Hi all, great to be on the forum - long time lover of Omegas here. My interest was ignited by my Uncle's (now deceased) pre-moon 1 owner Speedy - when I get a chance to get my hands on it I'll post it here for you all to see - we still have the original till receipt! When I graduated in 2001 I was bought a mid-size quartz Seamaster by my Dad. A couple of years ago I ruined it with oven cleaner, I got fat so the band didn't fit then the batter ran out so it got stuck in a drawer. At Christmas I decided to get it fixed so it's been off to the Jewelers for a very expensive service and fix. Anyway - I got the bug and got reading these forums and I just need to grow a collection. So after the wife vetoed a nice new Tudor I got looking on eBay and picked up this little beauty. I bought it because I liked the ay it looked and because I felt able to wear it, not because I thought it was cheap (though I am happy with the price I paid) or an investment but I'd love the knowledgeable of you to let me know what you think I have... What I am supposed to have is a 1970s Seamaster Model Serial No. 166.0202 SP on a Cal 1022 Automatic Date 17 Jewels movement. The condition is, for a watch older than me, excellent. So to the questions - it doesn't have a Seamaster back - should it? Does it look roughly genuine? Anything not in keeping with what it is supposed to be? Can't find any other watches online with that colored dial. Not a lot on the Omega official webpages about it. Any information gratefully received. Otherwise it will be found on my wrist until my other watch returns and I put it on its newly ordered Toshi strap!
Here is the Omega vintage database sheet, that one looks fine, 70s models just weren’t as intricately decorated or finished as the earlier ones. Yours is different but close enough to suggest it is straight. https://www.omegawatches.com/watch-omega-seamaster-omega-md-166-0202/ The movement on yours looks a bit grubby, maybe a service is needed.
I ordered a Toshi strap for my 2001 mid size sea master and it arrived before I got it back, so I stuck it on this watch. At last , it feels like I have proper strap on it, I like the way it looks a feels, now I need to order another for the other watch. Brown or burgundy I’m thinking ...
Yep, I think it’s a franken- I still enjoy wearing it and I got the price down so I’m still happy. It wasn’t expensive. The new strap is great too