Folks had a bit of free time lately, so have started to take a hard look at some of my earlier purchases. Really like these old bumpers, and looks great on the wrist, so still a favourite. But, pretty sure now that this is a redial - but would welcome your expert opinions here its a 34.3 mm, 1952 CK 2576, serial 13.5 mln, with the bumper 344 movement. Case and lug chamfers looks nice to my eyes, although the Seamaster script on the case back is almost invisible to the naked eye, so it was obviously worn hard. the Sequence OSA is correct for 1952/3, as seen from this old add The hands have lost their top coating in places and the sub seconds hand seems short to me - so could be replacements or are they originals ? bought from a long established respected bricks and mortar store in Stratford, England 11 years ago, when I barely knew what i was doing - told it was all genuine thoughts and views, good and bad, most welcome cheers paul the 11 o’clock lugs looks really bad in that last photo, but it has a watchmakers ( or stock number mark) on it jxr 7397, or something?
Can't tell much more without seeing the movement, but the watch does appear to be mostly original aside from the repainted dial. The crystal has an Omega logo in it, but it does seem like a modern logo, so it's probably newer than the rest of the watch. That's not a bad thing by any means though. If I were you, I'd probably get the seconds hand replaced and potentially swap in a donor dial if one is able to be found. Seems like a nice daily wear piece!
From those pics the case looks fairly good and the crown is a bonus but the dial is certainly repainted.
I think there's little doubt that it's a redial. I'm pretty sure a Seamaster from the early 50's would have a coat hanger "S".
Definitely a redial and the subsecond hand is a replacement. Here’s a photo of my 2576 for comparison.