Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In London, highly recommended - they did a brilliant job of restoring my father's 1948 Rolex Oyster. They were recommended to me originally by Rolex UK. Not cheap, though: http://www.watchrestoration.co.uk/ Cheers Jayanand On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 6:32 AM, Dante Stella <dstella1 at ameritech.net> wrote: > Ok - now I'm guilty of dragging things way off topic. > > I have an Omega CK 2869 Seamaster (Cal. 501, late 1950s) that my wife gave > me as a gift a couple of years ago (oddly, I just discovered that my > grandfather has exactly the same watch...). > > On this one - which has sentimental value but not enough for the $2,000 > restoration that Omega USA quoted - ?I need to replace the hands (radium > has > flaked off and the silver has tarnished) ?and probably the dial (which was > refinished at some point, but not to my compulsive standards - and without > the radium dots at the tips of the markers - which I noted my grandfather's > copy had). > > Would anyone have a parts book that might shed some light on what the part > numbers for the hands and dial are? > > And failing that, could anyone recommend a shop that does quality dial > refinishing? ?I have friends in Switzerland, so it would not be a big > problem to send it there if there is no such place in the United States. > > Thanks! > Dante > ____________ > Dante Stella > http://www.dantestella.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >