Hi again OF,

I wanted to ask for some opinions on another Seamaster reference 168.024. It's shot in the style typical of Japanese sellers which I've learned can often hide things, but this one looks nicer than the others. Visible brushing on sides of lugs, clean dial, no visible rust or damage, movement looks relatively clean and gasket relatively fresh. Big scratch on the caseback but the embossing looks crisp — maybe the scratch is just "honest"? The seller is asking $1,300. Still would…

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Hello again,

I'm back on my Seamaster hunt after a week of travelling (in which I sadly missed a beautiful example sold by a forum member), and was hoping I could get some experienced eyes on this one. The seller seems fairly reputable on Reddit and Instagram, and says it was serviced last month. They will hopefully be following up with me tomorrow with some more information and photos from their watchmaker regarding that service. To me the watch looks pretty great for the price ($985 USD…

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I recently got a nice bargain on a reference 565.001 Ladymatic and would like to source an original bracelet for it. According to this thread, the watch took a 5405 bracelet, with no. 134 end links. I have a good lead on the bracelet, but the end links are proving a bit more scarce. I wanted to ask if there was potentially a different end link number I could search for that would also be compatible? For instance I know that no. 6 bracelets evolved into 516, no. 11 into 511, etc. and…

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Was hoping I could get some quick opinions on this watch I'm looking at. To me it looks like great condition for the price of $800. The seller said the previous owner had it serviced 1.5 years ago. The movement photo is from that previous sale. Thanks again for all the help.

I'm looking at this eBay 166.010 — not as nice as some of the others been looking at, but perhaps that will be reflected in the final price. The only thing that really sticks out is this brown residue on the caseback. I would normally assume that it's normal for old watches, but if it could have been easily cleaned in an ultrasonic machine (the seller specializes in parts and watchmaking tools), why wouldn't they have done it before taking photos? The rest of the watch looks pretty clean but…

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Hi again,

Another pretty Japanese market 166.010 just hit eBay with a lot that I like. Onyx insert hour markers, 565 cal quickset date, BOR, signed crown, clean dial, relatively clean hands, lug edges look sharp (hard to assess proper vertical brushing though) caseback looks good(?), and movement and gasket look pretty clean. The listing also mentions an "overhaul" which I've inquired for further details about. The price is once again way too high at $1,971 shipped but they have at least…

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While I'm still waiting for the perfect vintage Seamaster listing to come up, I've been turning my attention to some other interesting niches in the vintage watch world.

One such niche that has struck me as particularly compelling are Dongfeng watches from China. Translated as "East Wind," my understanding is that this was the name printed on domestic models of what would eventually be sold as Seagull to the international market in the mid-70's. For obvious reasons, the name Dongfeng, with…

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Hello again,

Just a simple question this time about these references:

I have noticed in certain pictures the faceted date window for these references looks silver toned, while in others it appears gold. Were variations in color tied to the case metal and is making sure that they match therefore something I should be looking out for? Did some searching but couldn't find any discussion of this online.

Here's an example of a stainless steel case with what appears to be a gold toned…

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