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·Hello everybody,
there's a new arrival to my flock and I figured it might be worth sharing, as this specific configuration isn't seen too often. Meet a ca. 1958 Seamaster ref. 2846 with a black "half waffle" dial and arrowhead indices:
Apologies for a bit of dust on the plexi, black dials always seem to highlight that. Anyway, I'm excited: The auction pics didn't quite show the quality of the dial, but I cannot seem to find any blemishes whatsoever. The arrowhead indices are obviously better known from Constellations of the period, and usually not in combination with 12-3-6-9 numerals and lume plots. I'm aware of a few examples with luminous arrowhead dials on Connies and never quite warmed to them - on this Seamaster, though, with the numerals creating a slightly more "busy" impression anyway, I find them... cute.
Alpha hands are also an unusual but welcome little design aspect, but the highlight to me is the "half waffle" dial. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't say no to a nice full honeycomb example. But ever since seeing one for the first time - thanks, @cristos71 - I've wanted one. The flat outter circle of the dial seems to highlight the honeycomb structure on the inside by contrasting it.
And as an additional bonus, there's the large hippocampus case back:
The case isn't the best anymore and I'm not a huge fan of gold-caps, I must admit. The dial is definitely the party piece here, and I might try it out in a sharp SS case. In the meantime, here's some close-ups of the dial to drool over:
And a closer look at the text:
Plus the obligatory wrist-shot:
Also, a huge thanks to @seekingseaquest and @RevZMan123 for helping with finding/receiving it!
there's a new arrival to my flock and I figured it might be worth sharing, as this specific configuration isn't seen too often. Meet a ca. 1958 Seamaster ref. 2846 with a black "half waffle" dial and arrowhead indices:
Apologies for a bit of dust on the plexi, black dials always seem to highlight that. Anyway, I'm excited: The auction pics didn't quite show the quality of the dial, but I cannot seem to find any blemishes whatsoever. The arrowhead indices are obviously better known from Constellations of the period, and usually not in combination with 12-3-6-9 numerals and lume plots. I'm aware of a few examples with luminous arrowhead dials on Connies and never quite warmed to them - on this Seamaster, though, with the numerals creating a slightly more "busy" impression anyway, I find them... cute.
Alpha hands are also an unusual but welcome little design aspect, but the highlight to me is the "half waffle" dial. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't say no to a nice full honeycomb example. But ever since seeing one for the first time - thanks, @cristos71 - I've wanted one. The flat outter circle of the dial seems to highlight the honeycomb structure on the inside by contrasting it.
And as an additional bonus, there's the large hippocampus case back:
The case isn't the best anymore and I'm not a huge fan of gold-caps, I must admit. The dial is definitely the party piece here, and I might try it out in a sharp SS case. In the meantime, here's some close-ups of the dial to drool over:
And a closer look at the text:
Plus the obligatory wrist-shot:
Also, a huge thanks to @seekingseaquest and @RevZMan123 for helping with finding/receiving it!
