Is this De Ville authentic?

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ben7391

·Jun 12, 2020

I have been trying to look for a 166.020 with a gold case and gold linen dial for some time now (or any other clean-looking linen dial gold vintage Omega), but cannot seem to find one with a reasonable price tag. Could this be the one?

Thanks for all your help.

 

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SkunkPrince

·Jun 12, 2020

Yes.

 

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X350 XJR

·Jun 12, 2020·Vintage Omega Aficionado

BTW, that's not a linen dial, looks like a sunburst finish to me and I suspect it may have been a silver dial now with aged lacquer, not gold.

Define reasonable.

 

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ben7391

·Jun 12, 2020

The dial definitely looked odd to me - I suspected it wasn't linen but liked the look well enough. This particular watch goes for about $1K.

I did find a linen version a long time ago for almost half that, but someone else snatched it up. I'm not sure what the market looks like now.

 

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SkunkPrince

·Jun 12, 2020

X350 XJR

BTW, that's not a linen dial, looks like a sunburst finish to me and I suspect it may have been a silver dial now with aged lacquer, not gold.

Define reasonable.

Think it might be a pearlescent dial with aged lacquer or just bad white balance? But it could be tobacco....

 

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ben7391

·Jun 12, 2020

I found another one with a similar dial. Also similar price.



What I was looking for is something like the below watch, but it's far more expensive.