Vintage dress Seamasters were the first models I really fell hard for, and I spent years gathering examples. I presume my wife and most of my friends thought me more than a little unhinged as yet another package arrived in the mail and I went breathless over minute differences, from dial furniture to the shape of the “S” in Seamaster, the form of the crown, or the specifics of the lugs and their bevels. I couldn’t begin to defend the obsession; it was as if I woke up one morning with some alien programming nestled deep inside, urging me onward.
I’ve mostly moved past that phase, but if I hadn’t, this is a watch I’d be chasing aggressively. Of the many cases in the vintage Seamaster lineup, one of the loveliest and most celebrated is the so-called beefy-lug style, the most common example being the 2846/2848 (no date for the ’46, date on the ’48). While I’ve never seen evidence that proves it conclusively, the 2757 looks almost identical, with the big lugs you’d expect and, in this case, seemingly unpolished ones, given their bevels.
Weston Cutter
2026-04-10 15:00:00