I was looking at eBay Seamaster listings and came across a 1950's Seamaster fat lug, probably a 2576 case. The watch had what was described as a "Naiad" clover crown on it. Is this a legitimate configuration for this watch? If so, how rare are these? Would just the crown itself be different? Or is the stem and/or other internals different?
My Ref 2849 Seamaster Piepan in 14K has a naiad crown and my 18K Constellation De Luxe has a Naiad clover crown too
Unusual but no added value in these models. Tiny plus in price in early speedmasters, railmasters, and sm300s because it was the original crown in some of these models. Stem and the rest of the internals no different.
Not really that rare, just a waterproofing system that failed miserably so it got discontinued within a couple years.
That's a funny and accurate analogy. Add that to the list of phrases coined here, right behind "ninjas of disappointment" and "swans of authenticity".
Sort of like the "Super Oyster" Rolex crowns of 1951 and 1952. Same time frame too. Still cool though.
Not accurate at all. The Betamax format was superior to VHS in picture quality, at least when first introduced. It failed because Sony was greedy and made it very expensive to license the technology to other VCR manufacturers, among other marketing missteps. JVC (inventor of VHS) simply gave away the manufacturing rights and charged a royalty on every tape sold. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videotape_format_war gatorcpa
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