1970's Geneve Diver....or not?

Yo32Leigh

This Geneve is advertised on a local classifieds. Not one I've seen before and little to compare to that I can find, which in itself raises questions.

It's advertised as follows:
Rare 1970’s Omega Geneve Automatic Divers watch ref ST 166.0119, calibre 1481 ( base-Tissot 784)

I have found a similar watch on the bay (item number 373836517331) but the bezel and the movement look different.

Any thoughts?

Davidt

I believe there is an uncommon Geneve diver from that period. As to whether the bezel is correct, I’ve no idea. These don’t come up for sale all that often.

Be aware though, this is one of those instances where rare does not equal valuable.

Yo32Leigh

To be honest it's out of my piece bracket but I thought I'd post to see what other members thought of it. The lack of available comparison would be a worry for me as little to compare and verify this to.
The seller is asking £1k for what looks like a fairly original example (compared to the redial on the bay).

lightweight

I think these watches are really cool. I have always had a thing for underappreciated skin divers though. I have seen a few examples of similar dive style watches from the Admiralty line. Been close to picking them up on occasion but none of them have crossed the line into "need to have it" territory and I don't much like flipping so its hard to justify a watch I might only want to wear for 6 months.