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DavidModic

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Omega SMP GMT (2535.80), Swiss ETA 2836 with GMT mod, gen hands (except GMT), gen dial, gen bezel and insert, gen crown and tube. ... if anyone has access to GMT (rep or gen) hand for this model, I'd be very interested to take it off you.

More about this exact watch here and here.

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DavidModic said:
Omega SMP GMT (2535.80), Swiss ETA 2836 with GMT mod, gen hands (except GMT), gen dial, gen bezel and insert, gen crown and tube. ... if anyone has access to GMT (rep or gen) hand for this model, I'd be very interested to take it off you.

More about this exact watch here and here.

EDIT: Grammar and added links to the blogposts.
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Looks great! Looking forward to adding gen parts to my SMP. The gen dial and insert looks awesome.

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Looks great! Looking forward to adding gen parts to my SMP. The gen dial and insert looks awesome.

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I wish you all the best in your search! It is very hard to source the gen dial. I bought it on eBay from a Swiss watchmaker who was selling all kinds of exotic omega stuff. This dial came in original Omega packaging and was stamped as "prototype #3". This was about 2 years ago. I've been looking for at least a year before I got this one and have never seen one since. It was not horribly expensive, something like $150 if memory serves. Just finding one is hard. In the blogpost linked above you can see photos of comparison between the gen and rep dial. Good luck hunting.

The hour and minute hands are easy to source - not the seconds and GMT though. Both are restricted on cousins. I have bought 6 NOS seconds hands years ago and still have one or two left. The GMT hand I could not find anywhere. And the rep I have is the wrong dimensions (200 instead of 180).

The gen bezel needs the genuine spring (you can source it from cousins, it costs about 30 GBP).
 
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DavidModic said:
I wish you all the best in your search! It is very hard to source the gen dial. I bought it on eBay from a Swiss watchmaker who was selling all kinds of exotic omega stuff. This dial came in original Omega packaging and was stamped as "prototype #3". This was about 2 years ago. I've been looking for at least a year before I got this one and have never seen one since. It was not horribly expensive, something like $150 if memory serves. Just finding one is hard. In the blogpost linked above you can see photos of comparison between the gen and rep dial. Good luck hunting.

The hour and minute hands are easy to source - not the seconds and GMT though. Both are restricted on cousins. I have bought 6 NOS seconds hands years ago and still have one or two left. The GMT hand I could not find anywhere. And the rep I have is the wrong dimensions (200 instead of 180).

The gen bezel needs the genuine spring (you can source it from cousins, it costs about 30 GBP).
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If you know the part number you can buy most genuine parts at the Omega Boutique..or at least order them, You can't order LE parts without serial number. For sure you can get hands and bezels and inserts. I dont know about dials. Maybe different rules in USA . There is a UK seller on eBay who can also get most anything if you ask him. Of course all this is parts that are still made by Omega otherwise for sure good luck @bora12
 
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Thrasher said:
If you know the part number you can buy most genuine parts at the Omega Boutique..or at least order them, You can't order LE parts without serial number. For sure you can get hands and bezels and inserts. I dont know about dials. Maybe different rules in USA . There is a UK seller on eBay who can also get most anything if you ask him. Of course all this is parts that are still made by Omega otherwise for sure good luck @bora12
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Thanks. Thankfully I'm doing an SMP not a GMT I think the dial will be much easier to source than

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David had suggested. My SMP has a Swiss movement already so I just need bezel dial crown and tube, maybe hands

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