Seamaster 2846-1 SC without Seamaster text on the dial?

Snickers1985

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

G ggc94

Sorry to revive a dead thread but I've created an account just for this purpose.

I think this question can be answered via the ads at the time that clearly show there were Seamasters without the "seamaster" text.

Glad to be here 😀

hoipolloi

Hello and welcome to the forum.

We know that early Seamasters did not have Seamaster printed on dials in the first few years, then Seamaster became the must have on Seamaster dials.
The OP watch with dial in question was produced in the period that required a Seamaster on its dial. Not the early ones like in your advertisements.

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padders

The Seamasters without the text were produced between 1947 and 1949, I had one myself, a 2577. Ive never seen a straight 2846, introduced 1955 without the SM text on the dial.

hoipolloi

Hello and welcome to the forum.

We know that early Seamasters did not have Seamaster printed on dials in the first few years, then Seamaster became the must have on Seamaster dials.
The OP watch with dial in question was produced in the period that required a Seamaster on its dial. Not the early ones like in your advertisements.

Regards and enjoy the forum.

G ggc94

Oh ok, sorry just wanted to help 😁

BTW, I just bought this piece from 1952 for 300 bucks

Just until 1949? The ads I have posted are from 1952 😕

G ggc94

Oh ok, sorry just wanted to help 😁

BTW, I just bought this piece from 1952 for 300 bucks

Just until 1949? The ads I have posted are from 1952 😕

padders

What serial is on that movement? The AUTOMATIC text on yours is very suspect.

padders

OK, as you say that is circa 1952. It's difficult to be definitive from just a photo but as I say the Auto text and lack of visible Swiss text suggest historical redial. Yours is of the era when they did usually say SM on the dial, advertisements, particularly those using illustrations are not a great reference for spec for a given year.. The Swiss text may just be hidden under the rehaut though. It may of course have had an earlier dial swapped in.

padders

Well it clearly needs a service so you are really into it for circa $550-$600 which is a good but not great price. If it is indeed a changed or repainted dial as we suspect then maybe good becomes so-so, in short you did OK but not great.

padders

The Seamasters without the text were produced between 1947 and 1949, I had one myself, a 2577. Ive never seen a straight 2846, introduced 1955 without the SM text on the dial.

padders

I wasn't meaning to speak for every SM model, I was thinking of the fat lugs like the 2576/7 and the subsequent superficially similar 2846/8 (as per the OP watch), the 2577 started minus text then gained it within about 18 months as the Seamaster sub-brand became established. I could dig up a source for those but I wouldn't have a clue about smaller models like the 2679 or 2791. There are a multitude of models which fell under the SM banner, it wouldn't surprise me if there were anomalies. There were plenty of watches with hippocampus backs marked up as Geneve or blank for instance. Sorry if I was misleading.