Black dial SMDVs Türler authenticity check

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Hi all, just purchased this off eBay and although I'm pretty sure it's a redial, I'd love to hear other opinions. I have no idea how to safely open this up, so would love opinions on tools / how to approach that if I wanted to check out the movement.

 
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The dial looks original to my eyes, which don't see as well as they used to. Turler is a jewelry store in Switzerand that sold enough Omega watches that they made dual-signed dials for them.

The case opens from the front through the crystal. You need some special tools to do it right, so my advice would be to find a watchmaker who has the necessary tools.

Hope this helps,
gatorcpa
 
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I fully expected to see a standard redialed DeVille but my first impression is the dials original.
 
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Dial seems like a repaint to me–The text looks white and the black surface matte instead of gilt and glossy. I also would have expected the Turler text to have a slightly different look than the rest of the script, as my understanding is that the retailer signatures were always added after the regular dial production process.
 
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Dial seems like a repaint to me–The text looks white and the black surface matte instead of gilt and glossy. I also would have expected the Turler text to have a slightly different look than the rest of the script, as my understanding is that the retailer signatures were always added after the regular dial production process.
Tried taking some close up shots with my camera. It's white, but honestly seems like slightly metallic whitish silver ink. That being said I personally have a hard time believing a watch from the 1960s is in this clean of a condition.

Are redails usually made entirely from scratch? I have a hard time understanding how someone could get this printed so tiny with all of these details.

 
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It's not impossible to find watches from the '60s, and even '50s, in stunning condition. But they usually are exceptionally rare and tend to go for a pretty penny due to their condition.

Taking the closeups into consideration, I still think the dial is repainted, primarily due to the fact that it doesn't exhibit the expected glossy black dial and gilt text (metallic, slightly recessed relative to the black finish, and reflective. Critically, not silver paint that has been applied atop the black lacquer and therefore looks raised). Given the dial has onyx or vulcanite inserts instead of being painted (suggesting it comes from before the cost-cutting of the late '60s), I would expect a true gilt dial here.
 
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It's not impossible to find watches from the '60s, and even '50s, in stunning condition. But they usually are exceptionally rare and tend to go for a pretty penny due to their condition.

Taking the closeups into consideration, I still think the dial is repainted, primarily due to the fact that it doesn't exhibit the expected glossy black dial and gilt text (metallic, slightly recessed relative to the black finish, and reflective. Critically, not silver paint that has been applied atop the black lacquer and therefore looks raised). Given the dial has onyx or vulcanite inserts instead of being painted (suggesting it comes from before the cost-cutting of the late '60s), I would expect a true gilt dial here.
I don't know if I miss anything, but I tend to agree with the others who think that the dial is original. I compared it to other good photos of relevant references on internet, including black dialled SMDVs. The symmetry, font and alignment of the text check out, so do the markers. The condition of the dial is, assuming it is original which I think it is, superb IMO.

But i totally agree with the point you made about high prices, especially when the watch is acquired from a boutique or jeweller.