1963 Omega Seamaster Cal. 552 Automatic

Hi to everybody.

I am a longtime Omega fan (the passion originated from my father's Constellation, I guess. I loved that watch on his wrist and eventually inherited it) and I've been a reader of this forum for many months, even if I did not write much here, up to now.

Today I would like to share with you my newest purchase, a 1963 Seamaster that I bought on eBay.

I noticed that it looked good, the movement did not seem in bad shape (it keeps the time, by the way. Nevertheless, I will duly service it in the coming months), had an original Omega plexy without significant scratches, a nice patina. And, as far I can appreciate, it was not that expensive. Therefore I said to myself, why not?

So far, I am happy. I hope that I will continue to be happy also after reading the comments of the experts based on the pics below.

Cheers

I think it's a bit older than 1996.😉

Definitely it is pretty older than 1996, my bad 🙁

It's a 1963 watch, of course (I wrote the correct date in the title of the thread...)

I edited my post. Thank you!

Very nice, well done on your purchase.

Very nice Seamaster!

Nice looking piece. Congrats!

I am not an expert, but the second hand is heavily tarnished, or another colour? I would be tempted to have it cleaned or replaced at service. The hands on mine have some tarnish, and in bright light the tarnish doesn’t show it and the watch looks 50% more amazing, all design falls into place.

Service looks needed, so if service is a few months away, I would not use it until then

Enjoy it!

Nice looking watch. Now let’s see the Connie!

Yes, soon!

I confess that I kind of like the second hand as it appears.
The crystal appears nice in the pictures... how big of a deal is a scratched crystal?
Congrats!

Scratches are almost invisible and can be buffed, so no big deal, you are right. The seconds hand is tarnished, it’s true, but I would not change it. When i’ll have the Seamaster serviced, I’ll ask if it is possible to clean gently also the hand(s)

The caseback, on the contrary, could benefit from some polishing, I guess.