https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.com.au/ulk/itm/153037645970 Hi everyone, I'm not very experienced when it comes to Vintage omegas and it seems to be quite a mine field. I found this one which I don't mind but found it odd that it had so little detail or really anything on the dial. I did a Google search of the case number (2902-1) and found a few other similar to it like this one here: https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/omega-cal-284-tone-dial-year-1956-251798973 And this one also on Omega forums: https://omegaforums.net/threads/undefined-vintage-gold-omega-help-us-identify.5234/ From what I can see they appear to be the same apart from the second one I found being gold filled. I had a look at a guide that featured movement serial numbers, calibre's and the years that they were produced in. https://www.ebay.com/gds/How-to-spot-Fake-and-Frankestein-Omega-/10000000177399639/g.htmlPurchases made through these links may earn this site a commission from the eBay Partner Network The movement serial number was in the 15,000,000's and from the lists in the link above was from 1956 but I couldn't find the movement (284) being made in 1956 or at all. Of course this doesn't mean that it's fake but it did make me a little skeptical. I also looked on the vintage Omega website and there were no results for the serial number, just for something different. Seems like omega's archives are missing more watches than what they actually do have archived. Anyway I was hoping that someone with more knowledge in the field could help me out. Thanks in advance. Regards, Mark
The serial number puts the cal 284 from 1956, which seems fine to me. I think the movement and the reference is legit. It's a bit unusual to have lumed hands with an un-lumed dial, but not impossible.
Yeah sorry I meant 1956 not 1965, wrong way around haha. From what I could find it seemed to be legit. Thanks for the comment
Contrary to what the seller says, I believe it's a redial. Several of the minute markers appear to be unevenly spaced around the hour markers.
"Newness" isn't a red flag in and of itself. I've got a few mint examples of watches that are as old and older. Some of the collections on this site would blow you away in respects of originality and mintyness. It's the discrepancies that you need to look at. Pay attention to the markers between 2 and 3 ... I think they'll convince you its been reprinted.
Yep, redialled or cleaned. Lume in the hands, but not on the dial just doesn't exist in the world of post-30's Omega... Am I the only one who flagged that it is missing the bezel?
Ok, noted. But did any watches that had tritium lume (either hands or dial) come without any Ts whatsoever?
In the Omega change over period from radium to tritium, the Tritium dials generally didn’t have Ts. Up to around ‘63 After that Ts should appear on tritium dials until the early 70’s when they disappeared again on some Omegas.