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Is this Omega Seamaster De Ville repaired, Fake Or??? Need Help, Please

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As others have said, the hour markers didn’t look perfectly aligned to me - particularly the 4 and 10. Might be my angle of view though.
How much variation is there in general? Are original dials usually spot on? It’s potentially a useful redial test for a noob like me, but only useful if the comparator is perfect alignment.
 
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DorsetOmega DorsetOmega
As others have said, the hour markers didn’t look perfectly aligned to me - particularly the 4 and 10. Might be my angle of view though.
How much variation is there in general? Are original dials usually spot on? It’s potentially a useful redial test for a noob like me, but only useful if the comparator is perfect alignment.
In my experience some 50s dials have been off some, I have a Lemania for example that that is way off but is original. Later in the 60s and into the 70s, the technology improved, or they cared more, but I haven't seen any as far off at this one.

But you got me to look again on something other than the iPad, and my printing issues of Seamaster De Ville go away when I expand the images, all of which have focus issues. So I'll lean towards original with obvious flaws in the position of 1/3 of the markers.
 
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I see this as a quirky US market locally cased piece that falls outside the normal Swiss production schedule hence the small but significant differences from most SMDVs in logo etc. As already noted more will be revealed by inspection of the inner case markings but the 17j US movement strongly suggests to me some local US weirdness.
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Thank you all for the reply's The help is much appreciated. Is it common for the seahorse to be different? Pictures posted.
My main concern is that I do not want to pay for something that is fake or pieced together. I have a few days to return the watch.
I am going to post the link of my purchase, Please let me know if it should be sent back. the sell has good feedback and some nice watches F/S. Again Thank you for all the help.


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https://www.ebay.com/itm/2747976177...cQfl3bzr7I%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc
 
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For reference, another variation I'm aware of:
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has more similarities to the Rocketline models.

Interesting detail to note, these De Villes have different hands than the typical 60s versions. (riveted seconds, placement and proportions of rectangular cutouts, lengths, etc)

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Thank you all for the reply's The help is much appreciated. Is it common for the seahorse to be different? Pictures posted.
My main concern is that I do not want to pay for something that is fake or pieced together. I have a few days to return the watch.
I am going to post the link of my purchase, Please let me know if it should be sent back. the sell has good feedback and some nice watches F/S. Again Thank you for all the help.


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https://www.ebay.com/itm/274797617721?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2047675.l2557&nma=true&si=Y4DmZb1yABM3l33CocQfl3bzr7I%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc
It's fairly common for American cases to have oddly spaced rings for the hippocampus' harness. The only way to be sure yours is good though is to reference American SMDV cases of the same material and period. I don't recall having any reference for a solid 14k case, but there should be plenty online.
 
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Here are some more pictures. If I looked correctly the movement is late 1970??
Thanks again for the help


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US locally made made Ross case exactly as speculated on above. I think that serial suggests ~1971, though its tricky to be exact without an extract or direct comparison with a known dated SMDV since serials do vary between series at this point a little in my experience.
 
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