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SM300 Bezel check help

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Hi,

First time posting here although I have been lurking around for a while.

I have recently acquired a watchco sm300. Whilst I spent quite a bit time checking the dial against the sm300 guide and am still satisfy with it, I did just notice the bezel might be questionable.

It appears the font is "type A" per the guide but the triangle looks way too big compared to the photos I have found.

It is unidirectional 60 clicks and came with a fair bit of history on the watch itself, so I am still relatively confident on the watch but just want to get some opinions on the insert as to whether it is gen or not?

Thanks in advance.
 
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Thanks for the reply. I am feeling a bit stupid now as I did see that site before but didn't notice there was a more comphensive guide over the common 5 bezel guide.

Gary
 
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Gary, there are horrible "antique" SM300 Frankenwatches with faked and incoherent parts in this universe!
Be glad : your watchco is IMO OK and "honest". Enjoy !
 
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Why do you say it’s a watchco? The bezel is an original vintage part, so it is possibly an original watch with a replacement parts?
 
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Gary wrote watchco.... probably watchco-case , crown , dial + vintage parts.... 😕
 
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Aren't they supposed to be bidirectional?
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Thanks Fallout Boy, yes, very happy with it. Just need to get a leather strap for it now. Got it temporarily on a nato and here's another pic on my messy desk with my bathy.

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Why do you say it’s a watchco? The bezel is an original vintage part, so it is possibly an original watch with a replacement parts?

The original owner said he had it built as a normal watchco but with a vintage bezel and had the dial/hands relumed to look old. The colour matches really well so I am quite impressed.

Oh and Unidirectional was a typo, I mean bidirectional.
 
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Nevertheless: the look " per se " is OK (for me) ; a vintage-fanboy will not agree (and not buy this SM). And any good vintage 300 today starts at 7k Euro....
 
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Vintage seamasters of this era are soooo hard!
Where do you start?!
 
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Yeah, I understand that viewpoint. The romanticism of owning something that's been through the decades can't be replaced.

However, I wear all my watches very regularly and similar to my cars, I have found that I live a more carefree life when "driving" the modern replaceable stuff.

And there's obviously that $ angle as well. If money was no question, I would obviously have gone vintage but even then, I might actually still get a watchco for more day to day wear. Although one could also argue the original will appreciate much better in value and certainly much more reasonable value compared to Rolex counterparts!
 
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Yeah, I understand that viewpoint. The romanticism of owning something that's been through the decades can't be replaced.

However, I wear all my watches very regularly and similar to my cars, I have found that I live a more carefree life when "driving" the modern replaceable stuff.

And there's obviously that $ angle as well. If money was no question, I would obviously have gone vintage but even then, I might actually still get a watchco for more day to day wear. Although one could also argue the original will appreciate much better in value and certainly much more reasonable value compared to Rolex counterparts!
Sure why not then just buy a new "genuine" (old copy vintage) Omega 300? Like the recent "tri" series?
 
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Sure why not then just buy a new "genuine" (old copy vintage) Omega 300? Like the recent "tri" series?

Funny enough I did look at that a couple years ago but I like the second gen SM300 (is second gen the right terminology?) with the wider bezel more. If they did a remake of the second gen then I would be all over it. Coaxial movement + anti mag + warranty will definitely do it for me.

You actually just made me look again to check they didn't sneak out a second gen re-issue below my radar!
 
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