I recently purchased this watch on Ebay and when I received it, something looked a bit strange. I realizes that the 6 on the dial is cut and if you look closely between the border of the light and dark brown shades it's pretty uneven. Type: Mechanical manual wind Suggested year: 1947 Model: Ref 2505 Caliber: 265 Jewels: 15 Serial number: 11891611 It's also from Uruguay. I don't know if that might have something to do with the chances of this watch to be a forgery.
I have searched the model and so far the watch does resemble the image searches. I'm thinking the dial must have been repainted
Okay so if it's a redial would this mean that the dial is actually not original or would it mean that there has been a repair on the original?
Agreed on the 'repaint'/ redial. (Redial is typically used to mean the original dial was refinished) The minute tick marks on the furniture is definitely odd looking. There are other significant issues, such as the level of polish and crown, that would make this a 'pass'.
thats the 3rd trainwreck post that I read in a row today that starts with "I recently bought this omega on ebay..." anybody SEA a pattern???
I just received a redial bought on eBay too. I immediately filed an 'item not as described' return request and eBay gave me return label to ship back. So it is on the way back and I will have my money in about 10 days.
You forgot to mention the twelve high resolution photographs provided in both eBay and Auctiva format. The condition of the watch was clearly evident, I think the seller will consider this a case of "buyer's remorse". Edit, just saw they are the same as in the first post.