As a final comment from me on this thread, I wanted to post a picture of what exactly was meant by those Watchuseek posters about “authentic” red seconds hands on vintage Speedmasters.
As you can see, it is a different color red (more orange), is slab-shaped with no lume, and looks nothing like the hand on your watch. If yours looked like this, we might believe it was original.
This whole thing is hilarious. 🍿 like my mama used to say "There's no one more blind than he who refuses to see".
Its still a good watch, isn't that enough?
Another side note: I want to get a Jedi now after reading the other thread. Anyone selling? 😁
I think Omega in US had an inferior quality and they broke the design code, so many puzzling US only models
I don't think anyone can refute painted hands, they are all painted, some models have this low quality paint, for example google "162.010 blue"
^ I'd assume this was a redial, up close these kind of hands look hand painted, they aren't uniform
Who can guarantee that Omega in US didn't actually commit heresy and released a model with after painted hands? No one, unless you have a recording of all models sold
Who can guarantee that Omega in US didn't actually commit heresy and released a model with after painted hands? No one, unless you have a recording of all models sold
For example Subaru in Japan has excellent quality, but they have a US plant with highly inferior quality, the windshields crack randomly on cars etc.
To be honest given the evidence I believe it's not original as well, but it's possible to have an Omega far below Swiss quality and outside design principles because it wasn't made in Switzerland, so the possibility is always there, and my point is it's never "not happening" - it happens
Is there an Omega factory in the US or any other country? Branded dials were sourced from a single location. Which bracelet or strap the watch went home with was more fluid back in the day, certainly. Who would do this type of overpaint at he behest of a customer? Not Omega.
I don’t know a factory is the right word, but yes, I assume many separate workshops and local cases, dials/hands I’m not sure, but definitely cases and local variations
It’s not really about OP though, for all I know he could even be a high level troll, but for me, it’s more about the depth of possibilities out there
Who’s to say a person working at one of these workshops didn’t took the initiative and produced a couple abominations?
It was a wild and imaginative time with an extreme amount of unique models
Stop giving him false hope, you are clutching at straws like the OP. I can think of only one recognised Speedmaster model that received major local alterations, and that was in Italy not the USA. Can you provide examples that were modified or customised in the USA and yet are still considered as legitimate variations?
Once again I'm not saying the watch is original, I believe it's a custom job too, however you all make god like assumptions and verdicts, and we're all just people, people who work at Omega are just people too, so less hubris more open minds please
If the original owner's memory is correct, perhaps it was originally red with lume but then poorly repainted. Is that possible?
Should one suggest that possibility in a for sale ad to spiff things up?
