Vintage Seamaster, thoughts?

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Marmot

·Apr 14, 2022

Hello,
Happy for insights, compliments and insults for this newly bought watch. And current value would be great!

 

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seekingseaquest

·Apr 14, 2022

The case is incredibly sharp, but the dial has been repainted and that hurts the value a lot. The crown is a later replacement.

To a collector, it’s probably not worth more than the sum of its parts. To a non-collector it’s a good looking watch.. so it’s worth what someone will pay for it.

 

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MtV

·Apr 14, 2022

Marmot

What is the sum of its parts?

~350-400$?

 

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seekingseaquest

·Apr 15, 2022

Is this your listing? If so, may be wise to note the dial re paint so you don’t end up with a return on your hands.

 

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MtV

·Apr 15, 2022

Also, a bit awkward @Marmot to remove your initial post with pictures.

He even withdrew the likes for @seekingseaquest and me 😁

 

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Dan S

·Apr 15, 2022

seekingseaquest

Is this your listing? If so, may be wise to note the dial re paint so you don’t end up with a return on your hands.

The OP is apparently trying to erase all evidence of his watch from this thread, so honesty may not be his highest priority as a seller.

 

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LesXL

·Apr 15, 2022

Dan S

The OP is apparently trying to erase all evidence of his watch from this thread, so honesty may not be his highest priority as a seller.

But he forgot this

For record keeping 😀

 

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Nupero

·Apr 21, 2022

Update:

He delisted the watch from C24 and sold it in an auction for €720. In the description he did not mention anything about the dial being repainted 🙁

 

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hejsam

·Apr 21, 2022

Nupero

Update:

He delisted the watch from C24 and sold it in an auction for €720. In the description he did not mention anything about the dial being repainted 🙁

I also encouraged him to be more transparent in his listings when he now clearly knows the dial is repainted (he got the same response on a Swedish watch forum as here). But I did not get any respons from him and ofc no update in the listings regarding the dial either.

So there will likely be an unaware and unsatisfied buyer receiving it, and a seller with bad morale.

But to find some justice in this, the seller bought the watch for 100€ more about a week ago so at least he hopefully is the biggest looser in this affair.

 

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padders

·Apr 21, 2022·Oooo subtitles!

What an asshole.

ps I am showing restraint.

 

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__ryan__

·Apr 21, 2022

Nupero

He delisted the watch from C24 and sold it in an auction for €720. In the description he did not mention anything about the dial being repainted 🙁

I was watching that auction as well. Glad I saw this thread earlier. The photos provided for the auction were, in my opinion, carefully selected to avoid showing a sharp rendering of the dial text.

 

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Nupero

·Apr 21, 2022

__ryan__

I was watching that auction as well. Glad I saw this thread earlier. The photos provided for the auction were, in my opinion, carefully selected to avoid showing a sharp rendering of the dial text.

I thought so too. Also no side view pics (like seen in this thread) which showed the unattractive matte finishing on the dial. To be honest I was expecting the watch to fetch more than €700. Glad it didn't.

 

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LesXL

·Apr 22, 2022

I wrote him during the auction to innocently ask as a potential buyer if the dial was original or repainted (well after people given feedback on here), and he replied:
"Hi, not sure, I lack the competence to assess that, sorry. The case is like new though, the movement looks like new as well and runs great."

So, there goes... Next episode is to have the new owner of the watch posting it here asking for the community thoughts on authenticity

Edited: Apr 22, 2022