36 mm Seamaster questions

Hi all,

Hoping to hear back from 36 mm Omega Seamaster (preferably Quartz) owners about your experiences with your watches, specifically:

  • Servicing – is there much to service? Do they need anything besides gaskets and battery change done? Does it use a standard battery, so it can can be purchased aftermarket, or does it have to go back to Omega?
  • Is anyone rocking one of these on a 7 to 7.5 inch / 18 to 19 cm wrist? I’ve been toying with the idea of one, but am assuming it would…

36 mm Seamaster questions

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Why hasn’t Omega done a true replacement for the Seamaster 300 GMT?

Why hasn’t Omega done a true replacement for the Seamaster 300 GMT? Which was a nice, reasonably sized gmt watch, with decent water resist capability.

There seems to be genuine interest in such a watch from omega even though maybe the gmt phase is a bit quieter, forum interest is only written words and the aftermarket for the both the 50th and the great white seems still lively (indicate some kind of demand i suppose)..

The PO GMTs are all big and tall, and many are dive watches first…

Why hasn’t Omega done a true replacement for the Seamaster 300 GMT?

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Use compatible parts to fix watch. Will this effect value?

My Omega Seamaster watch bracelet has some stretch to it and I would like this tightened up. How I’ve got some really high quotes from Omega to do this however I found some compatible (non Omega) pins and tubes here that would save me money-

However will is affect my watch value if I do go to sell it? Is this the sort of thing that would bother a potential buyer?

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