Possible 135.011 buy?

[theycallmeSerg]

I've been looking for one of these references for quite some time now. I have the opportunity to bring this guy home for 350€ and I'd like your opinion.
The ref. is 135.011 with a Genève dial (as far as I know it was also produced with a Seamaster 600 and a "regular" Seamaster dial) and a Seamaster case-back. Inside is a cal. 601 which looks pretty clean and should be dated late 60s. The case lines look pretty sharp and the dial seems to be very clean (maybe too clean?), lume plots and markings should be as expected (correct me if wrong). The hands should be original as well as the crown. The caseback is showing some wear which makes it a bit less appealing to my eye, but I still like it a lot.

 

[Dan S]

I'm not seeing any obvious problems at first glance. The pitting on the back is weird, but won't be visible when it's on the wrist, obviously.

 

[theycallmeSerg]

Dan S

I'm not seeing any obvious problems at first glance. The pitting on the back is weird, but won't be visible when it's on the wrist, obviously.

Thanks Dan, yes that's what's comforting me. I don't know how easy it'd be to polish it away and re-brushing without ruining the case and the seahorse in the back, probably I'd rather keep it like that.

 

[Dan S]

As you mentioned, I don't think that it would be easy to address the pitting without damaging the Seahorse engraving, which is quite shallow on these cases.

 

[Spruce]

Keep looking and a caseback will turn up

 

[Annapolis]

My first Omega was a 135.011 (with the black “technical” dial. Fantastic watch.

I’m guessing you’re aware of this, but since you’re new to the forum I won’t assume so: this is a manual-wind watch (so you’ll have to wind it every time you wear it—if it’s in good spec, I believe it’ll go about 36 hours fully wound), and it’s going to be quite small compared to most modern men’s wristwatches, at 34.5mm ( a bit shy of 1.5 inches across the dial). Since it’s “all dial” and very thin, I’d say it wears bigger than its measurements, but it’s just something to be aware of. I ended up finding it just a tad small for my wrist.

 

[SOG53]

Nice watch, nice price.
Here is a good video reviewing this reference

 

[theycallmeSerg]

Annapolis

My first Omega was a 135.011 (with the black “technical” dial. Fantastic watch.

I’m guessing you’re aware of this, but since you’re new to the forum I won’t assume so: this is a manual-wind watch (so you’ll have to wind it every time you wear it—if it’s in good spec, I believe it’ll go about 36 hours fully wound), and it’s going to be quite small compared to most modern men’s wristwatches, at 34.5mm ( a bit shy of 1.5 inches across the dial). Since it’s “all dial” and very thin, I’d say it wears bigger than its measurements, but it’s just something to be aware of. I ended up finding it just a tad small for my wrist.

Thanks for the insight! yes, I've been around for a few months and this will be my second Omega, so I'm aware of the size difference compared to modern watches. I'm not going to lie at the beginning it was quite a shock, especially because my Seamaster Cosmic (which was my first Omega ever) was shipped in a very well packaged box with lots of foam and for a moment, while openning it, I thought someone stole it .

 

[theycallmeSerg]

Finally made it after a long trip through the customs a little lume loss on the minute hand, small scratches on the plexy that can be seen in bright sunlight but overall I really love it. I'll leave some pictures in different light conditions

 

[dennis2807]

That’s one good looking watch!