Hi Guys, I bought an Omega seamaster professional in 1999 and it has spent the last decade mostly in a drawer. It's in great condition with warranty card. As I never wear it anymore I was thinking of selling it. I'm pretty sure I paid £875 for it. Could anyone tell me if it has a value and where would be the best place to sell it. Thank you
Honestly, at that size/design, that would be a fantastic watch for a girl who is on the sportier side.
I have this model from when I was going through a small wrist phase.
Is “going through a small wrist phase” code for a bygone level of physical fitness? If so, I like this formulation. ‘I needed to gain the weight, honey—I’m trying to fit a different style of watch.’
We here in the Rolex/Omega watch community would consider it a "cheap" watch but to someone who is not a watch lunatic they would consider a quartz Omega to cost crazy money for a wrist watch.
No. It was more like my dress watch was 35mm, I had a Rolex Explorer at 36mm, and thought I would get a dive watch of similar size. I think I wore the 36.25 SMP for a couple days and pulled the plug on that experiment. If I wasn't so lazy I would have sold it long ago.
And I learned the lesson that a 36mm dive watch wears a lot smaller than a 36mm smooth bezel watch.
I write this wearing a 41mm Brosnan era SMP. And my smooth bezel watch is a 38.5mm Aqua Terra. Still wear the 35mm dress watch--but dress watches are supposed to be small.
You’d be looking at over two grand to buy one with a year’s warranty from Watchfinder.
Not sure what they’d offer you to buy one from you.
I’d be leery of drawing any conclusions from a general statement like this: the specific condition of your watch is crucial. Also, you need to look at sold prices, not asking prices. One can ask whatever s/he pleases.
Am I right that it has a scuff//scratch near 30 on the bezel? (Can’t tell if that’s just a lighting artifact.) If so, and with the (very normal but noticeable) marks on the clasp, etc, and the fact that it’s the smaller size and would need a routine gasket change and pressure test before seeing water… I’d imagine it’s worth right around what you originally paid—900GBP/1200USD. At most.
If there’s another watch you want (preowned or new) at a shop that deals in preowned Omega, you might be better off trading it in somewhere. eBay is a pain with all the scams, tire kickers, and fees. If you can, instead, convince a dealer to knock 5-600 off the purchase price of a watch you like, I’d consider that a win.
