Picked up my 60th anniversary Seamaster 300 last Sunday at Chicago Boutique. I was surprised when I opened the watch roll to find that my extra straps were the black leather and the beige/tan nato. I was curious if anyone else has received different straps than the "expected" ones. I was under the impression that the Railmaster came with these straps, and the Seamaster came with a dark brown nato and brown leather. Either way I am pleased as punch.
Picked up my 60th anniversary Seamaster 300 last Sunday at Chicago Boutique. I was surprised when I opened the watch roll to find that my extra straps were the black leather and the beige/tan nato. I was curious if anyone else has received different straps than the "expected" ones. I was under the impression that the Railmaster came with these straps, and the Seamaster came with a dark brown nato and brown leather. Either way I am pleased as punch.
Given that the watch arrives at the OB in a plastic container rather than inside the box, there's a good chance they mixed it up. If you want the straps you were meant to get, go back and ask to swap the roll (or even just the straps, everything else should be exactly the same).
I kind of like the idea of being special.😀 Also I didn't have any black leather straps so it worked out.
While waiting at the OB for my watch to be adjusted, I snapped this picture of the RM-relevant pages of the book "Omega - a Journey Through Time." Not much info, but a couple of nice vintage ads. I thought it might be of interest here.
PSA to those who might like to clean the casebacks of their new watches:
I think the caseback engraving process leaves a slight burr or sharp edge in the engraving features. I could feel this as it will slightly catch a cloth or fingertip if you pass across the hippocampus logo.
Today I was using a Moonglow cloth to clean the caseback, and I guess some of the small metal burr particles broke free and caused hairline scratches in the mirror finish caseback.
Unfortunate, as the first scratches after three days of wear, are from trying to clean the watch...oh well!
...certainly no hunk-of-steel Submariner.
Not encouraging - how would one avoid this?
You can leave the protective sticker that comes with the watch or buy spare ones. Not as beautiful as the nude caseback, but quite good looking and really effective. Anyway, remember you won't be looking at the case back all the time, so don't worry about natural ageing of the watch.
