Dial looks suspicious, any thoughts?

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Davapo

·Jan 25, 2026

I am looking at buying my first omega watch somewhere soon. This one popped up and I am curious on what you guys think. I think the 9 is too far to the right and I think all the hour markers look to be to thin compared to other watches.

 

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SOG53

·Jan 25, 2026

IMO dial looks ok many dial variations Case ok not overly polished. These usually have alpha hands which are more desirable the hands here may be replacements. Movement looks ok
Comes down to price. What is asking?

 

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Davapo

·Jan 26, 2026

This one is not listed yet so I just need to make an offer. Is <350 reasonable? cause then I will just make an offer of 250 and look from there, about the alpha hands, is that something to look into to replace these with in the future, or are those hardly ever on the market?

 

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Davapo

·Jan 26, 2026

SOG53

IMO dial looks ok many dial variations Case ok not overly polished. These usually have alpha hands which are more desirable the hands here may be replacements. Movement looks ok
Comes down to price. What is asking?

Which type of alpha hands should be in this watch?

 

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UWG

·Jan 26, 2026

You have all Information, that you need:
Reference-No, Movement and Serial-Nr.
Try your own research and you will see, how fast you will learn for a better decision.
And if you already did, let us know, it will keep the discussion running.

 

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Davapo

·Jan 26, 2026

I did some research myself before I made a thread here, I know that it is from 1958 from the number in the movement, and I looked up that a caliber 285 is a hand wind. But I have no clue what a watch in this condition is worth since every watch from an online retailer is priced way higher then the second hand market. So my own idea was to make an offer of 250 but I wanted to know what you guys think. Cause clearly I am new to this game and you guys are not.

 

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Tony C.

·Jan 26, 2026·Ωf Jury member

There are a huge number of vintage Omega watches for sale at any given time, and this is not one to pursue.

The dial, though original, features "embossed" indices, which are degraded. The image of the case back is misleading, and the (many) scratches would be much more noticeable in person. The case has been polished, and the hands appear to be incorrect replacements.

I suggest that you find a (much) better example.

 

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Passover

·Jan 26, 2026

Lots of bubbling on the dial

It adds up so better move on...

 

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Dan S

·Jan 26, 2026

The dial looks legit to me, but not in good condition.

 

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Davapo

·Jan 26, 2026

Yeah, so this one is not worth buying, then I will look further, thanks everyone.

 

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SOG53

·Jan 26, 2026

https://omegaforums.net/threads/asking-your-advice-about-this-omega-14714-6-sc.129455/

Thread 'Asking your advice about this omega 14714-6-sc' ·

Hello OF community! 😀


I’m asking your help about a watch that I would want to buy to improve my small but growing collection. As I don’t have the sufficient knowledge yet to evaluate if a watch...

Green_P0ison · Mar 28, 2021

Alpha hands shown in this thread

 

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SOG53

·Jan 26, 2026

When trying to research watches:

the reference number is inside Caseback.

Once you have that you can search OF and google and lots of examples will show up. Use advanced search option on OF search threads and put in ref number on title.

If you don’t have reference number available the use google lens that often leads you to correct reference.

Very many dial variations for each reference

Try this for future research.

 

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Davapo

·Jan 26, 2026

Thanks a lot!