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·I recently bought a Seamaster that is in need of a crown. See:
https://omegaforums.net/threads/thoughts-on-gambling-with-this-seamaster.125620/
While I am waiting for it to arrive from overseas I am starting the hunt for a crown. It is a bit tricky for me to track down information with certainty, so I have a couple questions.
1) I don't have a picture of the inside caseback, but there is a photo of the 501 movement and screw down caseback. I searched the Omega Vintage watch database and found it to contain only one Seamaster (14710) with a cal. 501, Screw down caseback and the same style lugs/case. I googled images for references that lacked images. Should I be very confident that the watch is a ref 14710 based on this information?
2) The original crown for a 14710 is thin and scalloped like this, correct?
3) The current replacement crown for a 14710 is a 42055 which is thicker with different edge, correct? (I'm going off a confusing description from Otto Frei)
4) The 42011 was an older replacement crown for the 14710 case, correct? I can still find one of these NOS on ebay, and think it is much closer to the original. Am I reading the German page correctly?
Sorry for the long post, I wanted to include all the photos, and my research process so that it could be of use to future readers.
https://omegaforums.net/threads/thoughts-on-gambling-with-this-seamaster.125620/
While I am waiting for it to arrive from overseas I am starting the hunt for a crown. It is a bit tricky for me to track down information with certainty, so I have a couple questions.
1) I don't have a picture of the inside caseback, but there is a photo of the 501 movement and screw down caseback. I searched the Omega Vintage watch database and found it to contain only one Seamaster (14710) with a cal. 501, Screw down caseback and the same style lugs/case. I googled images for references that lacked images. Should I be very confident that the watch is a ref 14710 based on this information?
2) The original crown for a 14710 is thin and scalloped like this, correct?
3) The current replacement crown for a 14710 is a 42055 which is thicker with different edge, correct? (I'm going off a confusing description from Otto Frei)
4) The 42011 was an older replacement crown for the 14710 case, correct? I can still find one of these NOS on ebay, and think it is much closer to the original. Am I reading the German page correctly?
Sorry for the long post, I wanted to include all the photos, and my research process so that it could be of use to future readers.








