Doubts about this crown on an early 60s Seamaster

Dear fellow OF members,

I have read a lot lately in the past threads about vintage pieces and I am looking for my first vintage Seamaster.

I saw this piece (Ref. 14384) on Chrono24, which somehow appealed to me because of the color of the dial and of the fact it is a handwinding movement (Cal 610).

I am however not quite sure if the crown on this piece is correct. The seller told me it is the original Omega crown. On other past threads I have seen two different crown versions on this reference.

The asking price is 540€. I welcome general feedback on the watch. The dealer states that if I ever found something incorrect on the watch I can give it back and be refunded but I wanted to go safe anyway.

Thank you in advance!

I forgot to mention I am new to the forum and to thank everyone for the space and for the already much appreciated information on vintage Omegas. Thank you!

It is a genuine Omega crown but incorrect for this reference. Correct one look like this:

It is "an" original Omega crown but it is not "the" original Omega crown. It is a service replacment, correct by Omega standards at the time of replacement but not acceptable to a collector. You can find what the original crown ought to look like with an image search for Omega Seamaster 14384. In fact that's what you always ought to do when considering the purchase of any vintage watch.

The dial patina is rather uneven and dirty-looking.There are better watches available. They may cost slightly more but the extra expense is worth it.

EDIT: @No Mercy has just saved you the trouble of an image search! But you should still do one anyway....

Thank you guys for the very much appreciated information.

@Edward53 absolutely, I am trying the best I can to look up fotos of the same reference number and possibly same dial, but even here I encountered a few discrepancies, although it was also made clear in past threads that the correct crown should look like the one from @No Mercy.

I am uploading a few of the ones I found. There was one post where someone from Sweden who inherited the exact same reference and dial from his father in law had the same crown my dealer does. Since at that time no one pointed out to the fact that the crown might have been incorrect, it puzzled me.



And now those with the shorter crown:

Honestly, the larger crown doesn’t even look right.

The piece is trying to be an elegant watch and that crown is anything but.

Or being easier to grasp when winding...

It actually did occur to me, that if Omega itself did replace the correct short crown for this one, it might have something to do with the fact that a bigger crown would be easier to wind than the short one, since the 610 is a hand winding movement.