Rob1 Posted January 17, 2007 Report Share Posted January 17, 2007 Recently bought a SeaMaster Pro from one of the dealers on RWG. It's a nice watch, keeps excellent time and paid for it to be serviced and waterproofness checked at the time of purchase as I intend it to be my day-to-day watch. I've been looking at it quite closely and comparing it to the rep photos on this site, to gen photos and to the photos of the watch on the dealers own website. I've just noticed that there seems to be a very noticeable difference between my watch and all the others photos I've seen rep or gen: the small hour marker next to the date window at the 3 o'clock position seems to be missing (see photo below). I've contacted the dealer I bought the watch from and he siad that this was normal and that the factory had recently changed the dial design. Has anyone else seen this, or is there a small error with my watch? Thanks for any advice you can offer to this newbie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobs1971 Posted January 17, 2007 Report Share Posted January 17, 2007 Hey Rob, take a look at this: http://www.chronocentric.com/omega/seamaster.shtml#modelid Hope this will help. Wear it well! Recently bought a SeaMaster Pro from one of the dealers on RWG. It's a nice watch, keeps excellent time and paid for it to be serviced and waterproofness checked at the time of purchase as I intend it to be my day-to-day watch. I've been looking at it quite closely and comparing it to the rep photos on this site, to gen photos and to the photos of the watch on the dealers own website. I've just noticed that there seems to be a very noticeable difference between my watch and all the others photos I've seen rep or gen: the small hour marker next to the date window at the 3 o'clock position seems to be missing (see photo below). I've contacted the dealer I bought the watch from and he siad that this was normal and that the factory had recently changed the dial design. Has anyone else seen this, or is there a small error with my watch? Thanks for any advice you can offer to this newbie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marrickvilleboy Posted January 18, 2007 Report Share Posted January 18, 2007 that 3'o clock marker is only on the fullsize versions of the seamasters. The midsize versions do not have it. From what i've heard, the new seamasters all do not have the 3 o clock marker, a downgrade for sure, but you can replace it with a genuine dial if you like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob1 Posted January 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2007 Thanks for that info - the dial on my watch has the 3 0'clock marker missing (like on the mid-size version) but my watch is the full-size version. Weird... How easy and expensive is it to replace the dial with a gen version? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marrickvilleboy Posted January 18, 2007 Report Share Posted January 18, 2007 it can vary - new from Ofrei is around $140USD You can buy second hand ones on ebay for around $50 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob1 Posted January 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2007 it can vary - new from Ofrei is around $140USD You can buy second hand ones on ebay for around $50 Thanks, the ebay price seems quite sensible. Is this a straightforward swap of gen for rep, or is there extra work required to make the gen dial fit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marrickvilleboy Posted January 19, 2007 Report Share Posted January 19, 2007 no alterations at all. dial is a straight fit into the eta 2824/2836. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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