I bought that Omega TC I this summer, however the watch was heavily worn. In early November, I went to a big jeweller and Omega contractor here in Dortmund and asked them if they could refinish it and remove a big dent in the case. The seller at the desk was a young snooty-nosed little upstart (had to check my dictionary, don´t know if that´s correct) and he told me that they are not interested in doing such work on this watch although I know that they employ goldsmiths. I left the shop and decided to return just to ask another seller if they could do the work or send it to Omega in Switzerland. This time I spoke to a young Asian girl, however she couldn´t understand me because of language problems. Anyway she was clever and directly took one of their goldsmiths in and we finally agreed that they would send the watch to Omega in Switzerland. I told them that I would prefer them to do the work, but the goldsmith said it would be hard to fill the dent with a matching gold colour and they don´t want to do this kind of work.
Two or three days later I got a call that they are willing to do the work but it would take a bit of time and they cannot finish the job before Christmas. Last week I got a call that I could pick up the watch. I find that the goldsmith did an excellent job. He did a total restoration of the case, made the perfect and original brushing but left a bit of patina for example on the clasp. I am 100% satisfied with the result and can only recommend this goldsmith for similar work. I paid 200€. When I picked up the watch I spoke to another woman at the desk: She directly knew that this was an LED watch (I was missing the red crystal at that time) and she told me that they sold dozens of LEDs when she was young in the early 70s. During that time she asked herself if that was the end of mechanical movements. Funny how that changed again...
Here´re a few before - after pictures:
Two or three days later I got a call that they are willing to do the work but it would take a bit of time and they cannot finish the job before Christmas. Last week I got a call that I could pick up the watch. I find that the goldsmith did an excellent job. He did a total restoration of the case, made the perfect and original brushing but left a bit of patina for example on the clasp. I am 100% satisfied with the result and can only recommend this goldsmith for similar work. I paid 200€. When I picked up the watch I spoke to another woman at the desk: She directly knew that this was an LED watch (I was missing the red crystal at that time) and she told me that they sold dozens of LEDs when she was young in the early 70s. During that time she asked herself if that was the end of mechanical movements. Funny how that changed again...
Here´re a few before - after pictures: