My doubt isn't the seller doing it on purpose, but probably has no idea about anything and might have bought it from someone less scrupulous and is re-selling it not knowing if it has issues.
Ended up buying it, should arrive next week. When it arrives I’ll pop off the caseback and take some pics to add. Would still love the experts opinions based on the above though.
My doubt isn't the seller doing it on purpose, but probably has no idea about anything and might have bought it from someone less scrupulous and is re-selling it not knowing if it has issues.
Ended up buying it, should arrive next week. When it arrives I’ll pop off the caseback and take some pics to add. Would still love the experts opinions based on the above though.
What IS the deal with that case back, though? The hands also look like replacements, no?
What’s wrong with the caseback? Looks fine to me
The lettering was done by laser. It should be stamped.
Not acid etched?
Nope. Laser is very easy to see, because it's a pulse, not continuous, so it's a series of circles, and the precision is not great, because you have to move the laser head or the work piece, so the lines wobble a bit. This one is so clearly laser it's not worth considering anything else.
Omega, on the other hand, stamps these casebacks, and then grinds down the metal that is pushed up in the stamping process. Whether it is a flat stamp or a rolling stamp, can't tell and doesn't matter. It impresses the metal and what gets pushed up is ground down so you get the result you see on a real caseback.
