Show us your 2577 Omega Seamaster (and a little introduction to the reference)

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Beautiful Matt. If you’re ever inclined to sell either this one or the white one, I’m your guy. 🥰
 
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A new arrival, yet another „golf ball“ dial. One could think they weren’t actually that rare 😁

This one comes with a „salmon“ patina that, personally, I find rather attractive.

Wow. that patina! where on earth do you keep finding these? I've never seen one.
 
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i wonder if the OMEGA lettering is original? seems rather thick. stunning either way...
 
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i wonder if the OMEGA lettering is original? seems rather thick. stunning either way...
It’s a known aging for the writing to swell up. Will produce macros in a while but yes, it’s original.
 
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I'm joining in very late to show my 2576 12 with movement 342 and serial 12062687. I always thought it was a frankenwatch because of that chronometre dial associated with a 342, but from this table I discover that at least the case and movement association might be correct, and also the fact that there's no Seamaster on the dial. The minute track is gone, I think due to an overly aggressive cleaning attempt, but the dial still looks original to me. What do you think? Thanks @MtV for the fantastic thread.

 
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from this table I discover that at least the case and movement association might be correct, and also the fact that there's no Seamaster on the dial.
Please note that the table is only for 2577s. For 2576s, completely different rules apply. There were hardly any with beefy, faceted lugs for example.
 
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Please note that the table is only for 2577s. For 2576s, completely different rules apply. There were hardly any with beefy, faceted lugs for example.

Sorry, I had seen a couple of 2576 with movement 342 in the table on the first page and thought it might fit this one too 🙂
 
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Sorry, I had seen a couple of 2576 with movement 342 in the table on the first page and thought it might fit this one too 🙂
Absolutely no reason to apologize, this wasn’t criticism, just a warning/information! 😀
 
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I am not seeing 2577-12 in the chart of the first page.

Got this project out of the drawer since I am working on bumper movements



I have a concern that the lugs are too thin when compared to my 2576 cases. Looks like they may be a bit over polished.



The profile view looks alright to my untrained eye.



Sometimes it feels like the back does not really fit the midcase.

I did get a new case tube and clover crown for this. But these concens caused me to put it aside for a bit.

Over the years I have collected more bumper movements. I have plates with as many as 7 or 8 serial numbers. Four including this one probably fit 351/354. So I was looking at the chart to see which SN might fit best (and not confuse people when I am done with it.)

Have two really similar almost identical dials. One is marked Seamaster, but does not have swiss at the bottom. The other dial has the swiss but no Seamaster. Tasteful repaints do not bother me (since I studied how to do it.) The dials do not show signs of overpainting or furniture removal. The 'plain' dial does suffer from a fingerprint stain at the 3 which shows more in photographs. (this is shown in the bench thread relating to these parts.)

Which dial would be best in the 2577 case? I now have both a 351 and a 354 movement so same question.

I did get the 2635 case which also could take either movement.

the 2577-12 (not shown) back does have a really faint Seamaster engraving (along with the initials of a prior owner/caretaker.)