Thanks brother! I’m certainly no expert on modern speedies; as we both know, the majority of my knowledge is in vintage. That being said, I’ve sold my fair share of these. This clown has been bugging me all day over this. Even after I explained to him that a) my new photos sucked (my employee was experimenting with a new lightbox. Obviously a lot of tinkering still to be done) and the pics were overexposed (no photoshop), hence why the caseback may have looked strange, b) all he had to do was go on Omega’s own site to understand he was wrong. Then he tried to educate me on 17 vs 18 jewel movements, my watch has a clone movement, etc. No less than three times, I sent him a link to Omega’s own website, showing the same caseback, movement, description of 18 jewel, etc. That wasn’t good enough. He told me to take it to omega...which I did! They confirmed on the spot that the watch was good in their records. Of course, after I sent him that, he said that wasn’t enough (even though that’s what he told me to do himself!), and his “omega Watchmakers” looked at it and said the movement was fake (to which I sent a side-by-side from the omega website press photo, showing same finishing, stamping, jewels, etc). Anyhoo, the watch came from a well-known Japanese wholesaler of primarily omega watches (and before them, a Tokyo AD), of very well repute, and the watch is without question (for me at least). Thanks all for helping to set the record straight. If you want to read some of the shenanigans I had to deal with today, head over to my IG story (
@mentawatches) for a fun read. This as*****e wasted a solid afternoon of my life and time with my kids, as I was so worried there was a small chance he was right, I dropped my kids off from the park and ran over to my local boutique to be sure. Alls well that ends well i suppose.
