Waltham "Seaside" grade question

[Vic Kuring]

I have a 0s waltham on my bench, serial number 8993041, model 1891. I looked it up on the online database and it came up as "Seaside" grade. The movement is not marked "Seaside".

Could the movement actually be a Seaside grade without being marked as such?

Thanks in advance.
Vic

[Tom McIntyre]

Serial numbers higher than 7,555,000 were combined between similar grades to reduce the number of entries required in the serial number list.

I have seen relatively few watches actually marked Seaside, but lots of runs are designated Seaside. There are also letter designations that go along with the Seaside such as Seaside A or F, etc.

All of the Seasides that I have seen are lower grade unadjusted movements.

If you use the model and grade report and put in % for the model and seaside for the grade, you will see all the variations. There are actually some apparently high grade entries, but I have never seen one.

There is a glitch in the database that causes the Seaside followed by a letter grades to be reported as just the letter if you enter the watch's serial number. I will try to get it fixed.

[Vic Kuring]

Tom,

Thanks for enlightening me.


Vic