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Found my perfect vintage Seamaster!

I have actually seen this watch a few times, at Otto Friedl, a local watch repair & restoration shop also selling pre-owned watches. It comes with a mint condition Beads of Rice bracelet, which is unfortunately too small for me by about 1 - 2 links. That is the reason I hestitated to buy it. However, the watch is in such beautiful untouched condition, and I realized it would likely look better on a leather strap anyway, and it meets all the criteria I was looking for in a Seamaster, I decided that it would be crazy not to buy it.

Criteria:

circa late 1950s to mid 1960s

signed crown, caseback (with embossed Seamonster logo), crystal, movement

wide lug design

Silver dial, silver markers and/or arabics, silver hands

Applied logo and markers/arabics

preferably not refinished dial

No lume originally or added

Here is a photo of the watch, in the shop, with the original Beads of Rice bracelet:

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These photos were taken outside, so the lighting is different:

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This wrist shot shows almost exactly how it fits the 7.5in wrist. Even though the case is only 33mm (without crown) the beefy lugs and relatively wide lugs spacing give it a really nice presence:

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Quite a thin case, just 10mm. I was going to look for a vintage buckle for the leather strap, but I got a new one at the Omega Boutique yesterday, and quite like it. The newer buckle seems to work well with the thinner watch profile, as it does not have the applied logo. Nevertheless, I will look for a vintage buckle

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While I was at the Omega Boutique yesterday, I discovered they just received their new mens ring. The design is taken from the Seamaster Diver 300M bezel. It is available in either brushed/polished or polished. I thought that being a Seamaster ring it would be appropriate, as well as the brushed surface coordinates well with the brushed finish of the dial:

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I really love the simple no date dial, and the symmetry of having all the applied markers identical. While I like the silver dials with the gold markers and hands, I really wanted everything silver on this Seamaster, and no lume.

I don't believe the watch was even polished more than maybe a minimum. All of the edges are perfectly sharp, as it would have been originally. I haven't been able to get a photo yet which shows the logo on the crystal. There are some surface scratches here and there on the case, which only add to the appeal of this watch. It has obviously been very well cared for during it's 50 years.

Thanks for looking at my post.

Carl