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Snagged a seamaster finally. Thoughts?

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I appreciate the advice given to me here back in 2019 when I was curious about how to spot fake vs real etc. Guys went above and beyond. Saw this fella from '62 on ebay, ticked a lot of the boxes I liked. I was worried I was pushing my ebay deals luck, buy it now, underpriced with a crown made from a tin can I think. Bought proper crown n stem, but original stem was sized correct for original crown. Seems it was a US model, so case info isn't being much help. Seems there has been at least 3 services in its lifetime. Thought, notice any discrepancies? I like the look so I'm confident in the deal. But always curious. Time for a photo bomb! Oh, owned be please critique as being considered.

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Congrats on your first Seamaster. A little tired, but if you like it what the heck.
 
Jones in LA
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To my non-expert eye it looks like you got the real deal. Like so many watches of this era and age, I know it has a lot more visual charm than the photos suggest. It looks like you did your own crown replacement - yes?

Congratulations, and I wish you many, many years of healthy and happy wearing!
 
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If you want some sort-of-cheap entertainment and have an interest in collecting more watches from this era, consider getting yourself a simple digital geiger counter -- a really nice unit will set you back $US 125, and there are more economical options as well. It appears that your Seamaster has quite a bit of lume left on the dial and hands so you'll likely get some good hits from the radium that is still there. But don't fret about the health effects -- there's not enough radium to cause harm.
 
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Jones in LA Jones in LA
If you want some sort-of-cheap entertainment and have an interest in collecting more watches from this era, consider getting yourself a simple digital geiger counter -- a really nice unit will set you back $US 125, and there are more economical options as well. It appears that your Seamaster has quite a bit of lume left on the dial and hands so you'll likely get some good hits from the radium that is still there. But don't fret about the health effects -- there's not enough radium to cause harm.

Yes I did my own crown replacement. Been mucking about on cheap watches for a while now, and that's a fairly easy fix within my skill set now. I have an illinoise pocketwatch on the bench that I re-colletted the main spring and and fixed the windi g catch. It was running but apart again for barrel to 4th wheel issue. I understand to be cautious about radium, probably should invest in geiger counter as I recollected I wanted to give the Longines next a clean n crystal polish, it appears to have more lume than I thought.

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