The movement looks genuine. Does the outer side of the case back have a seahorse medallion? If not, then you are probably right and it's not a seamaster case
Advice needed on this Omega, please.
Hi guys/girls.
A while back I bought this beat up Omega "Seamaster" dating from the late 70s, early 80s. It was the first vintage watch I purchased & from the minute I did, I felt I had rushed into it without taking some time to educate myself to the many pros & cons of buying a watch 40+ years old.
It was sold on the basis that it's an Omega Seamaster, model number 166.0174.366.0833. It's a 36mm with a black dial & runs with the 1012 movement. It has an integrated stainless steel bracelet which is supposed to the original.
I started to try & find out a bit more about it once I'd received the watch. As hard as I try I cannot find another such like model anywhere. The 166.0174.366.0833 model number seems to be for an Omega Geneve, not a Seamaster.
I was pretty convinced it was a fake & tried for quite some time to remove the caseback to see what was inside. The caseback wouldn't budge, to the extent I thought it'd been tampered with so as that you couldn't remove it to check the movement. Last night I finally managed to open it up. I was surprised to find that it looks legit but obviously I'm no expert.
I can't work out what the situation is? I think perhaps someone has decided to put a Seamaster dial into a Geneve case as that would be more likely to get a higher price?
I'm guessing here tbh.
Can anyone give me their opinion on it, fake? Legit? What model it is? Background etc?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
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A while back I bought this beat up Omega "Seamaster" dating from the late 70s, early 80s. It was the first vintage watch I purchased & from the minute I did, I felt I had rushed into it without taking some time to educate myself to the many pros & cons of buying a watch 40+ years old.
It was sold on the basis that it's an Omega Seamaster, model number 166.0174.366.0833. It's a 36mm with a black dial & runs with the 1012 movement. It has an integrated stainless steel bracelet which is supposed to the original.
I started to try & find out a bit more about it once I'd received the watch. As hard as I try I cannot find another such like model anywhere. The 166.0174.366.0833 model number seems to be for an Omega Geneve, not a Seamaster.
I was pretty convinced it was a fake & tried for quite some time to remove the caseback to see what was inside. The caseback wouldn't budge, to the extent I thought it'd been tampered with so as that you couldn't remove it to check the movement. Last night I finally managed to open it up. I was surprised to find that it looks legit but obviously I'm no expert.
I can't work out what the situation is? I think perhaps someone has decided to put a Seamaster dial into a Geneve case as that would be more likely to get a higher price?
I'm guessing here tbh.
Can anyone give me their opinion on it, fake? Legit? What model it is? Background etc?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Thank you for your thoughts on my watch TB05, much appreciated. I'm more convinced this is the case, a Geneve with a Seamaster dial for whatever reason.
It seems that way. An example of a deville is this.
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The Geneve would take the omega logo and a seamaster would have this
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The Geneve would take the omega logo and a seamaster would have this
I managed to find a couple of Geneve Day Dates that are identical to mine in everything but the additional Day window, mine only having Date.
It makes me wonder if there is a Day wheel within the watch? The availability of that dial when the original was replaced may have been difficult.
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It makes me wonder if there is a Day wheel within the watch? The availability of that dial when the original was replaced may have been difficult.
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