The best way to learn about vintage Omegas is to immerse yourself in this forum, narrow down the references you’re interested in and read all the threads you can find to increase your knowledge.
There’s no one stop shop for learning the details on vintage Omegas but this place is close.
Ok, I gotta ask. What's your goal here? You've already heard from the people here who say that they believe it's a redial, and the seller believe it's original. This is a case of he said, she said. So what are you trying to do? Educate the seller who states he has over 30 years of experience? You think he's going to listen to you? He seems pretty set as he mentioned it 3 times in his reply. He states what he knows and trusts that. I understand you may mean well, but I think you're just spinning your wheels for no reason. I have purchased a few duds and I (like you) am still learning. Take this as a lesson learned for yourself and don't try to teach others just yet. I'm not even trying to do that, I'm trying to understand your end goal and also save you some heartache as I have had in the past with stuff like this.
S Sam909You are really helpful, David; thank you very much. I'll heed your suggestion and begin monitoring the forum closely going forward in order to gain more knowledge about this.
The response from the seller is what I would expect. Many watches have repainted dials and they have to be traded somewhere. eBay is the main place to sell watches with issues. Many buyers don't care, and even an "expert" seller might not always be certain. Put the watch up in a no-reserve auction, show good photos, and stick to what you know about the watch without speculation. Seems fair to me.
S Sam909You are really helpful, David; thank you very much. I'll heed your suggestion and begin monitoring the forum closely going forward in order to gain more knowledge about this.
The best way to learn about vintage Omegas is to immerse yourself in this forum, narrow down the references you’re interested in and read all the threads you can find to increase your knowledge.
There’s no one stop shop for learning the details on vintage Omegas but this place is close.
Learning about vintage watches takes a lot of time and effort, I don't know of any shortcuts.
The forum private sales section is viewed regularly by members and problems are generally disclosed pretty quickly. Watches listed at bargain prices sell quickly. Also, there is an ongoing thread for recommended watches on eBay, where forum members post links of watches that they recommend, and other members can make comments.
Sam, its ok, don't beat yourself up too much on this, after all $395 is a very low noob tax- most of us paid much more.
OF members will help you, give good advice , often frank, and even better give you input on watches BEFORE you buy.
Stick around, watch the recommended threads, watch the OF Private Sales thread, take your time don't waste lots of it dredging for a deal on EB as that requires more knowledge than you can have at this point.
And welcome to OF!
