Hi OF, occasional lurker here. I really like the look of the 1950s Seamaster bumpers, and saw a nice looking example for $700. The seller indicated that this is a redial ref. 2576 with cal 342 movement.

I am not a collector, and don't intend to sell the watch later on. I would like your opinions on the watch's authenticity and market value, seeing that it is a redial. I know it looks nice to me, but I don't know if it's $700 nice. When I started looking for something like this, I was hoping to stay under $500. If redials can be had under that price point, then I shall keep looking.

Thanks for your help!

 

Howdy, and welcome


Run far and fast away from this one at that price, IMHO

Value? $200 if that, heavily polished. Movement appears nice, but was buggered by someone if you look around the screw heads on the plates.


Redial kills value especially on common Omega's

 

@TexOmega Howdy! Fellow Texan here.

I don't know if I can find an example like that for $200, but I'll keep looking. Would eBay be a good place to find quality redials?

 

If you have $ 700 to spend, why not buy a nice original?

 

Tip. Don’t look for redials ( a redial is a shore way to over pay for a watch )

https://www.ebay.com/bhp/omega-bumper

For your price range $500 you will get a original dial in decent condition.

$700 you should get a nice condition

Take your time and look at plenty of watches and show us before you buy anything.

 

@Shabbaz Most examples of this particular model (or similar) that I found are above $1K. I thought redials were my only chance, to be honest.

 

I've bought mine 2576 for EUR 350. And I've seen these a lot of times under 1k. Just keep searching the bay or auctions like the salesroom. You will find one!

 

Take a Look at the omegaforums marketplace and for around 700 $ you will surely find a Vintage Omega dresswatch that is all original and not heavily polished. Happy hunting...

 

@Shabbaz That's a gorgeous watch!

@Henneth Thank you! Heading over there now.

 

No, the point of my post was to state that the value of the example you posted was about $200.

As others have stated so far, the nice original examples have a value of approximately $6-900, depending on condition. Sometimes even more if mint.


Are you wedded to a bumper ?

 

What part of Texas? I’m just South of the Red in North Texas.

 

@TexOmega I'm in North Dallas, so not far away.

I wouldn't say I'm wedded to a bumper... I liked that particular bumper. I was looking at Seamasters and De Villes with 56x movements when I came across this one.

 

No. Not in a million yrs...IMHO

 

If you can only find these kind of models above $1K then you must be only looking on dealer sites and somewhere like CH24 which generally has many, many over priced watches. I'd say if you were to hang around here for a while you'll in time be able to score an excellent condition steel bumper Omega ( non-chronometer ) for way under $1k, more like $500-$750 max

 

Another 50s Seamaster caught my eye on the bay... Would this be a better purchase at ~$600? 1956 cal 471.

 

Much better... once you get rid of all the DNA.

 

DNA? What am I missing?

Didn't see anything ...silvery... on there

 

Ehm. Redial... or am I'm going blind?

 

That watch is about 30mm wide. The 471 is a women's watch movement. If you are in fact a woman then all is good.