Horological Meandering

Showing original crown here ...  

Lovely watch

Thank you for sharing.

sure like to know more about this rare Seamaster Chrono. Maybe some more from your sister's collection. /W72

. . . but also a refinished dial. This is a more difficult issue to redress than a crown. Occasionally dials with gold furniture will appear on eBay after their gold cases have been scrapped, but steel dials? Practically never. This will be a long and lik... 

Just bad lighting in the photo

. . . is that it's been refinished. Or, in other words, not as originally delivered by Omega. Bringing this one up to original condition will require an original replacement. Omega no longer supplies service dials for this reference, so essentially you'll... 

I must admit I know little to nothing about this brand

[photo credit: chronomania] . . . to your sister's. There are obvious differences in both script and layout. ...  

. . . refinished. The small 's' in 'Seamaster' is one give-away. Authentic black 105.001 and .004s are few and far between. Good eye, Edward!

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. . . in your collection for quite a while, no? I believe you've posted it in the distant past. Art

Yes posted this watch a number of times here. A pcs that will always be part of my collection. Ed

. . . that dial really is pretty awful . . . we can only hope EinPa finds a replacement. A tatty original would be better. Art

. . . if not forever. You may need to find a donor watch with a compromised movement to harvest a dial if one can't be found separately. Art