Seamaster 300 Ref. 165.024 British Forces - Need help to verify

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Tellurider

·Aug 18, 2019

Hi there,

any specialist here having really good knowledge about:

Seamaster 300, Ref. 165.024, delivered to the British Forces in 1967 with fixed lugs and dial with big T.

Need help to find out a certain information about my watch.

Thanks.

 

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JanV

·Aug 18, 2019

?

Yes, this forum is full of information.
But without questions there can be no answers...

 

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watchknut

·Aug 18, 2019

Pictures...or help is a near impossibility.

 

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Mark020

·Aug 18, 2019·not the sharpest pencil in the ΩF drawer

JanV

But without questions there can be no answers...

Exactly

 

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bags1971

·Aug 18, 2019

pics needed

 

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Tellurider

·Aug 18, 2019

My mistake!
Question:
That Seamaster 300 is 100% authentic watch from the British Forces having all features like fixed lugs, dial with T etc. Everything is authentic, nothing have been changed
BUT watch having no engraving on the caseback, caseback is blank. It is the original caseback which has not been changed.

Anybody there having an idea why?

Thanks

 

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Foo2rama

·Aug 18, 2019·Nowhere near as grumpy as he used to be...

Tellurider

My mistake!
Question:
That Seamaster 300 is 100% authentic watch from the British Forces having all features like fixed lugs, dial with T etc. Everything is authentic, nothing have been changed
BUT watch having no engraving on the caseback, caseback is blank. It is the original caseback which has not been changed.

Anybody there having an idea why?

Thanks

Pictures of the watch?

 

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incabloc

·Aug 18, 2019

https://uhrforum.de/attachments/omega-2-jpg.2618549/

 

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Tellurider

·Aug 18, 2019

 

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watchknut

·Aug 18, 2019

Well...I’ll be.

Looks legit...but a sterile caseback...machined down on a lathe to remove mark’s?

Interesting.

Extract? That’s the only way.

 

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alex10

·Aug 18, 2019

Relumed ?

 

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watchknut

·Aug 18, 2019

alex10

Relumed ?

Look like nice pinholes, but would need to macro of plots and UV. I like that the hands are slightly different.

 

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simonsays

·Aug 18, 2019

Nice looking watch. The lume looks exactly right so no reason to think its been re done? Perhaps never issued from the quartermasters store or slipped down the back of the sofa at Goldsmiths? Or could have had the military markings removed at a later date? I also recommend getting an EOA

 

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DaveK

·Aug 18, 2019

JanV

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without questions there can be no answers...

OF, bringing the ancient wisdom 👍

 

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padders

·Aug 18, 2019·Oooo subtitles!

Tellurider

My mistake!
Question:
That Seamaster 300 is 100% authentic watch from the British Forces having all features like fixed lugs, dial with T etc. Everything is authentic, nothing have been changed
BUT watch having no engraving on the caseback, caseback is blank. It is the original caseback which has not been changed.

Anybody there having an idea why?

Thanks

Those don't look like fixed bars though, more like oversized shoulderless spring bars.

 

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Tellurider

·Aug 18, 2019

watchknut

Well...I’ll be.

Looks legit...but a sterile caseback...machined down on a lathe to remove mark’s?

Interesting.

Extract? That’s the only way.

Surely legit, not relumed or anything else.

Watch belonging to a friend of mine who asked me to find out something about his watch. Already in the 80th he got that watch from a watchmaker who worked for the Royal Navy

Watch is 100% original and does not look like any marks removed. Original Forces marks are quite deep, would be visible if turned off the caseback. Caseback looks orginal thickness.

Extract from the archieves would be good but without the marks i think they will not state Royal Navy provenience. On the other hand he (and myself or course) wants to find out why there is no marking on be caseback.
My friend was told many years ago that Omega has sent watches with clean caseback to the British Forces and marks have been engraved just before watches handed over to each soldier. This watch has been kept by watchmaker before handing over to soldier. That is why watch having no marks. Hoped there would have been any specialist here on forum who confirms the same or knows any other reason for missing marks.

Once again: without any doubt watch is 100% original. No new caseback, maybe machined down marks but I dont think so.

 

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Tellurider

·Aug 18, 2019

padders

Those don't look like fixed bars though, more like oversized shoulderless spring bars.

Bars are fixed, no oversize spring bars.

 

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padders

·Aug 18, 2019·Oooo subtitles!

Tellurider

Bars are fixed, no oversize spring bars.

Then why are they seemingly crushed in places with clear gaps at either end? Those are nothing like the fixed bars I have seen. It could be the picture, but they sure look like hollow bars to me.

 

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Tellurider

·Aug 18, 2019

Watch is authentic without any doubt.

Anybody there who can assure what my friend has been told or any other reason for missing marks on Royal Navy watch?

No more speculation about bars, relums etc. Thanks....

 

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Tellurider

·Aug 18, 2019

padders

Err why? You asked for opinions did you not?

Omega fixed bars always like that. You may check photos on www.