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Seamaster 166.0202 help

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Good morning guys,

Hope you're all doing good. I was having browse online this morning and stumbled across a seamaster which looked fairly cheap. Had a read around on the forum and found some useful info. I haven't got bags of money to spend unfortunately but i would like an automatic seamaster. I can see this one is showing obvious signs of wear and looks like its had a fair old polish at some point. Its recently been serviced (june 2021). I feel the dial is original?

I was hoping some of you guys might be able to give me a heads up on what would be a sensible top price for this or if i should run for the hills.

Thanks in advance
Tom
 
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Have you done a sold listing search on eBay using the reference number?

Id guess around £200.
 
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Have you done a sold listing search on eBay using the reference number?

Id guess around £200.

It's at around £200 now. There's only a couple sold in the UK and they went around £3-400. I felt that was a little too much for this one
 
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Well above 300 and you’re into 6xx or touching 55x money so I don’t see it being worth that.
Perhaps £250.
I’d prefer to pay more for a nicer, 55x reference.
 
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Well above 300 and you’re into 6xx or touching 55x money so I don’t see it being worth that.
Perhaps £250.
I’d prefer to pay more for a nicer, 55x reference.

ahh ok that's really useful, any tips on specific reference numbers. I'm thinking £500-600 max. What do you think I could realistically look at for that?
 
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Really you need to decide what you like and go from there.
If you’re looking at 34mm round cased ‘classic’ style Seamasters, I’d suggest:

Manual Seamaster 600’s
135.011 no date
136.011 date.

Auto Seamasters
165.020 Seamaster DeVille no date
166.020 Seamaster Deville date
165.002 Seamaster no date
166.002 Seamaster date.

You may get lucky and get one of the above serviced for £5-600 but at the minute in the UK, you’ll likely spend £4-600 on an unserviced example, then have servicing on top.
 
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Guess that you have to go with instinct and what you want on your wrist?
It is marked as no returns, although you could question this. Plated so can't be 100% until it's in the hand.
Appears to be an everyday ebayer who mainly buys, which could indicate he may be selling a 'personal' watch,often a positive.
Guarantee with no indication of the watchmaker and only a month left.
Currently at £255.
As per the Spice Girls......is it what you want, what you really, really want?😀
 
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Really you need to decide what you like and go from there.
If you’re looking at 34mm round cased ‘classic’ style Seamasters, I’d suggest:

Manual Seamaster 600’s
135.011 no date
136.011 date.

Auto Seamasters
165.020 Seamaster DeVille no date
166.020 Seamaster Deville date
165.002 Seamaster no date
166.002 Seamaster date.

You may get lucky and get one of the above serviced for £5-600 but at the minute in the UK, you’ll likely spend £4-600 on an unserviced example, then have servicing on top.

Really appreciate this. Thank you. Just spent the last hour or so looking through this forum and online at pictures of the watches you suggested. I'm pretty keen on an automatic, I currently own a couple of manual. I love my 135.007.

Out of the watches suggested the 166.002 and the 165.002 are my favourite I think. Thank you

Tom
 
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I had one of those. It was massively unexceptional and I was glad to part with it. The movement was troublesome and needed a second visit to the watchmaker to get right. Not one to covet. The hills look a good place to run for.
 
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You are talking about a watch whose price is similar to the cost of a service. I would hold out for an earlier stainless or gold capped example. Something made to last. Even if I needed to save up an extra few hundred. This watch would not be money well spent IMO.
 
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You are talking about a watch whose price is similar to the cost of a service. I would hold out for an earlier stainless or gold capped example. Something made to last. Even if I needed to save up an extra few hundred. This watch would not be money well spent IMO.
Hugely appreciate the replies guys. So glad I asked the question.
 
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I had one of those. It was massively unexceptional and I was glad to part with it. The movement was troublesome and needed a second visit to the watchmaker to get right. Not one to covet. The hills look a good place to run for.
I think I'll hunt a 166.002 instead. Thank you for your input
 
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Well above 300 and you’re into 6xx or touching 55x money so I don’t see it being worth that.
Perhaps £250.
I’d prefer to pay more for a nicer, 55x reference.

This could be a stupid question, but what do you mean when you say '55x' reference. Still learning the ropes....

Thanks
 
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55x or 60x refer to the movements.

Generally the 552 (auto, no date) and 562/565 (auto with date) and 601 (manual, no date) and 611 (manual with date).

These were Omegas workhorse movements for the mid-late 60’s, powering a range of different models/references and if well kept are extremely reliable.

They were replaced by the 10xx movements which were most focused on cost efficiencies and are generally perceived as being not in the same league.
 
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