Vintage omega seamaster

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weststigersfan

·Jun 1, 2021

Hi all,
My name is Charlie and I posted a little while ago to say that I am in the market for my first omega (for my 30th birthday) and received many great responses. I was just wondering if anyone has had any dealings with the ebay seller from the UK emma_sumner. This seller is currently selling an Omega from the 50s that I am quite interested in. Here are some photos:

I was hoping to get some advice on authenticity/quality/value before making a bid. My apologies if this is totally the wrong place to post this and feel free to delete if so.

Cheers.

 

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MtV

·Jun 1, 2021

Hey Charlie,
I don’t know the seller - but I’d recommend against this example. It’s a redialed watch, and not a good one. Hands seem to be incorrect - at least the second hand, not sure if this ref ever came with stick minute and hour as I’d expect a dauphine style. Case is heavily polished, incorrect crown, movement looks very tired. Dare I ask what the price is? Unless it’s extremely low - ~100GBP or less - I’d stay away.

 

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JimInOz

·Jun 1, 2021·Melbourne Australia

It's authentic, but it's a bit of a dog.

Dial has been re-painted. hands are toast and the red seconds hand is wrong. Case is a bit too polished for my liking.
Movement looks tired and shows obvious signs of rotor wear that may need to be addressed if no firm evidence of it being rectified. Crown is wrong.

I suspect it will be expensive, I wouldn't touch it.

 

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Danwales

·Jun 1, 2021

MtV

Hey Charlie,
I don’t know the seller - but I’d recommend against this example. It’s a redialed watch, and not a good one. Hands seem to be incorrect - at least the second hand, not sure if this ref ever came with stick minute and hour as I’d expect a dauphine style. Case is heavily polished, incorrect crown, movement looks very tired. Dare I ask what the price is? Unless it’s extremely low - ~100GBP or less - I’d stay away.

I agree on all your points but the liklihood of a watch like this ever being sold for under a ton is very slim these days. I have seen spare redials go for £80 recently and as pristine watchesstart to fetch decent prices ( £700 and up) watches like this often sell for £200-£300 based on my observations.

 

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weststigersfan

·Jun 1, 2021

Hi everyone, thanks for getting back to me. The current bid is around 360 pounds with a day to go so I would say that it's likely to go for a fair bit more than that. From what you're all saying, it sounds as if it's not worth that kind of bank!

 

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Passover

·Jun 1, 2021

Seller offers a lot of questionable watches, I wouldn't buy from this seller

https://www.ebay.com/sch/emma_sumner/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=

Did you check the Private Watch Sales here on the forum?

 

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MtV

·Jun 1, 2021

Danwales

I agree on all your points but the liklihood of a watch like this ever being sold for under a ton is very slim these days. I have seen spare redials go for £80 recently and as pristine watchesstart to fetch decent prices ( £700 and up) watches like this often sell for £200-£300 based on my observations.

No doubt. Do I think it's worth something in the ballpark of 200-300GBP? Absolutely, categorically not. For 300GBP, you can get decent Geneves, even some SMs. Here's an example of a Seamaster that was sold here recently for roughly that money:

https://omegaforums.net/threads/1977-seamaster.132000/

I don't say I doubt that people would pay that kinda money for a dog like this. I'm saying they really, really shouldnt. And 650GBP is insane. @weststigersfan you'll find a much, much nicer example of a 50s Seamaster for that amount.

 

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Danwales

·Jun 1, 2021

Again for most people. This watch isn't a dog. In a world of smart watches and quartz pieces the wearer would probably be marked out as a man of wealth and taste ( a song there I'm sure). The healthy amount of bids on these kind of watches attest to the fact people want them. For an OF member however, yes it's a mongrol and not to be touched. @weststigersfan now has an honest appraisal and can start to learn what's what.