Vintage Omega Seamaster Big Seahorse Stainless Steel Wrist Watch 1959
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Omega Seamaster big seahorse a stainless steel wrist watch circa 1959, dial: ribbed, bullet form hour markers, lance hands, calibre: automatic winding, fully jewelled. Case: round polished, screw down case back embossed with big Seamaster hippocampus emblem, closure: brown leather with Omega buckle. Dimensions: 34 mm diameter. Signed: case, dial, and movement. Accessories: none
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- Embossed / Repousse - Embossing, also known as repousse, is the technique of decorating metal with raised designs, by pressing or beating out the design from the reverse side of the object.It is the opposite of chasing, where the decoration is applied from the front. An embossed or repoussed object may have chasing applied to finish off the design.
- Movement - The technical name for the workings of a clock or watch, and does not include the dial or case.
- Circa - A Latin term meaning 'about', often used in the antique trade to give an approximate date for the piece, usually considered to be five years on either side of the circa year. Thus, circa 1900 means the piece was made about 1900, probably between 1895 and 1905. The expression is sometimes abbreviated to c.1900.
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