Information about Vintage Omega Geneve

The case is stainless and should clean up but the big worry is the dial, and the deterioration of the hands and lower indices which suggests to me internal mechanical problems.

You need to get it opened up and checked out before doing any winding or wearing.

The main tell is the fonts on all the text. They are all wrong. If you look at enough original dials, these will just pop out at you. @Spruce has seen more than most and is a Genève fan, but even to me this is an obvious redial.

Redialling would have been part and parcel of a service back in the day and is not usually viewed well by collectors. There are good and bad examples and they can serve to make a deteriorated dial look more presentable, but with the obvious downside that originality, so prized by most collectors, is lost.

The important consideration here is what the owner wants to do with the watch. Is it an heirloom and they wish to wear it? If so, the redial is part of the watch's history and is worth conserving. The cost of mechanical repair/service may be justified by sentimental value.

If your friend is looking to sell, it’s really not worth much at all. If you are being offered the watch for sale, politely walk away. This is not worth pursuing on any level if there is no sentimental value.

Picture an imaginary straight line under Geneve. The text is so crooked If it started under the G it would run half way through the V and E.

Genuine Omega dials have high quality printing that is fine, clear and straight.

Ah, so you’ve identified the infamous rediallers!