1950 OMEGA BUMPER repair, restoration, full service, cal 351 amazing result ! ! 

Thank you Karol, for bringing my watch back to life! It was a 60th birthday present from my wife in 2010, and has great sentimental value for me, quite apart from the fact that I love the watch itself. It was fascinating to watch you restore it, and to see just how beautiful the mechanism is. Your skills are truly impressive

I am in awe of your ability to keep all these gears and pieces straight in the order they should be in! What a craftsman! I love old Omega and Tissot watches. Recently I found my father’s Tissot automatic, circa 1954-1955. I took it to a local repairman who wound it up and the the watch started back like nothing had ever happened. I have been wearing it every day and it keeps time like a champ. I have not been able to tell if it is a bumper or later automatic movement. My repairman did not want to open the watch unless something goes awry so I don’t know serial numbers or model number. All I know is that I feel my father’s presence very close when I wear it💕

Amazing skills and wonderful to see this old watch come back to life!

Nice job! Funny... I was thinking... That watch would look amazing with a black lizard strap! Beautiful!

I'm a proud owner of a CK2577 from my late dad. 351 bumper. Thanks for yr video!

So happy to have found your work on a Bumper 351. Back in the late seventies, an older cousin, now deceased, had an old watch that he had pulled the inners out of, suggested that I might be interested in seeing it. He had bought it in 1952 but seems to be a 1948 model. He plunked the movement with a missing minute and second hand in front of me. Where is the rest of it, I asked. He went off looking back in the drawer and came back with a case covered with a tarlike substance and the case back. I had never seen a bumper and shook it, To my astonishment it started running. You can have it, he said. When I got home, after setting the hour hand to the correct hour, I wound it up and left it overnight . The next morning I saw that it had kept time, so set about scraping the tar off what turned out to be a lovely gold-filled case. We had "a local watchmaker" so off I went to see if he could find a case ring, crystal and hands and other missing parts and restore it. He did, although the second hand is a bit short. The dial shows its age, but has a lovely antique look. The gold fill was worn on the high wear points but it still looks lovely. On the night table it kept around + 2 sec/day. I checked it recently and it is still +- 5 sec a day, but I won't wear it until that 45 year service is refreshed. You can see why your repair was of such interest to me. I don't know if it is possible to post a link to a picture of it here, but I can post one if wanted.

Beautiful work! My grandfather's watch has a similar caliber 354 from 1952. It also needs to be serviced: keeps time correctly but the seconds hand doesn't work.

Starting on a 351 that needs a mainspring today! Perfect video for it! Thanks...

My grandfather recently passed and after the funeral this weekend I was given his watch, one very similar to this one. Still runs, but needs some TLC. Your video helped me understand how it all goes together, thank you.

fancy lugs, love those....beautifull...thanks for sharing

Although the dial has been refinished, this is still an Omega watch and you’ve brought it back to life. Working on these vintage movements, it’s important to remember that they reflect the use/abuse of their owners as well as the competence and incompetence of the watchmakers who have serviced them. I can’t imagine how an owner could have bent a train wheel, or forced a balance wheel out of true. Not to mention putting a movement in a case where it doesn’t fit. But much of the fun of working on these watches is that they challenge your skills. Great videos! These are excellent tutorials for those who are trying to learn.

Certainly demonstrates the problems with not having front and back rubber ring gaskets, the watches really get dirty with everyday use.

That bent wheel increased my respect for horological engineers a thousandfold. Having to overcome not only limited space and minuscule parts, they are still able to incorporate a degree of acceptable error into their designs!

nice job, congrats!

Lovely work :)

Great job!, I like your work very much and I love that watch!. Well done. Adrian 🍀

Great job

Great job and relaxing to watch. Thank you.

I do like the work. I would not describe the sanding of the back as top quality, a bit higher # paper perhaps. Always saddened to see discolored faces. But overall, very nice.

Magnificent effort 🙏

What a beauty.

Gooood job !

Very helpful, I am restoring a very similar watch myself that seems to be all original.

Great job !! Beautiful watch!! 😍👍👍👍

Toda una injieneria del tiempo en las manos de un experto.

Well done Karol you you did a really good job!

Amazing job. No way I could do that but I’ll watch for sure.

Gooood job !!!!!

Thank you Karol for another inspiring refurbishment. I love the vintage Omegas, but I have no idea of the cost of a servicing if I found a good one.

Wow 😍

Nicely doe

Do you have videos showing how to properly attach a mainspring to the winding arbor of a Bergeon winder? I keep snapping the tip. Thanks

Do this watches have any gaskets on the casbeack or a round the movement?

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Can you please tell me what the minute hand connects to. I have a 1950’s Omega automatic. All three hands are in the center. I am restoring my grandfather’s watch which he left me. Thank you

Szép munka. 🙂

Great video, I am working on a similar watch my grandfather left me. I need a mainspring and crystal. Maybe more. Where do I get these? Thanks

Hello! what is the part number of the barrel spring? I can't find it. thank you very much!

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I have the same from 1947. What accuracy it should be. Watch is service by professional watchmaker.

beautiful watch. it is a fascinating process. It looks fantastic