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Is this seamaater deville original and what’s it worth

  1. AmanSaw Sep 24, 2019

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    Title says it all. Looking to pick up this watch and just want to make sure it is ok. Here are the images: https://imgur.com/a/IN18uPq
     
  2. KingCrouchy Sep 24, 2019

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    Please post pictures not links
     
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  3. Davidt Sep 24, 2019

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    It will help get the conversation going if you put forward your own thought s on the watch; what you like/don’t like etc.
     
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  4. Rochete Sep 24, 2019

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    Also please and thank you wouldn't do harm.
     
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  5. AmanSaw Sep 24, 2019

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    Oh it looked fine to me I just have been burned and wanted to confirm with some people who are smarter than me. Here are the images uploaded. I think it looks real good and the seller is asking a grand. I would really appreciate any help! Thanks guys!
     
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  6. Davidt Sep 24, 2019

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    It's hard to be sure as the photos are poor quality. The DeVilles often have dials that stand up well but equally many vintage Omegas have been redialled.

    It looks like it's probably ok but quality pics needed to be certain.
     
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  7. JwRosenthal Sep 24, 2019

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    From the crappy pics the dial looks fine. The lume on the hands seem mighty white so may be replacement, but again- crappy pics. Can barley make out lume pips on the dial but they seem to be there (again- crappy pics- pips should be close to hand lume color). Need to see a pic of the back to make sure it’s the seahorse and not an engraving back (will def affect value). Case appears heavily polished and lugs have lost their crispness- but again....
    When asking a seller for pics, you need to specify bright and diffused (like a cloudy day) and some with direct raking light (like the sun hitting it at an angle). Also close up details of the dial strait on and on a 45 from each side.

    Price is high by 30-40% in good shape (which the overpolished case would kill for me) unless they can show recent service records, then overpriced by 20-30%
     
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  8. Edward53 Sep 25, 2019

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    Looks like an Orange County Watch Co photo. I haven't looked at their sales for quite some time, but when I last did they seemed to have overpriced poor to mediocre Omegas and the occasional decent one at an astronomical price.
     
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  9. KingCrouchy Sep 25, 2019

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