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DarthOmega
·Hi All
First post here. I've been into watches for a few years now, when I first got into them I thought vintage Constellations were the most beautiful watches in the world! I was heartbroken when I found that they would be too small for my wrist. I even bought a cheap 35mm Timex to test it out and it was just a hair too small for my taste- I have pretty large wrists at 7.75", a blessing for modern watches but a curse for vintage!
Browsing for a dress watch the other day I strayed back to vintage watches and realised I had probably given up my original search too quickly, as a few 'Jumbo' references of different watches exist. Of them this Seamaster has really caught my eye and at 37mm looks perfect. I'm really out of my depth when it comes to vintage watches so I would really appreciate someone having a quick look at this one before I consider it further.
For reference I'm not overly concerned with this being a perfect collectors example as I don't really intend to sell this watch in the future. It is more to mark a personal milestone, however I don't want it to be a complete 'Franken-watch' or have any major issues.
The seller seems to be very well regarded with lots of positive reviews and they've listed the watch as, 'Reference 2494-5 2657 Sc -1952 - '
I've searched extensively on Google and can find a lot of very similar watches but none with the exact same dial layout at the same size. It looks to be very polished and the lugs look to be a fair bit thinner than other examples but this doesn't really bother me all that much. My main concern however is the text on the dial - the M in Omega looks a little wonky in some photos, does this signal that it has been repainted? I asked the seller and they say the dial is original. Also, the crown looks a different shape to other crowns on similar models. Apart from that are there any other red flags you can see?
Thanks in Advance!
Oli
First post here. I've been into watches for a few years now, when I first got into them I thought vintage Constellations were the most beautiful watches in the world! I was heartbroken when I found that they would be too small for my wrist. I even bought a cheap 35mm Timex to test it out and it was just a hair too small for my taste- I have pretty large wrists at 7.75", a blessing for modern watches but a curse for vintage!
Browsing for a dress watch the other day I strayed back to vintage watches and realised I had probably given up my original search too quickly, as a few 'Jumbo' references of different watches exist. Of them this Seamaster has really caught my eye and at 37mm looks perfect. I'm really out of my depth when it comes to vintage watches so I would really appreciate someone having a quick look at this one before I consider it further.
For reference I'm not overly concerned with this being a perfect collectors example as I don't really intend to sell this watch in the future. It is more to mark a personal milestone, however I don't want it to be a complete 'Franken-watch' or have any major issues.
The seller seems to be very well regarded with lots of positive reviews and they've listed the watch as, 'Reference 2494-5 2657 Sc -1952 - '
I've searched extensively on Google and can find a lot of very similar watches but none with the exact same dial layout at the same size. It looks to be very polished and the lugs look to be a fair bit thinner than other examples but this doesn't really bother me all that much. My main concern however is the text on the dial - the M in Omega looks a little wonky in some photos, does this signal that it has been repainted? I asked the seller and they say the dial is original. Also, the crown looks a different shape to other crowns on similar models. Apart from that are there any other red flags you can see?
Thanks in Advance!
Oli
