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·I recently got this from my family member and he told me that he got it in the 90s. Though i am doubting that if its an authentic piece. What do you guys think? thxx
Is this a real vintage Seamaster 300?
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Dan S
·I don't see an obvious problem with it. What are your concerns?
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kaccyukun
·The movement is not made by Omega, so no Omega serial number like on Omega in-house movement. It's an Omega re-badged ETA 255.461, but I am pretty sure the watch is authentic.
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padders
··Oooo subtitles!It’s a genuine mid 1990s mid size Bond SMP quartz. The serial was likely inside the caseback which has either been replaced or parts-washed off. It would have had it on a lug too but it’s been polished off. Maybe it was sold via a grey market dealer originally and they have erased it. That was quite common once. The serial was never seen on the movement as they were routinely swapped at service time.
ps it’s not what most here would consider vintage. The model was current until 2006, yours is an earlier one though as can be seen from the Tritium lume.
ps it’s not what most here would consider vintage. The model was current until 2006, yours is an earlier one though as can be seen from the Tritium lume.
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kaccyukun
·It’s a genuine mid 1990s mid size Bond SMP quartz. The serial was likely inside the caseback which has either been replaced or parts-washed off. It would have had it on a lug too but it’s been polished off. Maybe it was sold via a grey market dealer originally and they have erased it. That was quite common once. The serial was never seen on the movement as they were routinely swapped at service time.
ps it’s not what most here would consider vintage. The model was current until 2006, yours is an earlier one though as can be seen from the Tritium lume.
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lezlangdon
·Its a modern quartz watch, nothing vintage about it
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Hetcins1
·Is the serial number on the back of the lower left lug you might need a loupe, my 2005 chronograph automatic has one there.
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sathomasga
·i found a small star-ish shaped imprint but the serial number is just completely missing. As the other guy said, I believe its been erased or something
Just to be sure, you're looking on the back of the lug closest to seven o'clock? The star looks to be near five o'clock. It's hard to say from those photos, but I think I can see the remnants of a serial number on the correct lug. If it's no longer legible, it could be nothing more than wear from strap/bracelet changes and polishing.
The watch looks legit to me
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kaccyukun
·Just to be sure, you're looking on the back of the lug closest to seven o'clock? The star looks to be near five o'clock. It's hard to say from those photos, but I think I can see the remnants of a serial number on the correct lug. If it's no longer legible, it could be nothing more than wear from strap/bracelet changes and polishing.
The watch looks legit to me
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Dash1
·Its a modern quartz watch, nothing vintage about it
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MacoLR
·everithing here looks original. The serial number could be on the back of the lug at 7 o'clock
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kaccyukun
·What does make a watch vintage? Sometimes I wonder if tritium lume makes it vintage, plus this watch is nearly 30 years old now. When I bought my first 321 Speedmaster (145.012-67) in the late 90’s it was definitely considered a vintage watch and that was about 30 years old.
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sathomasga
·What does make a watch vintage? Sometimes I wonder if tritium lume makes it vintage, plus this watch is nearly 30 years old now. When I bought my first 321 Speedmaster (145.012-67) in the late 90’s it was definitely considered a vintage watch and that was about 30 years old.
FWIW, the first link in my search results is to Craft + Tailored.
To add a bit more of a black and white element of clarity here, vintage watches can typically be defined as watches that are older than 20 years of age, and modern watches can be described as those that fall within the first decade of their production.
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Dan S
·What a joke. This absolutely fails the smell test. I doubt that any real vintage watch collector considers anything from the 90s or later as being vintage. The 80s are borderline.
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