Help me identify this Omega

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JanSch

·Feb 7, 2023

Good afternoon everyone,

This supposedly is an Omega Seamaster with cal 268. However I cannot identify any Seamaster reference with this caliber and the corresponding lug shape. Unfortunately, the owner is not capable of opening the case back. Does someone have a guess, which reference this could be? Furthermore is this a redial?

Thanks in advance everyone,
Jan

 

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gatorcpa

·Feb 7, 2023·ΩF InvestiGator

We need better pictures. Very difficult to give an opinion on the dial without seeing it in person.

If you are vetting the watch for a potential purchase, then you should be buying the seller and not the watch here. This is should be a several hundred dollar purchase. If the seller is unwilling to take the watch to a watchmaker to have it checked out, he should allow you to do so for a short period of time after purchase.

Otherwise, I’d advise looking elsewhere.
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JanSch

·Feb 7, 2023

Thank you for your response. According to the seller the watch was serviced recently but he does not have any photos of the movement from back then. I already asked him whether he knows the reference number, but I will have to wait for his response.

 

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sathomasga

·Feb 7, 2023

J JanSch

Thank you for your response. According to the seller the watch was serviced recently

In which case the seller should be willing to provide a receipt for the service.

The movement could be a calibre 286, which is perhaps where the "268" comes from.

 

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padders

·Feb 7, 2023·Oooo subtitles!

sathomasga

In which case the seller should be willing to provide a receipt for the service.

The movement could be a calibre 286, which is perhaps where the "268" comes from.

Nope, 26X has a sub second like this, the 28X have a centre second. There is no reason why that watch shouldn't have a 268 or any other 26X movement. The 268 was just a short lived version of the 30T2 family which stretched from 260 to 269.

http://www.ranfft.de/cgi-bin/bidfun-db.cgi?10&ranfft&&2uswk&Omega_268

 

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Sluggo

·Feb 7, 2023

J JanSch

Thank you for your response. According to the seller the watch was serviced recently but he does not have any photos of the movement from back then. I already asked him whether he knows the reference number, but I will have to wait for his response.

I don't want to assume anything. But tell me he knows exactly who recently serviced the watch. And he doesn't have photos from back then? When, when was "back then" versus "serviced recently"? Contradicting? Any ambiguity or hesitation, run away.

 

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bikerfox

·Mar 4, 2023

thanks for your post. did you ever hear back from the seller?