1975 Omega Vintage Seamaster Mens Red Vignette Dial Watch, Automatic, Date - 18K Gold Plated & Stainless Steel

1975 Omega Vintage Seamaster Mens Red Vignette Dial Watch, Automatic, Date - 18K Gold Plated & Stainless SteelToday's offering showcases this gorgeously restored Omega Seamaster from c. 1975. It is a later model vintage Seamaster. Built at a time when the quartz revolution was taking hold and Omega was cutting costs, this watch with automatic Cal. 1012 movement with quick setting date carried on the long standing mechanical tradition of the Seamaster. With its so called "tropical" case with gold plated top and steel back, it has the look of a solid gold Omega

Movement type: Gyromatic caliber 71 AE 497

The company's first automatic watch housed a Jaeger-LeCoultre 476 caliber mechanism like this driven by a 'bumper' weight

keeping in step with the current style

The longer lighter scratch could be polished out by a skillful jeweler

and the band has moderate stretch

If you are an IWC collector

Case condition: Very good with a few pin prick indentions on the case back and one fairly light indention in bezel

18K Cartier registration numbers

Accompanying the watch is an Extract from the Patek Philippe archives attesting to its authenticity and originality

original Rolex mechanism protected against shock in two places for greater durability

near mint condition with two small marks on the dial

Case condition: Presents as mint on the wrist condition