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: Thanks for your response Steve. If you do a search for ebay item 5050306990 you can see the pictures. the specs are in German but you can see the watch.Anyone have any comments? thanks

: Hi Rick,

: as far as I know Omega started using the 6
: digit case number system sometime in the
: early 60's.

: I don't know of a 5 digit case number from the
: 70's. My initial feeling is that this is
: NOT correct.

: A seamaster with a 5 digit case number
: "COULD/SHOULD" come from the early
: 60's

: A word of warning on the 60's/70's Seamaster
: 300, it is probably one of the most faked
: watches available. Not all fakes are a
: couple of weeks old, there are fakes that
: are over 30 years old now !

: So be very careful before buying a 300.

: You might want to read Bill Sohne's excellent
: Seamaster 300 article which will give you a
: brief overview of the basic models.

: If you find a 300 that you're interested in,
: please feel free to either post details here
: or contact me via E-mail.

: The advantage of posting here, is that you'll
: reach a wider audience.

: The disadvantage is that exactly THIS audience
: is probably your competition in eBay &
: you run the risk of alerting more potetntial
: buyers to a watch your interested in.

: Finally, posting a picture ALWAYS helps.

: I'm going to write a tutorial on how to do this
: soon.

: All the Best

: Steve

:

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