hi I’ve been reading the forum for a little while now and finally joined. I’ve spent a while reading the fakes, redials and how to fish threads and I think I’ve managed to get myself a bit confused. I’m looking for a vintage Seamaster with a light dial and gold hands and markers. I’ve seen this one listed on eBay - no year listed and I can’t work out if it’s a frankenwatch or a redial or actually ok.
I think it’s a cal 470 (?) but don’t know how to read the numbers on the back of the case. The font looks ok (I think?). I assume there should be lume dots at the base of the markers since there is some on the hands. The boots aren’t very good sorry but it was all I could get off the eBay ad.
The description is “Offered for sale is a Men’s (30mm) Omega Seamaster 14k Gold Filled Watch. The Watch is in good Vintage Condition. Movement is Operated by Automatic Mechanical Winding, the watch works but has Not Been Tested for Accuracy. The Watch is on a Gold Plated Stretch Band. The Watch is Guaranteed 100% Authentic Omega.”
Any advice? Thanks in advance for any comments or feedback.

 

From this picture it looks polished a lot, dial seems fine

 

Well, it's certainly not "in good vintage condition". It could also be a redial, but I am not sure about that. But above all bear in mind that it is 31 mm at maximum. So why bother? How low could the price be?

 

It is in essence a woman's watch to modern tastes, would have been small even in the 1950s when sold originally. Calling it a mens watch is a bit of creativity on the part of the seller. The 470 movement is often a give away that the case is small. It is basically a 25mm version of the 28mm 50X movement.

 

Calling a 30mm Seamaster a "men's watch" is taking the piss. You'll often find these and 32mm watches marketed as "unisex", is also stretching it considerably...

@foxinsoxnz are you looking for a golden Omega specifically or "just" a vintage Omega?

 

It's as rough as a bear's arse. Keep looking and don't do anything in a hurry.

 

Hi all, thanks for your comments. I’ll probably pass on this one as I was mostly looking at it to see if I had understood the things I’d read.. and realised I was a bit unclear still.
@ConElPueblo I’m looking for a 40s-60s Seamaster with gold markers, hands etc. Gold case isn’t a requirement but I’d like a white/light face.
Is there a list of calibre and serial numbers I can check so i can do my own research and not bother the forum all the time? I don’t know how to make sense of the numbers on the back of the case covers either. Any pointers on where I can read up on that?
I’ve got a 1943 Tissot Antimagnetique that’s 30mm and I would like to go bigger than that. I’m female so don’t want to go too huge though because I don’t have the biggest wrists. I’d also like to keep it quite low profile if that’s at all possible? The Tissot is quite rounded and sits up quite high on my wrist so catches on sleeves.

 

You're more than welcome to ask all the questions you like. We like people who ask questions before buying. If you have a question likely someone else can learn from it too.