CK 2915 / 2998 BASE 1000 Bezel ... E

R robby

Someone posted while I was writing.
So the A5 is open C and A6 is closed C?

Gemini4

"You actually have two different bezels. The 2998-2 has A5 and 2998-1 has A6."

Yup. You are correct. Thanks

wsfarrell

There is not the TINIEST difference, other than wear, between the two bezels below (current eBay auction on top, timezone pic on the bottom). The implication for me is that if the eBay bezel is fake, it's so good that no one will ever be able to prove it's fake, so case closed.

speedy4ever

Dear all,

I had a quick look at that topic and here is my concern, which is not directly related to the bezel you are discussing about:

Hypothesis 1: there is only ONE guenine version of "steel base 1000" and of "black base 1000".
Consequence: we were wrong in the book and more importantly, the majority of 2915s and 2998-1 -2s do not have a guenine bezel.

Hypothesis 2: there were several typography providers for each type and thus several bezel versions. In this case, it means that it's more difficult to track repros.

Hypothesis 2b: the variants might come from replacement parts made in the 1960s, then can we consider them as valuable as the "original"?

To the end, I would not state if the black 1000 here is guenine or not, but when bezels are so close to the guenine (hey which one is guenine?), my opinion is that it's more acceptable than the service bezels provided by Omega.
If only Omega decided to produce such parts, the debate would be ended...