"Blue dial" '77 De Ville.

In my no-rush, continuing search for '77s, I came across this gem. 😀

https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-OM...DIAL-DRESS-MENS-WATCH-RARE-ITEMS/283853575092

I gather that in some markets "polished" is considered a major positive. To each his own. But I'm curious about the dial here: did someone repaint it to make it blue??? I'm having a difficult time locating a reliable record of the same thing elsewhere.

To be clear, I don't think I'd ever consider purchasing this, but am interested to learn more about it.

Yeah, they manage to be honest and cagey at the same time.

...I suppose what I'm asking is, is it possible the dial was originally blue and "restored" to a super-shiny version of its original blue-ness, or (as I strongly suspect) is there 0 chance of that; rather, it used to be another color (probably one of the commonly found gold or creme colors) and got smurfed for no good reason whatsoever?

True.

It was smurfed because it will stand out to someone who is not knowledgeable about how it originally looked, and they will want to buy it. Same reason the case has a high-gloss liquid metal finish. Also, the "Omega" buckle is not genuine.

A general word of advice: if a 50+ year old watch sparkles and glows it is probably not original.

I totally get that: been lurking here enough the past few months to learn to appreciate the value of a bit of true vintage aging and to dislike overpolished turds (a phrase I've come to enjoy). I guess I was just taken aback to learn that someone would actually so overzealously (almost sacrilegiously!) "restore" a watch to a color that bears no relation to its origins or even anything Omega ever manufactured. I'll be watching to see what it sells for, out of a kind of morbid curiosity. I suppose people get what they deserve, if they don't bother to do any research. But the thought of someone plunking down $$$ or even $$$$ to purchase what amounts to a kind of forgery (albeit one painted onto an authentic canvas) makes me a little queasy. Caveat emptor, I guess.

And I guess the flipside here is that things are worth what people are willing to pay for them, no more, no less.