Two Seamasters

Hi everyone.

The first time I thought about purchasing an Omega wad years ago. I liked the look of watches I thought were from the sixties. But the prices seemed too much for me at the time, plus you never know what you gonna get buying from the internet.

Then I was given another vintage watch by my father, so the Omega topic was off the table.

Fast forward to present time and I stumbled upon two different Speedmasters in my local antique shop.



And another one



The pictures are crops from the shop website, so don't have any from the inside of the cover.

The shopkeeper said they run, but I haven't checked yet. I assume they are not serviced.

I've looked around these forums and am a lot wiser than before, but still have a few questions:

- can you tell from which year/model number they are;
- how do you assess their exterior condition;
- are the parts original, no redialing;
- do you envisage any urgent repair jobs after the purchase;
- what would be a reasonable price for purchase.

I like both of them but would be able to buy only one at the time. I would buy for me to wear daily, not for a resale.

Any feedback or additional quesitons are much appreciated!

Yeah, I tried to be clever but failed almost epically. I wrote the text beforehand and up until choosing a pseudonym I knew I was looking information about Seamasters. But then it changed in my head into Speedmaster, hence the current alias.

Still, any help is welcome.

Yours truly
slow servant
currently relaxing by one sea

Thank you for your input, Dan!

Since I haven't bought them yet I can't look inside the caseback and was hoping to get a hint from these forums.

Likewise with the pricing, if you don't know exactly what you have on your hands, it's difficult to set the price or establish what is premium.

But I gather they are nothing extraordinary. And that's not a bad thing in itself.

The price for the gold-capped version is 750 euros and the other one 680. They said the price is negotiable.

The s/s small seconds SM is more desirable than the gold cap. Bumper movement. Incorrect crown, but easy to source

Gold cap. Probably a 503 movement. Not a fan of the early 50x movements.

Crown worn. Harder to find gold cap/filled crowns (new gold plated)

I would take the s/s one over the gold cap. However. Don't buy anything without seeing the movement and assessing it's overall condition

Last. Ask price and then ask here if reasonable or compare as Dan said to Ebay completed auctions. Second however - check bidders to see winner. Experienced bidders don't over pay. Low ratings of bidders could indicate shill bids to push the price up

Cheers guys, will look in more detail when behind a computer or laptop.

And sorry if I didn't do enough research before posting, I didn't want to start on from the wrong foot.