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Augustusone
路Kingsrider,
Here's another photo of the dial. Hope it helps.
Here's another photo of the dial. Hope it helps.
Water Damaged Seamaster 300
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kingsrider
路Looking good so far. You might have a keeper!馃憤
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Augustusone
路Now to find a watchmaker who can do the restoration.
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watchyouwant
路Looks good so far. Dial should clean up nicely. Hands fine as is. Movement possibly a write off. Easy to find a replacement movement from that period and change the bridge with the numbers to the new one for an extract from the archives. Easy project. Kind regards. Achim
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Seaborg
路You have a very nice SM300 here.
It will be a stunner when serviced.
It will be a stunner when serviced.
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JimJupiter
路Looks good so far. Dial should clean up nicely. Hands fine as is. Movement possibly a write off. Easy to find a replacement movement from that period and change the bridge with the numbers to the new one for an extract from the archives. Easy project. Kind regards. Achim
The rust on the dial can be a challenge. I have some water corpses here too, and the rust on the dial is very agressive to the laquer. If you have Ideas to remove it, I am open for tips.
BTT: Great find. As most, I have never seen a Tiffany SM300 before. Thats ultra cool!
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Cuttysark
路The font of "Tiffany & co." seems to be the same of the known speedmasters as you can see from this pic taken on the web.
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watchyouwant
路The font of "Tiffany & co." seems to be the same of the known speedmasters as you can see from this pic taken on the web.
the problem with that is, that the Speedy dials are not confirmed either...... kind regards. achim
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rob#1
路馃嵖
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Cuttysark
路the problem with that is, that the Speedy dials are not confirmed either...... kind regards. achim
It's an interesting discussion (you participated, at it馃槈)
https://omegaforums.net/threads/speedmaster-tiffany-dial.24673/#post-272951
For the moment I found two different fonts of the writing Tiffany..
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Ernest(Europe)
路Its like art. Its super cool as is and not need to replace parts. Prob you need to find good watchmaster to restore it width as less replacing parts as possible. The older it loos the cooler it is. You can even display it as is . Show mus more photos.
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Augustusone
路Thank all of you for your comments and observations. I've decided to get it conservatively restored along the lines of "watchyouwant's" suggestion, keeping the replaced parts as a reference. Has anyone used either of these two shops in NYC - "Watch Repair Co." - 62W47th St or "Master of Time" - 64W47th St? Perhaps one of you might know of another shop. Thank you again.
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Dan S
路Thank all of you for your comments and observations. I've decided to get it conservatively restored along the lines of "watchyouwant's" suggestion, keeping the replaced parts as a reference. Has anyone used either of these two shops in NYC - "Watch Repair Co." - 62W47th St or "Master of Time" - 64W47th St? Perhaps one of you might know of another shop. Thank you again.
This question has been asked very often on the forum, and to be honest, there doesn't seem to be a strong consensus for a good vintage repair shop in the NYC area. This watch has significant value, both as a collectible and an heirloom, and it is likely to be a challenging restoration, so I think you might want to consider sending it to one of the top-notch vintage watch repairers, instead of limiting yourself to local shops.
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BenBagbag
路Central watch does good work but they are silly expensive.
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Dan S
路Central watch does good work but they are silly expensive.
They are often mentioned, but with mixed reviews. I only have one first-hand experience with them. I purchased a watch that had been recently serviced by them (it came with substantial documentation of the service), and the manual winding was noticeably rough. I had my watchmaker open it to take a look and he said the movement was very clean but surprisingly dry overall, as if it had been serviced but not lubricated properly. Obviously, these are all just anecdotes, but I have a sense their attention to detail may not be that great. The OP really wants someone willing to put some TLC into this watch. Communication will be important, so he should probably contact a number of highly recommended people with plenty of photos, and take it from there.
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efauser
路Would it be worth it to contact Simon Freese?
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Augustusone
路I have located the receipt from Tiffany for this watch which I bought in 1973 for $150 plus tax. I've also found what appears to be the original
T&Co box. Here are the photos...
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T&Co box. Here are the photos...
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kingsrider
路Was the watch previously owned prior to your purchase?
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Dan S
路Was the watch previously owned prior to your purchase?
Or it sat in store inventory for quite a while.
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