New here and looking for help

JimInOz · Feb 27, 2023

S saucey
Wow. I knew nothing about watches until posting here and I have learned so much in such a short amount of time! It's amazing how knowledgable everybody is here!

So, can my watch be described as a Seamaster? Or would it be described as a reference 2427? Or as something else?

thank you.

It would have been described as an "Omega Automatic Gents Watch" in ads of the day, possibly with the reference number, but not always.

janice&fred · Feb 27, 2023

SC1
I am waiting for the folks in the know but I have a genuine feeling that your grandfather's watch might not be a genuine Omega.

Have another drink.

size11s · Feb 27, 2023

The nuggets on the bracelet/grandfather/wearing for mining deals are very cool layers of history and I hope that you never take the bracelet off the watch, a genuine heirloom if ever there was one. Thanks for posting.

gatorcpa · Feb 27, 2023

JimInOz
It would have been described as an "Omega Automatic Gents Watch" in ads of the day, possibly with the reference number, but not always.

Not necessarily true. This ad uses the Seamaster name but the watch has no name on the dial. Pretty common practice for Omega in the early 1950’s.

The word Swiss under the “6” generally means a U.S. market model like the one in the ad above.

The case has a gold colored back, which would also indicate a U.S. made case. If so, then Swiss reference numbers do not apply. These had their own references for either gold-filled or solid 14K.

We really can't comment further unless we can see the inside of the caseback.

Hope this helps,
gatorcpa

X350 XJR · Feb 27, 2023

gatorcpa
The case has a gold colored back, which would also indicate a U.S. made case. If so, then Swiss reference numbers do not apply. These had their own references for either gold-filled or solid 14K.

US reference would be K6248, probably by L&K.

saucey · Feb 27, 2023

X350 XJR
US reference would be K6248, probably by L&K.

Thank you for this X350 XJR!

bikerfox · Mar 1, 2023

thanks for posting...an unusual piece and great for you!

saucey · Mar 1, 2023

bikerfox
thanks for posting...an unusual piece and great for you!

Thank you!😀

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X350 XJR

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