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Help with identifying vintage Omega 300
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vitriol
·A reference number of genuine Omega watch is 166.024.
Please be advised that watch on your photos is a fake watch with genuine movement.
Please be advised that watch on your photos is a fake watch with genuine movement.
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Sufferintruth
·Thank you for your reply, I did not realise there were fake vintage watches out there.
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Fallout Boy
·How does the seller describe the item? Does he show the inside of the case-back?
Let us know the seller, if he's selling at ebay or so!
Let us know the seller, if he's selling at ebay or so!
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Donn Chambers
·Thank you for your reply, I did not realise there were fake vintage watches out there.
There’s a huge market in fake cases, dials, etc for these Seamaster 300s. They used to be a lot easier to detect (stubbies on the dial, wrong font on caseback, poor bezel), but they have gotten a lot better. Buying a 1960s Seamaster 300 is a minefield if you haven’t done your research.
The biggest clue here is it that everything looks too new to be a 50-year-old watch! The lume is a consistent creamy yellow, which just screams fake.
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philips
·Is this a Watcho with NOS parts and a donor movement?
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Franco
·The movement serial number is from before 1963. The 166.024 did not exist then, I think it started circa 1967. Part-fake.
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ConElPueblo
·Isn't this the same fake 300 with added fake aging? 🤔
The hands look different, but I can't escape the feeling that something is off.
The hands look different, but I can't escape the feeling that something is off.
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SkunkPrince
·i knew something was off when I saw the lugs. That's more the shape of the more moden Seamaster Professionals.
