Hi all - New to the forum! I found this Omega De Ville hiding inside an old drawer but I have zero clue whether it's the real deal or some cheap knockoff. The bracelet it came on was aftermarket and seriously beat up. Nothing looks out of place on the dial and it seems to be keeping pretty good time. The crown is signed but there is no design on the caseback. I haven't gotten around to having a watchmaker open the back but I wanted to get some veteran opinions first.
If you want good information, you should probably try to post clear in-focus well-lit photos. Maybe wait until you have photos of the inside as well.
There is a C case DeVille in the ‘I am surprised this hasnt sold’ thread. Not commonly seen but not necessarily fake or Franken.
Looks good to me. Here's the ebay link for the one I posted in the thread mentioned by @padders. It appears to have been sold eventually. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1968-VIN...=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557Purchases made through these links may earn this site a commission from the eBay Partner Network
True, but they are usually more elegant, with TV or oval dials (the few I've seen). I'll be happy when I see the reference.
I'm guessing there's no real consensus until I open up the back. I found this video showing a very similar model with an opened back but hard to tell if legit either?
That one is a complete mess, the movement has incorrect parts, caliber 565 is not an a adjusted movement.
Me thinks... This was where I was going. They are not common and I’ve also not seen this case as a Geneve. Just a place to start to start verification on it. Not impossible, but.... In hindsight now with a movement marked adjusted there are serious concerns about it.
I don't think that's the OP's movement. Just one he found that was similar. We all know that similar cases don't necessarily mean the same.
ahh I was scanning not reading assumed it was the same listing. And @X350 XJR went down the path I was alluding too.
I saw that, and the no-date 165.0029, but the OPs case doesn't seem to have the crisp chamfers of a "C" case. Maybe it's just a well worn example. For most of the "3.3" references you need to use "3.4" (add the extra 0) in the latest version. I think the older (and better) version of the OVDB only needed the 3.3 reference.
Hmmm... I ended up dropping this watch on the floor and now it's running about 3-5 fast after 24 hours. Any thoughts on the reason? Time to take it into the shop?
Yes, get a watchmaker to look at it. I dropped a Seamaster and that needed repair as a shock spring had broken.