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·Hey everyone -- now I begin a quest for a black-dialed vintage Seamaster. 😀
I'm considering this 14389-62 and would like to ask for some help with vetting. I'll give my assessment in the following, but my main questions are:
(*) Is the dial original?
(*) Does anything about the condition of the case and/or movement put you off?
Dial: everything looks correct to me. The text is well-aligned and compares favorably against a nice example from the forum (another variant, photos of text below). The minute track and subdial cross are pretty fine and even. Some light damage throughout; perhaps highlighted between 2 and 3.
Case: some rounding on the corners of the lugs, but otherwise relatively sharp.
Hands: correct dauphine hands. Some oxidation on the small second hand.
Crown: might be correct. Appears to at least be the right style.
Movement: cal 268 with serial that dates to ~1961. Looks fairly clean to me, but some degradation of the copper plating?
As always, thanks for your time.
I'm considering this 14389-62 and would like to ask for some help with vetting. I'll give my assessment in the following, but my main questions are:
(*) Is the dial original?
(*) Does anything about the condition of the case and/or movement put you off?
Dial: everything looks correct to me. The text is well-aligned and compares favorably against a nice example from the forum (another variant, photos of text below). The minute track and subdial cross are pretty fine and even. Some light damage throughout; perhaps highlighted between 2 and 3.
Case: some rounding on the corners of the lugs, but otherwise relatively sharp.
Hands: correct dauphine hands. Some oxidation on the small second hand.
Crown: might be correct. Appears to at least be the right style.
Movement: cal 268 with serial that dates to ~1961. Looks fairly clean to me, but some degradation of the copper plating?
As always, thanks for your time.
