Last find : seamaster 300 vintage

JACK G · Jun 17, 2015

pitpro
A few more adverts. Also notice the bracelet.
Curious, anyone have an advert showing
the 166.024 on anything but the 1116/1098 with 575 ends?

Copyright: old-omegas.com

Also check out this link to a posting I did on another Forum with user name Jack Norman.

http://forum.tz-uk.com/showthread.p...mega-Seamaster-300-including-Military-watches

Northernman · Jun 17, 2015

emilio
Very nice example 😀

I am however wondering how the color difference between the hands and dial can be explained?

Dial and hands is not lumed together. They may not even come from the same factory.
Over the years the color, even if perfectly matched when new, will age differently.

kox · Jun 17, 2015

pitpro
A few more adverts. Also notice the bracelet.
Curious, anyone have an advert showing
the 166.024 on anything but the 1116/1098 with 575 ends?

Yes, here's an 166.024 ad from Denmark... on the "normal" 1039 type bracelet.
All in all Omega did a lot of "minor" changes to the SM300 over the years and especially in the late 60'ies. On the 166.024 we see different bracelets, different bezels, different dials (BT vs. ST), black vs. white date disc, different movements 563 vs 565 etc etc.
I think that these differences was simply a resultat of different production batches/suppliers in the last 2 years of the SM300 production... or simply some design changes to meet regional market needs.

166.024 fra dansk brochure primo 70'erne urmagerne dot dk .jpg

emilio · Jun 17, 2015

Northernman
Dial and hands is not lumed together. They may not even come from the same factory.
Over the years the color, even if perfectly matched when new, will age differently.

Thanks and the others as well!

Did not know this and thought they should always match perfectly.. This makes collecting vintage watches even harder 😉

pitpro · Jun 17, 2015

emilio
Thanks and the others as well!

Did not know this and thought they should always match perfectly.. This makes collecting vintage watches even harder 😉

Sometimes they do!

Fost · Jun 17, 2015

another exemple ....

Pianist · Jun 17, 2015

Another 166.024 with cyclops, 1116 bracelet, white disk and matching patina

watchlovr · Jun 17, 2015

What a lovely BT, looks like I could (not for the first time), be wrong about the cyclops crystal.
Is the bubble inside or outside?
FYI my "mismatched" BT SM300 looks matched in some light, but you really notice in natural light.

flqt-9000 · Dec 31, 2018

I re-open this interesting thread adding my sm300 with inner cyclop lens.

1972Steve · Dec 31, 2018

So.......... jealous.

104RS · Jan 1, 2019

What a stunning exemple, the condition of the bezel is pretty unique. Colour difference in lume seems fine to me.

VintageWatchIta · Jan 1, 2019

Pianist
When I received the watch, it was dirty and the glass had a lot of scratches.

The dial is very nice, never relumed.

After restoration :

It looks great and so natural after restauration, my best congrats for the work done! (and for the watch).
The bezel and the bracelet are great, too 😉

omegastar · Jan 1, 2019

About the bracelets, did anyone notice that when the bracelet is the old 1039, the crown is a Naïad crown.
All the 166.024 with screw down crown have 1116 bracelet.

About the OP watch, we can see that the hands have some mold which implies some moisture. So an explanation could be that as the hands are more exposed (because they sit higher near the glass and have both sides exposed) the colour change was caused by humidity.

Happy new year to you all.
Mounir

brinsmead · Jan 3, 2019

mmm..
Mounir. 'All the 166.024 with screw down crown have 1116 bracelet.' not exactly correct, in my purchase in AU 1969 it came with new (166.024 with 1039)

watchyouwant · Jan 3, 2019

emilio
Very nice example 😀

I am however wondering how the color difference between the hands and dial can be explained?

different surfaces and materials. quite normal appearance . very nice watch. kind regards. achim

omegastar · Jan 3, 2019

brinsmead
mmm..
Mounir. 'All the 166.024 with screw down crown have 1116 bracelet.' not exactly correct, in my purchase in AU 1969 it came with new (166.024 with 1039)

I was referring to the ads, I didn’t know you bought one ‘69. 😀

Last find : seamaster 300 vintage

JACK G

Northernman

kox

emilio

pitpro

Fost

Pianist

watchlovr

flqt-9000

1972Steve

104RS

VintageWatchIta

omegastar

brinsmead

watchyouwant

omegastar

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