Advice needed with a Seamaster 30 - mysterious dial

Hi fellow members. I wish everyone a healthy and great new year.

I would like to ask the help of those more experienced and acquainted with the Seamaster 30 series of the 60s.

Recently I came across with this watch. Just ignoring the choice of Nato strap 😵‍💫 there were a few things that caught my attention.



1) The dial looks authentic in the way the Logo, the texts and the second/minute track were printed.

2) That clashes with my memory though as I have never seen such a dial in a Seamaster 30.

Most of them are baton-indices or more rarely a military-ish dial with full arabic numbers but not these and without this copper-colour near the minute track.

3) Dial has a sunburst, which is correct for the 60s but a printed logo, which should evoke 40s. The serial number of the watch does date it to the year 1964-65.

4) Weird looking hands in regards to colour. However, the hands style seems to be correct for a Seamaster 30.

5) Overall state of the watch. The seller claims to be a collector, not a dealer. The watch case and movement do look ok, and even well taken care of... 😒



Further information in general about the history of the Seamaster 30, where other examples with the printed logo can be seen, I got it from here:

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/the-value-proposition-vintage-edition-omega-seamaster-30

Would appreciate your comments on the watch and on the article. Is this a rare dial variant or a crazy and too creative redial?

Best,

Rudi

I would say redial and / or franken. Hands should match the indices.

But now that I’ve seen it I’ll never be able to “unsee” it.

Thanks a lot, guys. Still learning a lot. Hope everyone is safe.

Best wishes,

Rudi

Never seen a SM 30 dial like this - I would also vote for redial