My grandfather, in his younger years, worked in a jewelry store and as a watch repairman out of his basement. At some point he decided to give this Seamaster to my mother and we found it while looking through all the watches she had. I'm brand new to the watch world but based on my "research" it looks like a seamaster from the 60s? The only thing that confuses me is the case-back. From all the pictures I saw online I did not see any that just had the word waterproof printed on it with no other marks so I'm thinking it might have been replaced at some point in the watches life. If anyone more knowledgeable than I can confirm my suspicion I would be very grateful (disregard the mis-match strap, its only temporary).
What a pretty watch!! Lovely. Couldn't tell you anything about the case back, not my field..but I'd hazard a guess and say a 321 movement is driving it ..which makes it (and the superb condition of the dial) very collectable...
I'm hoping it's a 321 as well! I'd assume the only way to confirm this would be to open it up but I've got to say I'm not sure I trust myself to not damage it in the process.
wow, looks like it was in a time capsule! I suspect to really find out exactly what you have you need to get the caseback removed and take/ post pics of both the movement and the inner face of the caseback. And make sure whoever opens it has the proper tools (and training) so they do not scratch up the back.
Looks like a DeVille case. You will need to open the case up to see the case reference number for further info. One of the pushers appears to be the wrong size.
I was thinking about sending to my grandfather who would definitely be able to open it. However, I'm not sure he has a great amount of Omega knowledge, and, frankly, if he even owns a digital camera!
Possibly. The position of the Omega and Seamaster appear to me to be too low on the dial. But, don't take my word for it . I am no expert.
I did some digging and found an old ebay listing of a watch that looks just like this that sold as a ref 145.018 and found this article http://www.finewatchco.com/OmegaOtherOM109.html . Even this is listed as a Deville, and a mix of dials with Deville and not appear when I google this reference number. Any idea what this means?
It means have someone remove the caseback, as that should give the info needed to determine what you have and how original it is. Short of that it will mainly be making educated guesses, but with less certainty then desired.
Sometimes the same case and dials can be named differently. You can find Seamasters and Geneves that are the same watch except for the names.