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SOLD Omega Seamaster 300 165.014-64 Transitional

  1. bigsom Mar 17, 2019

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    All good things must come to an end. This is one of my favorites in the collection, but sadly I have to let it go as life and other watches have gotten in the way. I could be interested in a trade as well, but prefer to sell.

    I bought it from @Fost last year and have worn it sparingly in rotation. It is in the exact same condition I received it, please check out his sales thread as well for more photos (his are great!): https://omegaforums.net/threads/omega-seamaster-300-165014.76132/

    Here are the vitals taken from his description and some of my own thoughts:

    Dial : original dial with creamy patina. This is my favorite type of aging with these.
    Hands : original baton hands relumed using the remaining tritium powder. The seconds hand glows a bit longer than the hour and minute hands.
    Bezel : original Bakelite Bezel (not repro). The bezel has been touched up with some black paint at 10 and 50. Only visible under UV.
    Crown : original flat foot crown correct for the sm300.
    Case : Sharp case which has certainly been polished in the past but original bevel still present. Lug backs are sharp and defined.
    Caseback: well defined logo with sharp edges.
    Serial: 22M
    Band : 1067 (from 67) with repro 6 end links

    The watch also comes with the extract in the photo. I'm going to post up photos of the watch on the bracelet but also on various straps and wrist shots to give you an idea of how it wears. My wrist is 7.5 inches and the bracelet fits nicely with two extra links provided.

    In the few years I've been on this forum I have seen very few of these transitional straight lug seamasters and even fewer with an intact bezel in reasonable and attractive condition. So I'm asking exactly what I have in the watch 13,000 USD shipped in the USA. International buyers we can work out the shipping.

    On Blue shell corodovan:

    165.014-64 (1 of 1).jpg
    On brown leather with matched stitch:

    165.014-64 on 35mm nikkor (1 of 1)-2.jpg

    Wristshot in the sun on bracelet:

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    A few on the bracelet:

    sm300 (9 of 18).jpg

    sm300 (15 of 18).jpg

    sm300 (11 of 18).jpg

    Some close ups of the bezel:

    sm300 (1 of 18).jpg sm300 (2 of 18).jpg sm300 (3 of 18).jpg sm300 (4 of 18).jpg sm300 (8 of 18).jpg

    Close up of the dial and hand texture:

    sm300 (17 of 18).jpg

    Omega logo on the crystal:

    sm300 (18 of 18).jpg

    Photos of the case and crown:

    sm300 (12 of 18).jpg sm300 (14 of 18).jpg sm300 (13 of 18).jpg sm300 (7 of 18).jpg

    Clasp detail:

    sm300 (5 of 18).jpg sm300 (6 of 18).jpg

    Extract photo:

    sm300 (16 of 18).jpg
     
    Edited Mar 17, 2019
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  2. bigsom Mar 19, 2019

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    Here's a bump with a few more photos.

    First this is the UV shot showing the original dial lume and reclaimed tritium for the hands:

    UV shot.jpg

    And now here are some macros of the dial text showing original crisp text with beautiful aging:

    sm300 macros (2 of 5).jpg sm300 macros (1 of 5).jpg

    Lastly here are some close up shots of the dial lume. It shows original texture and the expected shrinkage with small crevices and beautifully aged to wheat color:

    sm300 macros (3 of 5).jpg sm300 macros (4 of 5).jpg sm300 macros (5 of 5).jpg
     
  3. bigsom Mar 22, 2019

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    Here's a another wristshot from yesterday, starting to think I should just keep this one.
     
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