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My Early Seamaster 120 Divers. What to look for and what to avoid.

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yeah, must admit I thought the Bulova was a nice touch. under-rated maker, particularly those with USA movements.
 
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OMEGA SEAMASTER 120
manual wind, no date
That 120 has been wrapped in cotton wool all its life. I’ve said it many times that vintage is not my thing really but I do appreciate it and that is just stunning. They all are but the 120 wow. In focus as one just went up for sale on the forum.
 
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Saw this one in my ebay watchlist today, best offer was accepted and the original price was $1,995. Seems like a good price to me with the bracelet, although the lume appears very faded / possibly cleaned from the dial. Anyone here get it?

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sonicosa sonicosa
Saw this one in my ebay watchlist today, best offer was accepted and the original price was $1,995. Seems like a good price to me with the bracelet, although the lume appears very faded / possibly cleaned from the dial. Anyone here get it?

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Thats a great deal for a no-date. They are way more rare than the dates.
 
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Here’s my 120. I heard that its common that the bezel fades to this ‘ghost’ color. This is due to the material used on the bezel. Can someone tell me more about this?

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Here’s my 120. I heard that its common that the bezel fades to this ‘ghost’ color. This is due to the material used on the bezel. Can someone tell me more about this?

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I wouldn’t say it’s common, but as the bezels are anodised aluminium (like most Speedmaster bezels) they can fade naturally under certain conditions.

Mine also has a faded bezel

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Thats a great deal for a no-date. They are way more rare than the dates.
Is this so? Because when I collected these I found the no dates fairly often. Maybe time has changed. I did'nt look at them for the last couple of years.
 
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sonicosa sonicosa
Saw this one in my ebay watchlist today, best offer was accepted and the original price was $1,995. Seems like a good price to me with the bracelet, although the lume appears very faded / possibly cleaned from the dial. Anyone here get it?

and a recent service by Simon Freese!

I may have made an impulse offer and purchase 😗😉 . I’m happy to share photos when I get it.
 
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Here’s my 120. I heard that its common that the bezel fades to this ‘ghost’ color. This is due to the material used on the bezel. Can someone tell me more about this?

Same here, ghost bezel. I've once contemplated to trade it for one that had the more original, pitch black bezel, but I realized how much I really like this ghost color
 
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Is this so? Because when I collected these I found the no dates fairly often. Maybe time has changed. I did'nt look at them for the last couple of years.
I thought this too. I mean you don't really need a date function when skin diving or snorkeling.
 
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Is this so? Because when I collected these I found the no dates fairly often. Maybe time has changed. I did'nt look at them for the last couple of years.

Anecdotally, I’d agree the date version is more common. Over the years I’ve had 5 of these, and although I slightly prefer the no date for it’s cleaner dial, I’ve had 4 date versions and only 1 no date.
 
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Same here, ghost bezel. I've once contemplated to trade it for one that had the more original, pitch black bezel, but I realized how much I really like this ghost color

Very, very similar to mine, even down to the white date disk, faded bezel and bracelet.

Do you know the serial? Mines 26,3xxxxx.
 
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