Seamaster bezel cut-always at crown area

Bad photos but a very nice example of a Cal 751 Seamaster Sparkle Chronometer in steel

https://www.ebay.com/itm/115707768579

Maybe its the poor photos or maybe is just me, but doesn’t it appear that there a chunk missing from the bezel near the 4 o’clock index?

I’ve looked carefully at my 166.010 and can’t see it …..

Moved this out to its own thread for discussion

Thanks for moving it Mods.
Although initially I couldn’t work out what I’d done wrong. 😟😕
Happily, nothing

Thanks @dsio for moving the post here!

I wasn’t clear about it in my first original post when I mentioned “chunk missing” but what I was alluding to, and I could be mistaken, but it looks like the Bezel of the OP watch may be damaged. It appears that the outer perimeter of the bezel is jagged which makes me think it's damaged.



I have two 166.028’s that have the same or very similar case and bezel design as the OP watch, which IIRC the OP is a 168.023. They double stamped these cases similar to the 166.028 that I have so I usually get the numbers mixed up. Anyways back to my point. In the third photo of the eBay listing(shown above) the bezel of the watch near the 3 to 4 o’clock indices appears to be chipped/jagged, but it may just be the photo. Posting a photo of my two 166.028 references to show the bezel does not have a cutout that interrupts the perimeter of the bezel at the top facet of the bezel.



it jumped out to me as I’m used to seeing that as one of my watches has a similar chip in the bezel in almost the same spot. See photo below.



@Hipp I have seen other references that have a cutout in the bezel to receive the crown which interrupts the out perimeter of the bezel, but it doesn’t look like that happens with this case design. While there is a very small cut out in the bezel to receive the crown in it’s pushed in position that can only be seen when looking at the watch from a certain position. Located on what I would call the backside plane of the bezel. But when looking at my watches from the front (similar to the angles of the photographs for the eBay listing) I wasn't able to see the cut out or even a hint of it.

See right above the crown:


Looking at the watch front the side to see that there is a crisp angle where the facets of the bezel meet just above the crown. The cutout only appears to be on the the backside plane of the bezel.

I think what we’re saying is that the original bezels were intact but subsequently altered.

I appreciate your point but whose catalogue is it? Clearly not Omega’s