Hi folks,

would be interesed in your opinions on this seamaster calendar. it is a 2757 with cal. 355.
in my opinion it is an authentic one.


Would be interested in your thoughts.
greetz

 

I can't tell if there are radium plots at the markers? And whether or not the hands have black inlay or it's radium lume that has turned very dark?

Make sure that hands and markers fit...

 

there are radium plots at the outer end of the markers. not sure if the hands have black inlay or nearly black radium lume.
whats your general impression of the seamaster

 

I won't give an "general" impression - for that we'd need to see movement and case back, as well as better close-ups of the dial and hands.

 

FWIW, I don't think it's a redial

 

I think it's a redial. Luminous at 10:00 looks like it was just plopped there with little care and doesn't looked aged enough.

Luminous in hands is discolored from age and are probably original, but not 100%

DON

 

Similar case. My hands were like yours but they were replaced due to severe corrosion. Yours is a very nice watch. Wear it in good health.

 

Definitely not a fake. Dial looks okay from a quick glance, but would need a closer inspection of the crosshairs.

 

........and a straight on pic. Don has a good point about the lume dot at 10. Looks funky from this angle. Give us your best shot straight on.

 

Looks okay to me. Hands look original to me, compared to my slightly different version of your watch. Except for new lune in the hands, mine is original. As to the movement, unable to tell.

 

I don't think it's a redial, the crosshairs and text are too good. The dial colour is very bright though, so it could be a cleaned dial with reapplied lume dots.

 

The dial look original to me. And yes the hands are also original IMO. I see many hands with lume but time turn them into nearly black paint.

 

I am not sure if it is a redial or not.
Look at this

 

Is that when the lume plots explode?

 

Omega vintage database says that with ref. 2757 radium was used. As far as I know "T" stands for tritium which was used later (the seamaster calendar is from 1954/55.
I checked many Seamaster Calendar in the last days - never saw one with " T SWISS MADE T"

 

You are absolutely correct and even the font on my dial looks good, it is still a redial.
Many, many dials look worse but still evaluated as original by our members here.

 

The one I pictured (earlier in this thread) is guaranteed not a re-dial. I owned it as a "parts" watch for over 40 years before I brought it back to life. My late father owned for 10 years before me. The dial and hands are original (hands re-painted), and were luminous from the factory, but the lume no longer shows. This dial is simply marked Swiss Made.

 

Anything from pre-1960 which has T Swiss T is clearly a redial. I knocked back an otherwise lovely 9K Rolex with a 50s serial recently because I noticed that it had the Ts.