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Omega offered the 14704 three ways. Introduced in 1959, it came as CK 14704 in stainless steel, KO 14704 with a gold cap over steel and OT 14704 in 18k solid gold, the gold version with its hour markers riveted to the dial by hand. One reference number and one movement, caliber 591, served all three. This 1961 Omega Seamaster 14704 is the steel member of the family.
That movement arrived with modest expectations. Omega launched the 590 series around 1960 as a simpler automatic that cost less to make, intended for the entry-level end of the Seamaster range, and collectors still refer to the 591 as a budget caliber. Omega fitted it inside the 18k OT 14704 all the same. A buyer who paid for gold and a buyer who chose steel wound the same mechanism, so the steel watch is the economical way into the reference.
The dial is white, with faceted applied batons and pointed index hands, and the field holds nothing beyond the applied Omega symbol, OMEGA, AUTOMATIC, Seamaster and SWISS MADE. No date window breaks the layout. Small spots are scattered across the white, the hands have darkened around an amber-toned fill, and tiny brown pips sit at the outer ends of the markers.
The back screws down, with six notches for the case wrench circling the Seamaster medallion. Inside it, under ACIER INOXYDABLE and the Omega name, the reference is struck as “14704 SC – 61”. The case is 34mm across and 41mm lug to lug, built with straight flanks, angled lugs, a smooth bezel and a domed crystal, and finished with an Omega-marked crown. Fine scratches run across the case sides and bezel.
The strap is tan leather with light contrast stitching. Under the screw-down back, the movement is engraved 591 beside its serial, 17877299.
