a worn crate seamaster.

Hi all, can such a small yellow steel case be resoldered? i would say it should be a cosmic. but it mounts a 751 caliber ... it should be a certified chronometer right. do you think parts replaced? thanks for your contribution. best regards

Here is mine (sold) Seamaster Cosmic Date 166.023 powered with cal. 565. Your 751 should be day, quickset date, chronometer certified. Please post pics of the dial in better quality to say more. The pic of the movemoent will also be an advantage but in these case references you can see the movement only by taking off crystal, hands and dial.

thanks for the answer, I would like to restructure this, evaluate if it is worth it. this is the best dial photo i own.

thank you

I'm not sure about the dial if it's yours. however the dial is not very damaged.

Here the dial looks uncentered and to my knowledge the inscriptions look too suspicious.

for the inscriptions I think they are original, my doubt is only if it has been replaced with another dial. Is the cal 751 certified chronometer usually written on the dial?

IMO it is definitely a redial. Look at the consistency of the « Omega automatic » inscription, it’s not even written straight. Also another easy tell is that hands are lumed but there is no lume on the dial.

The “S” in Seamaster is 50’s style isn’t it? I don’t know just looks odd

No minute track, no lume on the dial, seamaster looks really badly written and omega automatic is very quircky too. Il is also uncentered by a lot so defenetely a redial imo

I'd say definitely a redial and the hands are not original. The case is a correct "Cosmic" case and looks all original. These cases can be problematic because oftentimes people wear them for a long time and that causes the gold plating and base metal to wear away on the underside--mostly at the angles. If it was steel, then it probably could be stripped and soldered, but it is actually plated brass. It isn't at all worth the effort...much easier to find one in nice shape. If its cheap enough, then you could possibly find a replacement case online--I find that they come up alot as people seemed to enjoy harvesting the movements out of these.

What makes you say Cal. 751? These were never chronometer rated and the reference number further supports that (ie 166 vs 168). This should have a 752. If it has a 751, then: 1) the original movement has been replaced or 2)the train wheel bridge has been switched out. The most likely explanation is that whoever advertised this doesn't actually know and made a guess or is trying to mislead people. There are a bunch of sellers on ebay in particular that seem to like listing the chronometer movements....possibly in an effort to get a premium from an unknowning buyer.

I think original caliber 752, replaced 751.The dial I think original is worn by time and by the replacement caliber.