Dogs dinner 2503?

chipsotoole · Feb 17, 2020

So lo and behold the taxman gave me a small rebate (from 2016) so rather than watch it dissipate into the familyverse,.....
I thought I'd see what 50's blackface Seamasters were around. this is the first thing i saw:

it scores a quite high on my

as did this puppy..

However I find myself slightly drawn to Batchelorette number 3:

but of course this might also be a redial but this movemnt seems about right.
What do we think of her?

Joe K. · Feb 17, 2020

The first 2 are non contenders. The third looks good to me. The sweep seconds hand is an incorrect replacement

OMEGuy · Feb 17, 2020

I think that Batchelorette #3 isn't a ref. 2503. 😕

chipsotoole · Feb 17, 2020

OMEGuy
I think that Batchelorette #3 isn't a ref. 2503. 😕

no you're right the 2503 was supposed to be the first one. Bachelorette number 3 is something else altogether

OMEGuy · Feb 17, 2020

At first glance I thought of a 2846-2848. But that would be too easy, right?

Edit: Just in case I got you wrong and this is not meant to be a guessing game, but asking for opinions on a watch you intend to buy, what are your concerns? Any more and better pics?

chipsotoole · Feb 17, 2020

Whilst I"m not absolutely against repaints and redialled watches I"d like to try and buy original ones. I don"t seem to have the eye for it like others here unless it"s really obvious like in pics 1 and 2. If pic 3 get s a general thumbs up I"ll take a further look. There are some more pics but It is priced on the steep side of what it is. Just like to know I"m on the right track...

OMEGuy · Feb 17, 2020

There's nothing that screams "redial" to me and there appear to be lume staints on the markers, which would be uncommon for a redial. On the other hand, this lume looks pretty bright. Well the photo is bad and there are a lot of reflections...

In addition to the sweep second, hour and minute hand don't look correct to me as well, they seem to be too long.

I have the feeling that I would need better pictures of this watch, especially the dial and that I'd like to see case ref. and movement serial # as well (you most likely checked this already), before I decided to go ahead.

Did you see the corrosion on the case and under side of the lugs?

aprax · Feb 17, 2020

# 3 looks ok to me, only the seconds hand (as mentioned above) and the crown seem wrong. Should be a 2846 (again, mentioned above).
Maybe a bit of pitting at the back?