Hello everyone happy to be part of this forum.
I just purchased 2531.80 as I’m still a noob I’m desperate to get your opinion on authenticity. I know I know! This is my 3rd omega but price has me wondering. Also if anyone knows what LUME I have that would be highly appreciated. I paid 950 after a bit of negotiations. Please administrators delete if not allowed here.

 

Early models had tritium lume on the hands and dial, and alter model use luminova.

 

Looks ok to me. The red end on the seconds hand tends to fade on these if you were worried about that. Think you have Luminova lume as it hasn't changed color (though the interestingly the Tritium dials don't have T on them as you would expect for dials with Tritium). 950 is a good price on one these in my book though that has been polished. Not sure these will ever be collectible though but who knows.

ETA - Serial number should be on back of lugs and on movement so would check those and make sure they match.

 

Is the fried egg look on some models I’ve seen tritium?

 

ok will check the serial number later, thanks for the heads up. Yeah when he had it serviced last year they polished it. He initially was asking 1500 but once I seen the polish job I was going to walk and he seemed to need to sell so I decided to throw a risky offer. Sorry I’m so new to this you mentioned tritium models don’t have T, are you talking about where it says Swiss made? The second hand did worry me but did look it up before purchase and is common. Can’t believe it fades from red to white though.

 

Yes. Here's a bunch I serviced a while back, and you can see the versions that have tritium:

 

Yes. I believe, for these, the SL was released in ‘98?

 

So this makes sense as watch was purchased in 01

 

Hey thanks for the photo it is clear now which have tritium and sl. Does anyone know which is more desirable?

 

yes, usually watches that used Tritium had a T marking on the dial to indicate use of Tritium a radioactive material. This was not always the case though. Here is interesting thread on it.

https://omegaforums.net/threads/why-do-some-tritium-dials-have-no-ts.84066/

 

Thanks for everyones input on this topic. Do you guys happen to know which of the two lumes is more desirable? Pros and cons. Also for the crappy polish job if I later sent to omega can they correct that with a normal service?

 

Here’s a couple more pictures of the polish job kinda hard to see.

 

SL pro- it still works
Tritium con- it'll be dead

I don't see a bad polish job. Your case and bracelet are finished how it should be. Your watch just has a lot of wear on it. If you give it to Omega, they will refinish it back to spec and finish wise, the watch will look the same, just new.

 

Yeah, I agree with Scrarecrow. Crown guard looks a bit small/polished which seemed most apparent in first pick you posted but it is not really bad though I haven't owned one of these in awhile to compare directly to. For $950 it looks like a keeper to me.

 

that requirement was dropped earlier then you would think. Omega kept it on the Speedmaster professional and Rolex kept using it until they stopped on most watches. It’s common to find 80-90’s era watches that are not marked with a T.

:cough: Speedmaster reduced :cough:

80’s seamasters... 80’s datejusts...

 

Makes sense I’m glad I have the sl as it’s still functional, yeah I’m going to wear it and hopefully sometime next year I’ll send it off to omega for service. I’m just happy the bezel wasn’t all chewed up seems to be common thing on these smp. Most of the used ones I came across were scratches down to the metal of bezel. Yeah I do agree this watch has a lot of wear and tear as looks to be worn regularly

 

Looks like I learn something new everyday. Thanks for your input. Also I’ll keep an eye out when I go buy another watch for that T

 

Do they look small because they have been polished? Yeah I’m happy with this purchase. Months back I was looking to buy one from crown and caliber but couldn’t justify spending 2300.

 

Not necessarily. This was mine. I had sold it not long ago. The crown guards are pretty rounded to begin with on these. Yours look good for all the wear it has seen.

This was the only pic of the sides I took of the watch a while ago.

terrible quality because I cropped in quite a bit.

It’s because they are a dealer and are selling their service for that price. IE warranty and authenticity verification. Their warranty isn’t worth much though. These watches in auction/private sale often don’t even reach 2k. What you got it for is easily a bargain.

 

That is what I thought from your initial pictures. Subsequent pictures look better. Though I currently don't own this watch and owned it a long time ago. As I said, for 950 dollars I think you got a good deal. Dealer pricing at 2300 is high but think your pricing is still very good on a private sale in my opinion.