I was given this Omega yesterday. It came from my mother-in-law. I know nothing about watches. If this is a "real" Omega, I may be reluctant to even wear it, since I work around machinery. I was told that the crystal had been replaced and the watch serviced before she gave it to me. What can you tell me about the age and exactly which kind of Omega this might be? Thanks
It's real all right. It's a Seamaster as noted on the dial, and a very nice gift, especially since it was serviced. There are some experts on the forum who may be able to recognize the reference number just from looking at the case. As for age, I am going to guess 1960-ish. The best way to get the information is to look at the numbers inside the watch (serial number and reference number), but this type of case needs an expert to open.
Nice gift! Wear it, but as you say, just not to work. These old pieces are also best kept away from water, definitely no swimming or rain.
Small medallion Seamaster with straight thin lugs, ref. 2846 or 2848 from 1960ish? Dial has been cleaned perhaps, explaining the faded Seamaster and Automatic font parts. (Omega is applied) The caseback inside nomenclature would tell much more. We don't know "nuffin" without seeing inside. Great gift and iconic watch in my book. A sympathetic service with a new or cleaned crystal and it will outlive us!
I asses the dial as just fine. All lume seems to be in place and all scripts as well. The crystal is damaged/scratched not the dial as I see it. Enhanced picture...
Disagree, 14770 lugs differ. Regardless, let's see the guts of this beauty and get this crystal resolved!
'61 Seamaster Deville (PreDeville) which means to the OP, the first year of production of the front-loader cased Seamasters, they didn't print "DeVille" on the dial. Should have a 562 movement.
Can I just say as a newbie creeping on other people's threads, its pretty impressive to see people able to dissect the make and model (history?) of an object just from 2 pics. I'm not a subject matter expert on anything except my interest in this kind of watch.. So. Nice.