Another coat hanger “S” Seamaster with “T” for tritium! Perhaps a redial?

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A couple of months ago I posted an enquiry about an omega seamaster which I was alerted by members here to be a redial because the “S” font was not correct for a “ T “ labeled dial.

I have found another 552 mvt model for sale online with same type of dial! Would this be a red flag pointing to a redial? Something also in the Seamaster lettering around the “a” and “e” which does not seem right to me , but then I am no expert! It is a 24xxxxx series which does not coincide with these types of dials::facepalm1::!
Any thoughts?

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Here is a blow up of “Seamaster”:

Looks kind of crude to me. Maybe could be a service dial, but I don’t think it is.

I would not buy it.
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might be some scratches on the crystal, hard to tell from just the one photo. Take some from other angles, if you can.
 
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I'm still learning, but I think coathanger Seamasters should have lowecase "a" letters in which the staffs are slanted at the same angle as the bottom of the "S"; in the photos the "a" staffs look vertical. So I would suspsect a redial.
 
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Thanks for responding guys ! Much appreciated!
might be some scratches on the crystal, hard to tell from just the one photo. Take some from other angles, if you can.
I don’t own the watch as it is on sale somewhere in Japan!

I have learnt from this forum that coat hanger S seamaster dials do not normally come with a “T”unless the “T” was printed later at the factory to denote unlabelled tritium dials which were mandatory according to the new 1964 Swiss regulations! Those retro printed dials with the T are quite often asymmetrical with the “Swiss made” inscriptions ( ie off line or even bigger fonts). This is the other red flag for me with the dial in question which seems to be inline with rest of “Swiss made”inscriptions!
The only other photo on an angle that is available is

The other concerns are inscriptions circled in red
 
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I think the dial is OK, these dials with embossed markers are are very difficult to refinish without destroying the edges and these still look sharp.

I'd be more concerned about how polished the case is.

PASS for me.
 
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I think the dial is OK, these dials with embossed markers are are very difficult to refinish without destroying the edges and these still look sharp.

PASS for me.
So as I understand it, dial is a reprinted later at some stage

I have a special interest in coat hanger Seamaster dials with Retro printed “T” next to Swiss made as I once owned one belonging In the family and are very rare to find! I thought this was one of them!

I thought I had found one earlier this year which members here helped me avoid making the mistake from buying as it was not an original factory printed dial😦
 
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