This didn't last long, price seems reasonable although the case back has been polished out (this was quite commonly done by the owners on leaving the service.) Otherwise looks quite nice.
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nice watch! Man I should be keeping my eyes open more lol. Too bad about the caseback as I love to see military engravings but totally understandable with the removal after service. Hope whoever bought it was on this forum

 

Am i wrong or is that the second one from HK in the past few weeks?

 

uh oh... lol hmm wonder how much more I could get if I put a T on my dial and polished the hippo off my caseback...jk. Would be scary if that was what is happening in the market...

 

They got a good price out of it.......... the original bracelet would have upped it even more. Nice watch!

 

Actually the fact that the back doesn't have engravings makes it more likely to be genuine, no? If you were going to create a 'fake' out of a standard Seamaster 300 you might as well add some numbers to get the price.
It looks good to me.

 

Yeah I don't doubt the polishing of the caseback and this piece being authentic. I was just wondering how much one could try and make if they put the tritium circle and polished off the caseback (although dishonest). Every vintage piece should ask for an extract of archive especially when such things could swing the price wildly

I also thought the engraving form the one's I've seen were pretty deep that even with a polish off you would still see it. I would believe more engraving removal to hide some numbers to be easier. Just a thought.

 

I can't find one among the completed sales.

 

And another one: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Omega-Sea...es_Watches_MensWatches_GL&hash=item460dd91e64Purchases made through these links may earn this site a commission from the eBay Partner Network

 

Hi Ash

Just seen this thread....and saw the Ebay seller....oh dear !

This Guy (Watch-Navi) has just had to settle a number of claims relating to Non-Omega 'put together' divers ALL bearing an identical movement serial number. He initially claimed they were NOS and then once found out admitted that a local Watch maker had put them together for him....guess he forgot to mention the matching serial numbers....but was refusing to refund due to the time involved in discovering the other owners who were sold the offending pieces.

Anyway , the complaint ended up with a very Senior ebay exec after the threat of legal action and the next thing was the Seller not being able to refund fast enough....

Barge & Pole when it therefore comes to a Military sm300 then....

Best - Neil

 

Ash,
After I posted like your good self I decided to check and no trace, not up to speed on the bay, could it have been listed, withdrawn and re listed ?
Maybe i'm losing the plot but could swear there was one.

 

Yes if it had been withdrawn by ebay you can't find it in the 'completed' listings, but if it had been relisted it would either show in the for sale listings or the completed if it re-sold. There has been a couple of military ones for sale in recent weeks though - one in the UK (sold for over £5000) and a fake from Europe (Germany?).

 

Cheers Neil - very interesting! I know this seller seems to have a very mixed bag of watches for sale in terms of originality.
This particular example looks okay in most respects to me, but the thing that makes me think it might have been original is the blank case-back. You would surely add a few 'issue' numbers if creating a fake one out of original parts?? Maybe not, but its certainly buyer beware!

 

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