1966 Omega Constellation, cal 561. Repaired, serviced

*unfortunately the video and audio became out if sync, i don't know why, sorry.

I have a few words for the last guy that worked on this watch. The springbar was too long and had to be cut out, the mainspring and barrel assembly was the wrong one and he forced the bridge down over it. So the bridge is warped. The short screw for the balance cock was missing and the guy installed one too long, which was contacting the calendar wheel. To reduce tension on the calendar wheel, the guy added shims on the screw posts. There were three broken screw from over tightening. The case clamp screw was too small and just placed in the hole. The only thing I wasn't unable to fix were the hands and dial. The hands were worn down through the plating, filled with paint, and warped. The dial is warped around the the dial foot between 11 and 12, looks like he could figure out the dial screws and pried the dial off. Absolute mess!

Luckily, I had spare parts, so now it's running strong and dependable. I have hands on order and if I find a really nice dial, I'll swap that too, haha.

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