I stopped into a jewelry store that I was passing by this morning and found myself a Seamaster 300. To my eye everything seems to look legit. I will take the case back off later tonight or tomorrow and have a look at the movement and post some pictures. I absolutely love everything about this watch. I love the way it looks on the bracelet, but will probably put in on a strap or nato. The bracelet has some stretching and I am afraid that it will worsen with prolonged use. Here's a few pictures. I will try to take some pics of the movement and case back later. In the meantime if anyone see's anything off that I may have missed It would be greatly appreciated.
Yes, He knew what he had. I was talking to the guy at the store while browsing the watches in the display cases that had nothing that interested me. We were talking about what I liked and what I had. He mentioned that he had something in the back that I might like. He had recently purchased it from a long time customer. When he brought it out, it was basically love at first site. I payed a decent price for it probably about what its worth. Maybe more, maybe less. It came to $3,400.00 after tax. Either way I am happy with what I got. The cool thing was that with all the reading and learning I have done here the past few months, I was able to know exactly what I was looking at and be confident that what I was purchasing was in fact the real thing. Here is a few more pictures
$3,400 for that watch is a steal I'll skip the otherwise mandatory "let me know if you'd like to earn an easy $100..." comment and congratulate you on a great find!
Thanks for all of the info and congratulations. I didn't realize that it would be worth much more than I paid for it. While I was at the store I was thinking of ones that I have seen for sale online and thought I remembered them being in that range. I do believe the bracelet is a 1506. The clasp I think has been replaced. the printing on it is different than what you see on a 1506. I will post a picture later when I get off work. I plan to take the bracelet off and use a strap with it. I purchased this with idea of it being my everyday watch. After all of the comments and info I have received, I think it may end up being an occasional wear. Which means I have to start shopping for another watch .
Here is a some pictures of the clasp and a better picture of the bracelet. I am guess that the clasp was replaced at one point.