My new Seamaster, by way of introduction

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hilm3g

·Oct 4, 2021

Hello, all. So glad to have found this forum and its denizens! I want to show some photos of my Seamaster, recently acquired. I do not have my own pictures of the inside of the case and movement yet, but I have the information. The serial number is 11920482 which dates it to 1947(?), and the caliber is 344. The person I bought it from thought it was a 1953. The case is stamped C 2576-4. My research, weak as it is as I am a novice, tells me this is probably a redial as it has the Seamaster script. Maybe hopefully an early one as it looks nicely aged. Thanks for any comments.

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noelekal

·Oct 4, 2021·Home For Wayward Watches

It's a redial, but not the first redial a Forum member has ever posted. Ask me how I know this.

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Caliber561

·Oct 4, 2021

Looks to me like a repainted dial (redial) with replacement hands.
As the Seamaster was introduced in '48, this could be a very early watch if the movement is original. Hopefully, you didn't pay much for it because a redial does hurt the monetary value quite a bit. It looks like a nice daily wear piece though.

 

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hilm3g

·Oct 4, 2021

Thanks, Caliber. I bought it because I liked the looks - the warm colors of the dial and hands against the SS case, the sub-seconds, the un-numbered dial, and yes, for very little money. Indeed a good daily wear. Keeps very good time within seconds a day and the bumper feels nice.

 

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Walrus

·Oct 4, 2021

Well you said the main thing you bought it because “you liked it.” That’s cool your the one wearing it. Down the line if your interest in watches continues and grows it’s not difficult to find the seamasters.

 

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noelekal

·Oct 4, 2021·Home For Wayward Watches

Look up "Ranfft Watches Omega 344" to see some data that could be a helpful starting point for you.

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SkunkPrince

·Oct 4, 2021

Yep, that dial was refinished by monkeys!

I was once accused of being racist... I meant actual monkeys!

You can find a replacement dial or replace a bad refinish with a better refinish, if you choose.

 

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noelekal

·Oct 5, 2021·Home For Wayward Watches

A '54 vintage 344 Automatic lives here. A great time keeper and a trouble free well mannered watch for some years now. It was one of those pig-in-a-poke purchases which rewarded me after a rehab with the watchmaker.

 

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Walrus

·Oct 5, 2021

SkunkPrince

Yep, that dial was refinished by monkeys!

I was once accused of being racist... I meant actual monkeys!

You can find a replacement dial or replace a bad refinish with a better refinish, if you choose.

Actually look though they got it pretty straight. It is much better than I could have done. That’s not saying a lot of course