Acquired A Seamaster...

vbrad26

Excellent advice, I appreciate it.
I'm really on the fence as to what I want to do with it.
Part of me wants to keep it as is (aside from the current bracelet). But on the other hand I would like to see it "freshened up" a bit.
My two main "daily" watches are a modern Hamilton Khaki, and a modern Speedy.
This would be my first and only vintage piece. I'm just not a huge fan of gold.
I mean when I think of people who wear gold watches I think of my Grandfathers and Grandfather in-laws and older coworkers hah.
One had this, the other has a Day-Date and the other a DateJust.
I mean no offense to the older gentleman on this site. To me the gold is just something more distinguished.
At 32, I just don't feel like I could pull it off. But like you said, perhaps special occasions.
The Hammy is too informal, the Speedy a but large to fit under slimmer sleeves...so maybe this would be just right.

steveb73

tan pigskin strap and I love it... I'm nearly 47 now!!!

UncleBuck

Damn, I've got socks that are 47 yrs. old.

Good advice about straps.

steveb73

You want to sell them

redpcar

Jeez. Shame on you! I'll never be unable to un-see that.
Gimme a "WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT" next time.

vbrad26

So for Christmas, my Grandfather decided that he would give me his old Seamaster.
Now to be perfectly honest, I'm not sure if this is even a watch I would ever wear, but it definitely has some obvious sentimental value.

So, as you can see in the pictures below, this watch has an inscription on the back that dates May 10th 1967 (my Grandfathers 40th birthday).
Not knowing much about Seamasters, I started Googling (and searching here) for Seamasters produced around that time. But I never really saw anything that looked close to it (mainly because the "S" in Seamaster had a different shape and they all seemed to have baton hands and not the alpha hands. Also noted that the Ω was applied but Omega was not.

So I thought maybe the watch was actually a bit older than that or even possibly some sort of re-dial, but I did find a few early 60's Seamasters that seemed to have the same dial and hands. So now I'm thinking the watch is early 60's.
It is obviously gold, but not sure to what extent (I'm guessing plated/capped but honestly I have no idea). Not sure if the crown is original although it does have the Ω, and the service history is unknown (although I suppose I could ask my Grandfather...).

All I know is that he wore this watch for as long as I can remember. Whether it would be dressed up for a family reunion or cutting down trees and working on tractors at our families farm. He definitely did NOT baby it hah.

I have not really had much of a chance to take a good look at it, and I intend to take it to my local shop to get the case back popped off to take a look inside. I'll post those pictures when I get them. I'll hopefully stop by over the weekend. But if any of the resident experts would care to chime in I would really truly appreciate it! Also taking suggestions for what sort of strap would go well with a smaller gold watch. As I said, it is not something I'm sure I would wear, but maybe with the right strap and occasion I would!

Bonus picture: My grandfather wearing the watch while holding me back in the early 90's...

vbrad26

So current plan of action...
Get it to my shop tomorrow and have it opened up to see how things are looking, and hopefully pick up one or two gator straps if they have them.
I'll try hitting it with some PolyWatch for now and see if that helps any. But I don't expect so. Those scratches are old, deep and plentiful.
And then perhaps wear it tomorrow night!