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Help Me Identify My First Omega Seamaster Please !

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It is perfectly true that the OP watch has been redialled, and not wonderfully, but it is not true to say that only the coat hanger S is correct for the 2846 or many other 50s Omegas. There was a rounded S seen also but it is different to the later version. Here is an example (also a 2846) but there are plenty of others if you search, including on earlier 2577s where a slightly different form is seen.

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I'm new at this as well. the site above will be helpful. There's a pdf that shows case number and caliber correct matching to the year and lot's of other information. It's a bit overwhelming but fun too. In case you didn't know, your dial (again, I'm still a newbie) might contain Radium - I just wanted to let you know. Some collectors seek it out, some don't care, some would not want it...just thought you should know.

Thanks for an incredible link!!
Thats a couple of years for reading and learning!

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There was a rounded S seen also but it is different to the later version.

True, could the flat top S also occur on this reference?

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I'm not certain to be honest, but there is certainly more variation in the S design in the 50s than perhaps some would assume, with maybe 4 or 5 distinct styles seen.
 
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https://omega-constellation-collectors.blogspot.com/
I'm new at this as well. the site above will be helpful. There's a pdf that shows case number and caliber correct matching to the year and lot's of other information. It's a bit overwhelming but fun too. In case you didn't know, your dial (again, I'm still a newbie) might contain Radium - I just wanted to let you know. Some collectors seek it out, some don't care, some would not want it...just thought you should know.

The dial not contain radium, it has applied markers
 
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The dial not contain radium, it has applied markers
There are v shaped wells at the outside ends of the index markers. Originally these would have held a small amount of Radium based lume before it was repainted but seem to be empty now. Look at the gold watch I posted above, that dial is original and has the same style of markers with intact radium lume in the wells and hands.
 
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