The deal took place a good few years ago at a patisserie in Covent Garden where I was shown a handful of the things by my friend and colleague M West from Plymouth. Little did I realize then that these would eventually become one of the 'Grails' in important military watch collections. I picked the most tidy of the bunch and only many years afterwards sent it to Omega for verification. The Royal Navy Omega Seamaster 300 is now almost legendary in status and in correct specification is very difficult to source these days. They are widely faked and commonly the movement serial numbers do not correspond to a SM300 case. The misconception that they flooded easily and had movement swaps was confirmed during a conversation with an ex-MoD watchmaker (they were decomissioned in entirety when rendered unserviceable). This will be a keeper!
