Fake watch help

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Hi! I need help deciphering what is real and fake with these Omega Seamaster 120m Quartz

is this legit? Anything throw you off? If not, what throws you off? I don’t have access to the movement
 
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As @watchyouwant asked in the other thread, what makes you hesitate? Is there something that that is making you question it?


From what I understand, there has been an effort to counterfeit these 120m’s in the past. With that, the price and the lack of interest on eBay. Another example of this exact watch listed for $750 and has 71 watchers

this one is less than half the price, its been relisted numerous times
 
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I don't see anything wrong from the pictures, but $325 is well below the going rate. The second hand is moving based on different positions in different photos, so the claim that it is fully functional seems sound. Without movement photos, I suppose the Omega 1438 could have been swapped with the ETA 255.461 equivalent. That would reduce the "collectable" value, but, honestly, these 1990s quartz watches don't have much collectable value anyway. And it wouldn't affect the functionality/accuracy/etc. since the only differences between those movements are cosmetic. The one thing I'd note is that the bracelet only has a single removable full link and the two half-links. So it will be too small for wrists much larger than 6 inches in circumference. You can purchase additional links, though they're not cheap.

FWIW, the seller does have 100% positive feedback and accepts returns at their expense. Also, eBay is very buyer friendly in the case of disputes. If I were in the market, I wouldn't have a problem making the purchase.

Edited to add: If I did purchase it, first thing I'd do is open up the caseback to see if the movement was genuine Omega and make sure that there wasn't damage from, e.g., battery leakage.
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I don't see anything wrong from the pictures, but $325 is well below the going rate. The second hand is moving based on different positions in different photos, so the claim that it is fully functional seems sound. Without movement photos, I suppose the Omega 1438 could have been swapped with the ETA 255.461 equivalent. That would reduce the "collectable" value, but, honestly, these 1990s quartz watches don't have much collectable value anyway. And it wouldn't affect the functionality/accuracy/etc. since the only differences between those movements are cosmetic. The one thing I'd note is that the bracelet only has a single removable full link and the two half-links. So it will be too small for wrists much larger than 6 inches in circumference. You can purchase additional links, though they're not cheap.

FWIW, the seller does have 100% positive feedback and accepts returns at their expense. Also, eBay is very buyer friendly in the case of disputes. If I were in the market, I wouldn't have a problem making the purchase.

Edited to add: If I did purchase it, first thing I'd do is open up the caseback to see if the movement was genuine Omega and make sure that there wasn't damage from, e.g., battery leakage.


Sound advice. I appreciate your patience and thoroughness. Everyone on here has been extremely kind and helpful.

I will almost certainly need to purchase more links. I’ll toss it on some cool NATOS for the time being.

With that said, I pulled the trigger on it. I will provide you guys an update when it arrives.
 
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I will provide you guys an update when it arrives.

Please do. That price is very curiousity-inducing.

BTW, the Omega part number for the extra link is 114ST1501. No doubt there are plenty available on eBay in various states of (dis)repair, but new ones are going to cost you ~ $75 to $80 each. Aftermarket versions can be had for ~ $40.