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SkunkPrince
·I'm a little concerned as well with the lume plots for the shields. On an original dial, you would expect those to be perfect little round domes.
Inherited Omega
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sirtaifun
·Is it common that there is no "T Swiss Made T" on the dial old like this?
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Puma_135o
·I know I think a little different... I would look for another dial in better conditions and change it. Looking for restoration.
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cristos71
·Looks like a redial to me.
original
op watch
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padders
··Oooo subtitles!The blow up pics posted by Dan S don’t look great it must be said. Remember Padders rule: every black dial Omega dress watch is a redial.
I concede there are exceptions but follow that and you’ll not often be wrong…
I concede there are exceptions but follow that and you’ll not often be wrong…
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J.Spencer
·Looks like it will clean up very nicely with a service and new crystal. I love these black glossy dials, there's nothing else quite like them and when you get one in good condition it's a beautiful thing. Here's my 2849 for comparison
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J.Spencer
·I'm a little concerned as well with the lume plots for the shields. On an original dial, you would expect those to be perfect little round domes.
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kingsrider
·It's a redial.
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Dr No
·in addition to @gbesq: the crown is not original.
The black dial is a big + when selling the watch. I would keep this Seamaster when restored as mentioned above, offered at the flea-market, I would pay maximum 900 w/o opening the case.
Nice hairloom and welcome here!
The crown might be original if the OP's Seamaster was cased by Norman Morris.
About ten years ago I acquired this NM KX6275 from the estate of the original owner.
Note the crown. I assumed it was incorrect. When I dropped it off at the watchmaker I was employing at the time, I asked him to source a yellow clover replacement.
A few days later, one of the regular participants on WatchProSite asked my opinion of a Seamaster Calendar on eBay he was considering. When I brought the listing up, it turned out to be a NM model. Same reference number as mine but with a white dial and cal 503 movement. (Mine was a cal 502.) The movement numbers were within two digits of each other. And they had identical crowns.
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I rushed back to the watchmaker's shop the next day. Fortunately he hadn't discarded the original crown, and was able to cancel the order for a replacement.
My sense is the OP's crown is likely original if the Seamaster was cased locally.
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Scarecrow Boat
·With Sharpie.
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padders
··Oooo subtitles!100% redial* and relume.
*this means the original dial has been stripped and repainted. It wasn’t uncommon back in the day.
*this means the original dial has been stripped and repainted. It wasn’t uncommon back in the day.
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J.Spencer
·100% redial* and relume.
*this means the original dial has been stripped and repainted. It wasn’t uncommon back in the day.
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timecube
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To be quite honest, even if removing the radium would "hurt originality" on your watch (it won't) I would not want to wear it as-is with that kind of activity. I have a low tolerance for radium though.
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Dan S
·Nothing about the dial is original. You can certainly have the dial refinished again, but the results are often not particularly good. Alternatively, you can just have the lume replaced if the radium concerns you.
