You can see the markings in chapter « 5.Special EK » near the end of the thread.

 

Got it.
1. Do you know if they came in stainless steel/silver color?
2. Also, what should I pay for an original (ball park?)
3. Finally, When you refer to the use of this Special EK buckle not have a band with a loop, couldn't I simply remove a keeper or free loop if I wanted to use one on a generic leather band?

Thanks for continuing to educate me.
Best,
Dave

 

Dear @omegastar, thank you for this amazing piece of research. My apologies if I should have found the answers already within this rather long thread, but please may I ask anyway?
I have a "Special EK", as a consolatory leftover from a watch trade I'd rather forget (maybe I got the better end of the bargain after all?).
1. I wondered what "PAT.BVT." meant? I am not a French speaker, but I am guessing that "PAT." refers to patents. No idea about BVT. though. Do you know, please?
2. Would it be "appropriate" to put this buckle, once I have a reasonable strap, on a watch built in the 1940s?
Thanks for your help!

 

BVT. - French abbreviation for patent (brevet).

This style buckle is from the mid/late 1960s into the 70s.

 

So obvs once it's explained, sorry
V grateful for your help!

 

Anyway to know if these two buckles that I purchased recently are original MG? Are there 'fake' MG buckles on the market. I question their authenticity because they are so shiny and do not appear to have been used. Would love it if they are original products for my 1962 Omega Seamaster De Ville.

Thanks,
Dave

 

Generally, if you have to ask you already know they are fakes, somewhere in your deeper self.
They are missing the space between Acier and Inox which are two words meaning Stainless Steel.

 

Urgh. Really? It's so hard to source official buckles for a newbie like me. Any suggestions aside from scouring ebay for the real thing?

 

Those look fake to me.

 

Thanks for the response. What about them look fake? I'm trying to educate myself so that I can spot official ones in the future. I'm trying to outfit my father's Seamaster De Ville, 1962 with a period buckle. Many thanks for any insights you can provide.

 

Go to the first page of this thread where the MG buckles are discussed, the differences should be pretty clear.

 

Interesting, thank you!

 

Another one to add to this thread. 40s/50s I believe. Correct me if I'm wrong.

This is on that I recently purchased. Still on an Omega strap too. Paid a little more than I usually would for my standards!


Photos are not my own as I haven't had the time to take a look at it yet. Apologies for the horrible shots!

All the best,
Chris

 

Yellow gold 16 mm buckle acquired recently.



Art

 

Nice one

 

I think it was called a “dynamic buckle”.

 

@omegastar see below. This ticks all the boxes if I read your thorough review. However, the order is just the other way around. Is this now considered genuine? thanks!!!!!

 

Found a strap with buckle for sale. The buckle attached to the supposed Omega strap looks a little different compared to what i have seen before. I cant really tell what the inner engravings on the left says. Is it a fake?

 

I have a buckle that looks like that with different markings. I think it’s legitimate.

Tom

 

I wonder... which kind of machine churned out millions of these things