Seamaster '54… how authentic is this?

McKinley · Nov 11, 2017

Not to pile on, but if you wanted to make Seamaster original, I believe the crown is wrong for that year as well. I believe it should be a clover crown from the mid to late '50's, but you should wait to hear from an expert. I am just a newbie, so I may be wrong. If you enjoyed it for 20 years, it will be the same watch you always loved tomorrow morning. Just wear and enjoy.

McK

Homes · Nov 11, 2017

Wise words, McK… I guess I’ll just put up with it the way it is, dodgy crown an’ all!

Davidt · Nov 11, 2017

Homes
Blimey… they could have drawn the hands on with crayon and I'd probably still have bought it. Thanks for the response Davidt!

Collector-wise, the redial is a big issue. If you've had it for 20 years though, perhaps it's already part of the family, warts and all, so collector value is of little consequence?

Homes · Nov 12, 2017

I guess we always hope that these often not-inconsequential purchases will be a good investment but, no, I wasn't expecting it to finance my retirement and it'll still give me pleasure to wear it.

doog · Nov 12, 2017

The only thing the bugs me about it, is that lume blob at 9, other than that I actually think it’s a quite attractive watch regardless of the redial, and if it’s been happily gracing your wrist for 20 years, who are we to criticise?

Homes · Nov 12, 2017

Yeah, all the lume blobs (not 'lube' as I've noticed I originally wrote! 🤔) are a bit of a mess; am tempted to get them removed… probably the only 'fix' I'll bother with. Cheers, doog.

Seamaster '54… how authentic is this?

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