That is very obviously a redial. Crown is worn, case isn't great either, and movement is dirty, but looks decent. At 2500 CAD, you overpaid a bit more than 2000 CAD.
How was the watch described in the listing? With watches being sent regularly from a watchmaker in VN, one would tend to expect a lot of put-together and restored pieces.
Hi everyone, bought this off of FB marketplace. The guy has lots of 5 star reviews and deals in Omegas and other watches sent to him from his watchmaker in Vietnam. I wanted to know if this was fake. It is a 1962 pie pan constellation with caliber 561. I paid $2500 CAD for it, please let me know. Thank you very much.
How was the watch described in the listing? With watches being sent regularly from a watchmaker in VN, one would tend to expect a lot of put-together and restored pieces.
The minute markers are all over the place, and the Omega logo isnt' even close to centered.
Redials are done by 3rd parties, usually some watchmaker who wanted to make it look 'better' and made it worse, or tried cleaning it and messing it up. Either way it kills the value.
And I'm saying: Its worth roughly $500 CAD at best. Movement is ~$250 of that, case isn't awful, so yeah, anyone who knows what they are looking at wouldn't pay $500 CAD for it.
No expert, but I would not be shocked to learn the dial is original. And while the OP definitely overpaid, the idea this is worth less than $365 USD is ridiculous. On eBay I would expect this to bring at least $1k and probably closer to $1500
