Greetings Fellow Omega Forumites! It's been quite a while since I had the chance to visit here, contribute, enquire, or to even get the opportunity to ponder the mysteries of our vintage addiction even at home, so am glad to be back after having run into a relatively distinct 50's Omega Seamaster 2577 chronometer which I couldn't pass.... and so the ball went rolling again, and am hooked once more! Anyone run into a dial back on a 50's Omega like this? It's become a regular practice for my watchmaker and myself to first study the dial back/inside once I've passed a newly purchased watch over to him. This is a critical first step to authenticate whether the watch has been tampered with (refinished) or is in original condition. This one's a first!! Any thoughts?
Googling "ZJ dial" gives you quite some hits, I clicked a few but none of them showed the pattern on yours. So ZJ seems to be a makers mark, but usually just stamped once.
So here's a little teaser... Lets consider this, given the dial back and this dial text, is this a redial?
Good call.... I was wondering why that "ZJ" looked familiar. I have a SM Grande Luxe with ZJ engraved once on the 18k dial back. American supplier of dials for Omega of the day?
Hard to tell with the tiny photo. Will need high resolution ones of the entire dial as well as the rest of the watch to give a better opinion.
Wrong 'S' in Seamaster for the early 1950s. "Swiss Made" incorrect for a 2577. No rivet marks for the batons on the rear of the dial.
One hell of a grand redial thought, huh!? Perhaps a modern factory replacement? American issue? That's why I was asking whether it's been seen before.
That's the problem . . . also we note that the hands do not fit the position of the chapter ring, which is inside the batons. What is the movement - a cal 352?
Definitely not a replacement. My choices for this dial are a poor redial with wrong fonts and glued on markers or a total fake.