Seamaster Dial Question

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Hi everybody, This is my first post on this site and I just bought my first Omega, a 1961 Seamaster. It is defiantly going to need a dial restoration. My question is on the original Seamasters with black dials, was the text white or silver? I have tried to do some research and look at pictures but it looks like a little of both. Just wanted to know what would have been on the dial originally. Thanks, Tyler
 
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I have tried to do some research and look at pictures but it looks like a little of both.

You got pictures 😒 why didnt we get pictures. I want pictures. (of your watch)
 
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You got pictures 😒 why didnt we get pictures. I want pictures. (of your watch)
Here is my watch, Its pretty rough.
 
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Thanks for the info, I know a lot of people don't like redials but I was just wanting to know if the text would have been white or silver?
 
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To be brutally honest with you if that is your first foray into vintage Omega then I would advise you to abandon the project, sell that watch for parts, put it down to experience, save some more if necessary and then buy a watch from the sales section here on OF.
At first glance your watch needs a dial, a hand set, a crystal and retaining ring and more than likely a service. In short it will definitely become a money pit and could quite likely end up costing you 2-3 times what it could ever hope to achieve on the open market.
 
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Black with silver figures would have had silver printing, gold figures would have gold printing.
 
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Black with silver figures would have had silver printing, gold figures would have gold printing.
Thanks, That's exactly what I needed.
To be brutally honest with you if that is your first foray into vintage Omega then I would advise you to abandon the project, sell that watch for parts, put it down to experience, save some more if necessary and then buy a watch from the sales section here on OF.
At first glance your watch needs a dial, a hand set, a crystal and retaining ring and more than likely a service. In short it will definitely become a money pit and could quite likely end up costing you 2-3 times what it could ever hope to achieve on the open market.
I restore and service vintage watches myself, This is my first Omega and I plan to put a post up when I'm done showing what I did and how much the final cost was. But I think I will do pretty good price wise. At least I hope. haha
Thanks, Tyler
 
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Black with silver figures would have had silver printing, gold figures would have gold printing.

True for the vast majority of original examples. I have seen a few exceptions over the years - some perhaps the result of age but not all.
 
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I restore and service vintage watches myself, This is my first Omega and I plan to put a post up when I'm done showing what I did and how much the final cost was. But I think I will do pretty good price wise. At least I hope. haha
Thanks, Tyler

Aha! That changes things a bit 😉

Then good luck with the restoration, I wish I had only half the skills needed to even think about attempting to do that. 😀
 
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^Same here. Good luck with your project. Keep us loaded with pictures of your progress please.
 
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^Same here. Good luck with your project. Keep us loaded with pictures of your progress please.
Thanks and will do