My new Omega Seamaster Calendar I bought for $250 can you tell me the year?

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Yep, and they often pay the noob tax. It tends to be part of the learning curve. If you are suggesting that buying a watch prepped by a dealer is a way of avoiding that noob tax, I think this is where we disagree.

Cheers, Al
Hi I'm the original poster. I was not even looking for a watch that day. I just happened to see it in a jewlery store. I asked about the watch and they had no information other than its an automatic and it's a Swiss movement. They were selling it 2nd hand as an estate sale. I asked them to take the back off so I could see. I know nothing about collecting and when I I got home I started to do homework which lead me here. zoomed into the lettering I then noticed that was not of high quality redialing. To a trained eye of course it looks bad but for me I think it looks ok. Would I want to redo the dial more professionally yes, but only for my liking and improvement, not to sell. Does anyone have any recommendations in the USA? Does anyone have a picture of how this watch should really look like?
 
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Does anyone have a picture of how this watch should really look like?

Nothing better than a vintage advertisement...

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Note the square date window and "bowler hat" crown. Just like yours,
gatorcpa
 
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Thanks to the OP, Archer, gatorcpa, et al. Obviously, hanging around here is a good way of avoiding, or at least lessening, the "noob tax". No argument from me on that. 😀
 
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Mine, with luminous hands, but no lume on the dial. Your index markers on the dial would appear to have been designed to incorporate the lume.
 
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Nice watches. I found David bill and sons. Would they do a good job to restore the dial? Anyone used them? they quoted me £61 to do