Seamaster 300 2nd series hands : what is legit?

Hi @all, fist of all, please excuse my humble English. So I will try to explain: a lot of SM 300 are seen on C24, the web and here at OF. And often the watches are criticized concerning the hands. Let us talk about my self-made tabel, which might not be totally include all variants. ( e.g. the T-marked SM 300)


Can anyone contribute facts e.g. : variant G is NOT legit, was never manufactured.

It's clear, that probably all variants can be seen at C25, ebay & Co.

EDIT: I add case X: OMEGA took, what they had on stock 😀

thanks, Jo

No idea what you are asking here. Can you explain?

I would like to know facts like:

baton hands on a SM 300 big triangle date are not original =

G is not original/legit

It's not that simple as there is a lot of crossover.

@Dash1 would be the man with the answers.

Hand styles:




4 dials



There's no clear cutoff date on when it goes from small to big. Plenty of overlap.

A quick look at previous sales in order of movement.

22.500.9XX extract states 67 small triangle
22.990.xxx Jan 1966 small triangle
23.798.XXX August 1966 big triangle
24.197.287 September 1966 big triangle
24.220.xxx December 22 1966 small triangle
24.22x.xxx 1967 big triangle
24,70x,xxx jan 1967 small triangle
24.704.xxx 1967 small triangle
24.719.122 1967 big triangle
24.719.19X (mine) april 12 1967 big triangle
24.719.53X stated 1966 small triangle
24.723.xxx 1967 big triangle
24.727.110 March 20 1967 small triangle
25.59x.xxx 1967 small triangle
25.98x.xxx 1967 small triangle
26.825.xxx 1967 big triangle
28.269.9XX small triangle

yes, i know this site..... but can all variants concerning the hands be possible ? I would not include the second hands

Typically small triangle equals baton hands and big triangle equals sword hands.

You do however see quite a lot of sword hands on small triangle watches, but not many big triangles with baton hands.

There's always an exception though!

My contribution.
Both straight from first owners.

Is that the Italian job?

What about this? Cover your eyes.

Conclusion : Seamaster 300 are quite a mess in the possible associations 😁

@JimJupiter I knew this one 😀

I had a doubt concerning mine: