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Good afternoon,
Please see if you can help letting me know what these watches are and any value to have serviced? The 2 black faced ones run, one is faster than the other but do run. They are very thin, hard to imagine working on these, but I'm not in that category of craftsman.
The gold seamaster GX6250 I can identify, but don't see any (online) with just the 12 numeral, all others at least have a12 and 6 numerals.
I really like the black ones and remember my grandfather wearing it. The lizard band is too skinny for my wrist, so if I get them serviced, I'd need to find a complimentary band as well. Thank you in advance for any insight.
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sathomasga sathomasga
https://wahawatches.com/how-to-identify-a-vintage-omega/
Thank you for the link. I found the serial and model # for the seamaster, so I do have an idea of what that is. But the numeral 12 only has me confused (not uncommon for me). I do not want to take the backs off of the black ones, as they seem very easily damaged. Was hoping someone could recognize them by the dials. I own these, not looking to sell, just wanting to know they are worth servicing or sitting in a drawer.
 
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Do you like/love them to wear? Are they heirloom pieces? I would service the seamaster and the black one on strap- but not the one with damaged 11:00 lug that would not be worth fixing. Take them to independednt watchmaker with Omega parts account, dont send to Omega they will replace everything and charge a fortune.
What did you discover about the Seamaster? Show us the backs too.
 
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If you decide to wear them - definitely get them serviced first. If serviced by a qualified watchmaker, they should be good for a few years until they need another service.
The black dial watches are manual - you'll need to wind them. The automatic, if you wear it every day will just keep running.
 
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Each Omega reference has many dial variations, so the watch is not identified by the dial, but by the case and movement. For the same reason, you won't always be able to find a particular dial variant on the internet. As long as it's legit, I wouldn't worry about it.
 
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SOG53 SOG53
Do you like/love them to wear? Are they heirloom pieces? I would service the seamaster and the black one on strap- but not the one with damaged 11:00 lug that would not be worth fixing. Take them to independednt watchmaker with Omega parts account, dont send to Omega they will replace everything and charge a fortune.
What did you discover about the Seamaster? Show us the backs too.
Not sure I love them but knowing that all 3 were my grandfather's watches are kinda special. The seamaster really isn't my style, so I won't likely do much with it. I really like the black sleek ones. I don't mind winding them and can set/wind them when I pick them up for wearing. I normally wear a Seiko golden tuna, so it is an enormous difference in the 2 watch styles. Here is the back of the seamaster, anything special about it? The crown is loose, so it definitely needs attention. But it does run...

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Not sure I love them but knowing that all 3 were my grandfather's watches are kinda special. The seamaster really isn't my style, so I won't likely do much with it. I really like the black sleek ones. I don't mind winding them and can set/wind them when I pick them up for wearing. I normally wear a Seiko golden tuna, so it is an enormous difference in the 2 watch styles. Here is the back of the seamaster, anything special about it? The crown is loose, so it definitely needs attention. But it does run...

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Looks like theres an inscription with a date of 4-4-40 Must be when he got it? I'll have to look up when his birthday was, but early 1900's.
 
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This is a US cased watch the reference number and 14K Gold filled case were distributed by Norman Morris Co. If you move rotor around a bit you will probably see OXG on the bridge near the regulator- that is US import code. SN indicates manufacture in 1956. Its a nice heirloom worth servicing IMO. The scratched inscription inside caseback is a watchmakers notation they had their own markings with a service. The oils are probably dried out so wearing these for any significant time will accelerate wear like running car engine without oil.
 
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SOG53 SOG53
Do you like/love them to wear? Are they heirloom pieces? I would service the seamaster and the black one on strap- but not the one with damaged 11:00 lug that would not be worth fixing. Take them to independednt watchmaker with Omega parts account, dont send to Omega they will replace everything and charge a fortune.
What did you discover about the Seamaster? Show us the backs too.
I hoped the one with the damaged lug was 14k gold (so OP could at least scrap the case and get some money), but I see now it is gold filled. Worth keeping just for parts for the identical one that is not damaged, but definitely not worth servicing as is.
 
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Thank y'all for the advice and guidance. I know I said I wouldn't sell but I have no appeal towards the seamaster, I may put it on ebay to fund the servicing of the black dial ones. Since I'm new (on this site) with no credibility I can't sell, but I'm on ebay selling jeep parts with over 1000 positive feedback. Looks like it may be worth $800 or so? Does this sound fair?
 
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TexOmega TexOmega
That was quick.
Maybe, but I like the black ones better, no sense in spending extra money to service them, when I can sell one to pay for the servicing. No one to pass them down to, so there's that in a nutshell. Beats sitting in a drawer for goodwill to throw them away. Right?
 
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J jeepman
Thank y'all for the advice and guidance. I know I said I wouldn't sell but I have no appeal towards the seamaster, I may put it on ebay to fund the servicing of the black dial ones. Since I'm new (on this site) with no credibility I can't sell, but I'm on ebay selling jeep parts with over 1000 positive feedback. Looks like it may be worth $800 or so? Does this sound fair?
You're probably dreaming at that price. If you got half that I would be fairly surprised.
 
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You're probably dreaming at that price. If you got half that I would be fairly surprised.
Good to know. I have no idea, thought I saw one chrono24 that was $1k. I'm not greedy. So start an auction on ebay at $150, with a "buy it now" of $400?
 
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J jeepman
Good to know. I have no idea, thought I saw one chrono24 that was $1k. I'm not greedy. So start an auction on ebay at $150, with a "buy it now" of $400?
Best way to get it's value is to just list an auction. I just picked up a similar one in similar shape for repair for $250, but you never know.
 
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J jeepman
Good to know. I have no idea, thought I saw one chrono24 that was $1k. I'm not greedy. So start an auction on ebay at $150, with a "buy it now" of $400?
I'd start the auction at $200. 150 is a bit low, and it might just sell for that if you aren't careful. Plus, you might find someone that will service one of the black ones for $200 or $250.

If you do get the nicer one serviced, I'd love to see a good picture of the result!

Oh, and presentation really matters. Really good pictures might be worth $100 on this watch.
 
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Porteroso Porteroso
I'd start the auction at $200. 150 is a bit low, and it might just sell for that if you aren't careful. Plus, you might find someone that will service one of the black ones for $200 or $250.

If you do get the nicer one serviced, I'd love to see a good picture of the result!
Good info. Thank you.
 
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As noted above, one of the black hand-winders has a damaged lug. I wouldn't invest in that one, but it could be a source of parts for the other one if necessary.
 
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Dan S Dan S
As noted above, one of the black hand-winders has a damaged lug. I wouldn't invest in that one, but it could be a source of parts for the other one if necessary.
Exactly. Thank you.
 
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