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Need help identifying vintage seamaster
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Spruce
··Sunburst dial fanJust googling, and others with more expertise than me may well have a different view, it may be an early 60s pre-De Ville, Seamaster 14765.
This is what I found on Google.
You can google yourself.
Yours looks as though it may have a monocoque case which means that the back isn’t removable and a professional watchmaker - not the guy in the mall - would have to remove the crystal, the crown, and the stem to gain access to the movement, which will have a serial number and a movement number which will tell you a lot. Also the inside of the case will have a case number.
Get your watchmaker to photograph the numbers etc.
The watch will need a service and would look better with a nicer strap.
The crown looks wrong and you might get it replaced and the crystal could be polished or replaced.
This is what I found on Google.
You can google yourself.
Yours looks as though it may have a monocoque case which means that the back isn’t removable and a professional watchmaker - not the guy in the mall - would have to remove the crystal, the crown, and the stem to gain access to the movement, which will have a serial number and a movement number which will tell you a lot. Also the inside of the case will have a case number.
Get your watchmaker to photograph the numbers etc.
The watch will need a service and would look better with a nicer strap.
The crown looks wrong and you might get it replaced and the crystal could be polished or replaced.
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Rcb0421
·Just googling, and others with more expertise than me may well have a different view, it may be an early 60s pre-De Ville, Seamaster 14765.
This is what I found on Google.
You can google yourself.
Yours looks as though it may have a monocoque case which means that the back isn’t removable and a professional watchmaker - not the guy in the mall - would have to remove the crystal, the crown, and the stem to gain access to the movement, which will have a serial number and a movement number which will tell you a lot. Also the inside of the case will have a case number.
Get your watchmaker to photograph the numbers etc.
The watch will need a service and would look better with a nicer strap.
The crown looks wrong and you might get it replaced and the crystal could be polished or replaced.
awesome thank you - plan is to get it well serviced professionally. My grandfather literally wore this watch everyday for the 28 years I knew him, so it’s no surprise it’s in rough shape. Thanks for the insight!
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gbesq
·To preserve the watch’s vintage character (assuming that’s what you want to do), it would be best to take it to a watchmaker who has experience servicing vintage watches and who also has an Omega parts account. If you can tell us where you’re located, we may be able to recommend someone.
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Rcb0421
·To preserve the watch’s vintage character (assuming that’s what you want to do), it would be best to take it to a watchmaker who has experience servicing vintage watches and who also has an Omega parts account. If you can tell us where you’re located, we may be able to recommend someone.
that would be incredible. Anywhere in or around Boston would be best, but could do NYC as well
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philips
·Nice. The case looks original and unpolished. The hands are missing lume. The lume on the dial appears unusually white, but that could be the image. The white lume could suggest newer lume and a possible redial, I'm not sure if the font on all correct on the dial.
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Mark020
··not the sharpest pencil in the ΩF drawerFrontloader indeed and the average jeweller will not even be able to open it I'm afraid.
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Mark020
··not the sharpest pencil in the ΩF drawerNo because I'm from Europe but somebody will come with a name shortly
