What do you know about watches?

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C8F1968E-1F42-46BB-88B5-960950B55FA8.jpeg A40EEB9C-AD66-41D0-90BB-6604F4C57F66.jpeg Found these is some of my dad’s old stuff. He has long since passed and all my mother remembers is he always had them. They were married in 1970. Both function and I am wearing the Omega right now. Unfortunately the band on the Hamilton could not be salvaged, too much dry rot.
 
I am nuts about old watches. My knowledge is only founded in the ones that Look good to me. Yours are wonderful!!
 
The crystal in the Omega is cracked and the finish is rough on the Hamilton. But as far as I know these were my fathers hunting watches. Both were in leather rugged bands. The Omega band is still supple and recovered nicely. I will probably not look to replace the crystal as it was a hunting watch. I will just have to be careful around water. It does not appear to be cracked through as I cannot feel anything when I run my fingernail over it.
 
The wide leather band on the Hamilton was just a style of the early seventies. We used to make them for ourselves. It wasn't really an outdoor thing.

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The crystal in the Omega is cracked and the finish is rough on the Hamilton. But as far as I know these were my fathers hunting watches. Both were in leather rugged bands. The Omega band is still supple and recovered nicely. I will probably not look to replace the crystal as it was a hunting watch. I will just have to be careful around water. It does not appear to be cracked through as I cannot feel anything when I run my fingernail over it.
 
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The wide leather band on the Hamilton was just a style of the early seventies. We used to make them for ourselves. It wasn't really an outdoor thing.

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What @fieldgrade said. My dad gave me a Hamilton he had in the late sixties with a very similar band. Probably wouldn’t hurt to have the watches serviced even if they are working. Not super cheap to do but I felt it was worth it since I will never sell the watch.
 
Dude! Izzat a 750 H2? Bout 1974? I was racing Yamahas at the time, never got to ride a Kaw triple. Apologies to DRFury for the hijack - nice watches too!
 
Dude! Izzat a 750 H2? Bout 1974? I was racing Yamahas at the time, never got to ride a Kaw triple. Apologies to DRFury for the hijack - nice watches too!
I wish. But that was 1974. I took $1100 to the Charlotte Kaw dealer to buy a new 500, but it was sold, and I went home with a 400. My dad bought it from me a year later.
 
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What @fieldgrade said. My dad gave me a Hamilton he had in the late sixties with a very similar band. Probably wouldn’t hurt to have the watches serviced even if they are working. Not super cheap to do but I felt it was worth it since I will never sell the watch.
Yep, the Omega is a nice piece and that Hamilton is a solid one too. Find a jeweler certified to service Omega and take both to them for a good checkup and cleaning ... $100 to $150 per watch minimum but those nice vintage pieces are worth it.
 
I enlisted a friend's help.

Don’t know much about the Hamilton, looks late 1950’s-early 1960’s. The Omega is a ref 136.011, powered by a cal 611 or 613. Ca 1965
 
The crystal looks cracked to me. Look at it on edge. You’ll see a crack all the way through. Great watches, well worth having serviced. I would recommend you have them serviced if you plan on wearing them, and I would wear them.
The Hamilton looks 1960’s to me.
 
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Thanks all. The omega will definitely need to be serviced, it keeps stopping while I am wearing it. The crown only seems to wind on one direction, but that may be normal. The Hamilton seems to be running fine so I swapped out the bands. I will only occasionally wear either but it is nice to have something else to remember my dad by.
 
I believe you only wind that watch in one direction. Very nice family heirloom. Enjoy wearing it.
 
I’ve had Omega, Rolex and vintage Hamilton serviced by http://www.claudioswatchrepair.com/

He does very nice work.

There are also speciality shops for each Omega and Hamilton that I’ve used for full restorations. I’ll find the contact info for you if you decide to go that route.
 
Ratchets?

Sorry I didn’t say it right.
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The clutch wheel engages the teeth of the winding pinion turning the winding pinion and winding the mainspring. Turning anti-clock wise the pinion just slides past it.
 
One more thought for the OP. If your father had been into cars, and if out in the barn you found a car that he had loved but that had been sitting untouched for 15 years, would you crank the engine to see if it would run or would you maybe service it first?

You’re grinding away at things inside that Omega that may be costly to repair. The jewels will often be fine because they are very very hard, but pivots are running dry in a slurry of polymerized oil, fine dust and metal shavings. It’ll run fine as it is, and then it won’t, just like the engine of a car without oil.

Most folks don’t think of fine mechanical watches as requiring service, but they absolutely do.
 
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