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Passover
·Not bad... 👍
Reference number?
Reference number?
Having doubts about this Seamaster
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Plees
·Crap, saw it and forgot to check it👎
Correct ref nr 165003👍
Correct ref nr 165003👍
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·As a bonus I found a tiny inscription by a watchmaker: 17688 MA 1975. Could not see that with the naked i😁
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krogerfoot
·One of my favorite things is taking a runner on a watch that has a messed-up crystal and finding a nice, undamaged dial underneath. You might have gotten a good watch there. It’s often reasonably economical to source a replacement crystal. I don’t know about the crown, but get it serviced and enjoy wearing that handsome son-of-a-gun.
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Dan S
·It's weird how bad those original photos were. There seemed to be a big spot on the dial and the finish on the movement looked terrible. With the new photos it looks like a nice watch.
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·Does anyone know what crown should be on this Seamaster? Appreciate your help, as I do not have sufficient access to parts lists.
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Edward53
·Well that is just astonishing, the difference in the seller photos and yours. Congratulations and I am delighted to be proved wrong!
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Delroyb
·I think you did OK with that. Price of nicely original 60s SM seem to be on the way up, didn't note whether you paid $400 or £, either way, I recently happily paid £350 for a similar (not identical, a front loader pre-Deville) with a BOR trade-trade, which once serviced will probbaly sell for c.£600-700.
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High Hope
·interesting thread, thanks. All I can focus on is the wonky M in Automatic. Maybe it is distortion from the glass, or a divot in the glass, but it looks odd.
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·I think you did OK with that. Price of nicely original 60s SM seem to be on the way up, didn't note whether you paid $400 or £, either way, I recently happily paid £350 for a similar (not identical, a front loader pre-Deville) with a BOR trade-trade, which once serviced will probbaly sell for c.£600-700.
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AJF
·That’s pure distortion, in real life it looks normal. I agree with you, it looks weird on the photo.
Either way - congrats on getting lucky based on those horrible pics! Think you got off pretty good on it all.
On a side note;
I never really reflected on it saying 'Swiss made T' at the bottom of these. Then again, I mainly handle pre-Tritium watches. 😀
Just always figured it would be 'T Swiss made T' on these as well.
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·How odd. Normally distortion changes a bit with different angles, but this looks roughly the same in all your pics.
Either way - congrats on getting lucky based on those horrible pics! Think you got off pretty good on it all.
On a side note;
I never really reflected on it saying 'Swiss made T' at the bottom of these. Then again, I mainly handle pre-Tritium watches. 😀
Just always figured it would be 'T Swiss made T' on these as well.
As far as my limited knowledge of tritium dials is concerned you are absolutely right. However, neatly alligned, as well as minute markers.
