Greetings from Philadelphia!

Ridethecliche · Wed. 9:25am

Hi everyone and thanks for having me!

I've wanted a vintage seamaster for as long as I can remember and finally decided to join up here and start doing some research. I joined in hopes of finding something from the 60s and I've finally started the hunt in earnest.

Open to any feedback and would be glad to hear from you if you've decided to release one from your personal collection.

Hope everyone is well.
Cheers!

gatorcpa · Wed. 10:10am

There were literally hundreds of different Seamaster models made by Omega during the 1960's. Not sure if you want solid gold, gold-capped/plated or steel? With or without date? Specialty models like the 300 or ProPlof?

Pricing will range from a few hundred dollars to tens of thousands depending on model and condition. What's your budget?

If you can tell us what you like, maybe we can help. They don't call me "The Enabler" for nothing.

There are a lot of Seamasters for sale here, might be a good place to start.

R Ridethecliche
Open to any feedback and would be glad to hear from you if you've decided to release one from your personal collection.

Replies by DM please. We generally don't allow want-to-buy ads in the main forum, but I'll let this one slide.

Good luck with your search,
gatorcpa

Ridethecliche · Wed. 3:35pm

gatorcpa
There were literally hundreds of different Seamaster models made by Omega during the 1960's. Not sure if you want solid gold, gold-capped/plated or steel? With or without date? Specialty models like the 300 or ProPlof?

Pricing will range from a few hundred dollars to tens of thousands depending on model and condition. What's your budget?

If you can tell us what you like, maybe we can help. They don't call me "The Enabler" for nothing.

There are a lot of Seamasters for sale here, might be a good place to start.

Replies by DM please. We generally don't allow want-to-buy ads in the main forum, but I'll let this one slide.

Good luck with your search,
gatorcpa

Hi!

Thanks for your reply and sorry about sort of breaking forum etiquette!

I'm looking for a gold one... Early 60s without the crosshair. Looking for the arrow/diamond style hour markings but would do the rectangular ones as well. Budget is about 1k if something is recently serviced. I have a seiko orange monster and a Hamilton that both need to be serviced so I want something I can wear from the very get go.

Hope that's slightly helpful! 😅

Ridethecliche · Wed. 3:39pm

Also wanted to add that I want the seahorse logo on the caseback. Some of the gold ones I've seen don't have that. I'm guessing that they didn't put them on ones with the gold case back?

iosist · Thurs. 5:35pm

Welcome from a fellow Philadelphian! I went on a similar journey hunting down a 60's Seamaster last year - you might find some of my post history instructive. I still need to make a final post about it (I ended up swapping my initial ref. 166.010 for a chronometer variant ref. 168.024 in slightly better condition) but here's the watch I ended up with:

I would recommend first getting very granular about what features you want: date complication, quick change date, lug shape, dial pattern or color, hand set etc. There are a ton of different ways you could go. Narrow it down to one or two references that meet your criteria and then spend as much time as you can researching posts about them and studying the market. You can set alerts for new eBay listings and even watch forums using WatchCharts to monitor watches as they come up. That will help you get a sense of the market and variances in condition and originality. Then make some posts here with photos from listings you're interested in. This forum is filled with astonishingly knowledgeable collectors who are very generous with their knowledge. But overall take your time and enjoy the learning and hunting process - it's a huge part of the fun.

Ridethecliche · Thurs. 7:17pm

So uhhhh maybe this was a bit premature but I've been looking at a lot of these and this one really spoke to me. I don't really think it was a deal but I can't wait to have it on my wrist! One of the lugs is a bit bent but it holds the strap fine and I'm hoping it can be addressed when it's serviced. Let me know if I did a bad thing heh.

I just love the face on it... I hope it's original since it's so visually interesting.

Ridethecliche · Thurs. 7:20pm

iosist
Welcome from a fellow Philadelphian! I went on a similar journey hunting down a 60's Seamaster last year - you might find some of my post history instructive. I still need to make a final post about it (I ended up swapping my initial ref. 166.010 for a chronometer variant ref. 168.024 in slightly better condition) but here's the watch I ended up with:

I would recommend first getting very granular about what features you want: date complication, quick change date, lug shape, dial pattern or color, hand set etc. There are a ton of different ways you could go. Narrow it down to one or two references that meet your criteria and then spend as much time as you can researching posts about them and studying the market. You can set alerts for new eBay listings and even watch forums using WatchCharts to monitor watches as they come up. That will help you get a sense of the market and variances in condition and originality. Then make some posts here with photos from listings you're interested in. This forum is filled with astonishingly knowledgeable collectors who are very generous with their knowledge. But overall take your time and enjoy the learning and hunting process - it's a huge part of the fun.

I absolutely love that chrono! How gorgeous!
I think I found one but it was a bit more than I wanted to pay right now. I think I might want to get one in the future.

The one I found was listed for 1450 but was going to ship from Vietnam and I wasn't quite sure I wanted to take that plunge... But I might reconsider.

Greetings from Philadelphia!

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