OMEGA Seamaster, DEVILLE (about 1944?)
Hello again everybody, this is my grandfather's probably marriage present around 1944 I think. We lost my granddad at his 95.th healthy age last summer at August and 4 months passed and today I firstly weared his all Gold OMEGA Seamaster Deville for first time. He was wearing this watch just 1 day every 2 weeks with costume at meetings till August since several years. And last year when I asked him if the watch was serviced or not and date of purchase he replied NEVER serviced and nobody knows date of purchase , but we guess that its his marriage present and he married in 1944, and keeped in box several years. It has its original plastic crystal glass and it has nearly no scratch at super condition as a never opened back never serviced and never polished, it has a shock look of %100 original condition without scratch or mistake. When I shake the watch I hear some metal sounds but it keeps time perfectly, I think that sounds are normal for a never serviced so old automatic watch. Wh

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