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The Watch Appreciation Thread (Reviews and Photos of Men's Timepieces by Rolex, Patek Philippe, Brei
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Of course it's a dress watch. Beautiful too.Originally Posted by TheWraith
Sorry to debate, Wraith - I do respect your knowledge and taste... but it is far from a dress watch.
It is a steel cased sports/diver with luminous dial markings for such activity. It is most undoubedly a 135.027 Caliber 601 movement that is held in high esteem as Omega's last no frills, pure, dive watches calibers...without so much as a date window! The 600 Seamaster nomenclature ultimately went on to one of the most revered, purpose built diving watches of any manufacture, the PloProf:
Post war Omega was a dynamic and genius marketing firm, in that they made countless hybrid watch designs based on existing parts. They also mixed and matched dials, cases and complications, cleverly using tried and true model nomenclatures such as Speedmaster, Seamaster, etc.
The OP's Seamaster is a derivative of the Omega Ranchero dial...of which there are even "dress" variations, however this is widely acknowledged as the original (and best):
The Seamaster lineup enjoyed looking like everything from a Patek dress watch (namely those sporting "DeVille" dressier nomenclature)
to the stylish (and far more wearable than the PloProf) 300 diving watch.
It is in house branding at it's finest.
While the OP's watch is a beauty, with what appears to be an original dial with gorgeous patina, it really looks best worn casually and can be pulled off casual/dressy (as stated) with sportcoats, jeans etc. It would look peculiar but still cool with a fine suit, ridonkulous with formal wear....where a dress watch is appropriate.
(Not that I myself do not regularly mix these elements)
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My first foray into the world of dress watches. Please excuse the reflectionOriginally Posted by Merlino
lovely, wearable with all but the most formal of outfits i'd say. i guess it must be 34-36mm? looks bigger on your wrist.
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many of the posts are now of rotating bezel hell... what happened to more AP, PP, VC or AL&S?
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many of the posts are now of rotating bezel hell... what happened to more AP, PP, VC or AL&S?Originally Posted by ginlimetonic
Please post yours. kthx
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lovely, wearable with all but the most formal of outfits i'd say. i guess it must be 34-36mm? looks bigger on your wrist.Originally Posted by robinsongreen68
Thanks! It is 34mm indeed, I have rather small wrists so I'm quite content with smaller diameter watches
Thanks also artoftime for the informative post!
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Please post yours. kthxOriginally Posted by gdl203
Sorry, I'm a SF smalltimer with ~500 posts, about 1/20th the baller status (post count) of yours truly.
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It's a dress watch in my view, artoftime, and no amount of posting pics and arguing will change my mind. Thanks anyway, though.Originally Posted by TheWraith
The answer is somewhere in between but I tend to agree with you. Even if it was originally a sports watch in its environment and period, in the current environment and given how sports watches have evolved, it is now closer to a dress watch than a sports watch. To me, a Ranchero on a calf or gator strap is much closer to a Deville than to a Speedy or Seamaster.
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Sorry, I'm a SF smalltimer with ~500 posts, about 1/20th the baller status (post count) of yours truly.Originally Posted by ginlimetonic
these words. They do not mean what you think they mean.
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