major complications or broken/worn parts, the movement ran within good time and after adjustments timing was perfect. The movement does look worn but the running is superb so i was more than happy to recase her. The casing was worn but there was little more i could do other than a light polish. >>>

It was unfortunate that despite cleaning up the original hands they were simply too worn to re fit and work correctly so a new old stock Swiss set of suitable hands were fitted. The glass the watch came with was non Omega and too large so a new Omega glass was fitted to finish this fine piece. She may not be perfect but she runs well and still has some good looks :)