Hi guys,

I own a Seamaster 2846-1 SC with only Automatic written on the dial. The text Seamaster is not there and I can´t find anything that indicates a redial.

Cal 501. Movement serial no 14858009. Approx 1955?

What do you think? Is it a correct dial for this model?
I would be grateful for your comments.


Sorry for the bad pictures. It is quite difficult to get a good shot of the dial.

A picture before a visit to the watchmaker.


The dial

 

Welcome, had a similar black dial 2846 however with Arabic cardinal numbers and crosshair



Had seamaster printed above 6 but otherwise quite similar

Does yours have seamaster printed on the caseback?

 

Thanks @peatnick ! Your dial looks great.

Yepp, mine has seamaster on the caseback.

 

Thanks but its not mine anymore, now in the care of @GregH !

 

Here’s my 2846. Movement number 15,352,xxx. I think the dial is original although the hands have been replaced (minute hand is too long). I base my opinion on the lower picture showing the curved S and drop r in Seamaster on the black dialled watch on the left.

That said. I would say if your Seamaster doesn’t have Seamaster on the dial it’s likely been refinished.

 

OK @jimmyjay , thanks for your input. As I wrote earlier, there is no signs of new paint on the dial. There are some small dots where the black has come off and you can see the "gold" base.

Is it possible that my dial comes from another Omega with cal 501? Someone made a switch many years ago?

 

A few pictures more.

 

Redial

 

For what reasons?

 

For one, 9/10 when a vintage black dial looks perfect, it is a redial.

 

I agree. From the pics looks like an original dial from that era. May not be the first dial that watch got at the factory, but it is correct.

 

If you know what you're looking for/at, it clearly has gilt printing telling me its an original dial. Perhaps not original to the watch as noted, but certainly not refinished.

 

Thanks guys, @X350 XJR , @fjf , @kyle L .

You confirmed what I suspected, the dial belongs on another ref. Any ideas where it belongs?

Where can i find a correct dial?

 

I have this one. Strange that mine also have got the exact same incorrect dial? Is consensus still that these have got the dials swaped?

 

I’m late to the party, but I’d be curious to have those who say not redialed to look at this enlargement of OP’s dial.

I recognize that this is quite magnified and I am not expert enough to be sure, but that A looks like something creepy just touched one of its feet. Is this within the margin of legitimate?

Doesn’t this look hand painted?

Calling @kyle L , @X350 XJR , @fjf

 

How about these? Do they look original ?

 

I still say it's an original gilt dial.

 

Why I asked.

@X350 XJR : Thanks. Still trying to fathom all the varieties of 50’s and 60’s Omega dials, particularly the rare, original black dials. It’s a forest.

@hoipolloi : if I’m honest, the letters on the dial you posted are more uniform than OP’s, I think. Neither of his Os is evenly rounded and his serifs appear to be at an angle (look at the U).

@Foo2rama ?

 

Could it have come from a pre seamaster bumper? There's a relatively small gap between the production of those and the 2846.