BoR bracelet authenticity check?

mutanthands · May 14, 2020

Hello,

I’ve been on the hunt for a BoR for a while and decided to take a bit of a punt on this bracelet.
I’ve done a lot of research and I think it looks legit, but one concern I have is the lack of number on the clasp. However, the logo / print is very crisp, especially when compared to the aftermarket / Asian fakes.
Apparently the bracelet is from a 60s Seamaster DeVille. The end links are stamped 70 too.

What do you guys think? 😀

mutanthands · May 15, 2020

Any thoughts on the clasp?

Passover · May 15, 2020

For me its looking genuine, I don't know if the number on the inner clasp is 'must have'

Calling @Lucasssssss 😀

If it's turn out to be genuine watch out for the length

For which watch do you intend to use it?

mutanthands · May 15, 2020

Passover
For me its looking genuine, I don't know if the number on the inner clasp is 'must have'

Calling @Lucasssssss 😀

If it's turn out to be genuine watch out for the length

For which watch do you intend to use it?

I intend to put it on a dog leg 168.005 I picked up here a while ago 😀

Passover · May 15, 2020

mutanthands
I intend to put it on a dog leg 168.005 I picked up here a while ago

👍

Lucasssssss · May 15, 2020

Passover
For me its looking genuine, I don't know if the number on the inner clasp is 'must have'

Calling @Lucasssssss 😀

If it's turn out to be genuine watch out for the length

For which watch do you intend to use it?

Thank you for the tag

Can you provide some better photos of the endlinks?

To preface this, there have been a large variety of bracelets, and it is very difficult to say for certain what is and is not authentic.

I am in two minds about this bracelet. I am sure that it is not an "old production" bracelet, the engraving is not deep enough and I have not seen many without numbering (this could be European Bias though).

I am pretty sure the bracelet has definitely been made recently, I do not see many true NOS bracelets, and even when you baby them, they end up stretching quite fast. This would make me think that it was ordered from Omega fairly recently.

What does concern me is the endlinks, I know for sure that the "service" endlinks for this model are the 570s. I have never seen endlinks which look as new as this and are marked 70. This would lead me to think it is a fake. However, just because I have not seen them it does not mean that they do not exist.

If this is a fake, the fakers are getting better.

What is the price of the bracelet? Who is the seller? Can we get more photos of the endlinks?

mutanthands · May 15, 2020

Thanks Lucas, appreciated.
This is not a NOS bracelet, it was advertised as a vintage BoR, but was tidied up by Omega when the watch it was on (Seamaster DeVille) was sent in for a service. There are a few scratches on the bracelet that look to have been polished / brushed out which would correlate with this.

The price of the bracelet was £95, the seller is an unknown with 0 feedback. Not something I’d usually advocate at all, but with payment protection (PayPal and credit card) I thought it was worth the risk.

Here are some (hopefully) better photos of the end links.

Lucasssssss · May 15, 2020

mutanthands
Thanks Lucas, appreciated.
This is not a NOS bracelet, it was advertised as a vintage BoR, but was tidied up by Omega when the watch it was on (Seamaster DeVille) was sent in for a service. There are a few scratches on the bracelet that look to have been polished / brushed out which would correlate with this.

The price of the bracelet was £95, the seller is an unknown with 0 feedback. Not something I’d usually advocate at all, but with payment protection (PayPal and credit card) I thought it was worth the risk.

Here are some (hopefully) better photos of the end links.

This is a story which makes a lot of sense actually, and explains why they may have replaced the clasp on the watch at some point, and the faint dings all around.

The endlinks are correct in my opinion.

Good price for a nice bracelet.

mutanthands · May 15, 2020

Huge thanks Lucas, puts my mind at ease 😀

BoR bracelet authenticity check?

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