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Bruce235

·Dec 7, 2022

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/25585523988...szCm1AdTzO&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Can a bumper movement 354 have a serial number from 1971?

 

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Bruce235

·Dec 7, 2022

I think this watch has too clean of a dial with some alignment issues and the print doesn't look right. Case is polished too.
But the serial number is off from what I know unless Omwga keep making them after 1954?

 

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hejsam

·Dec 7, 2022

Aside of the very bad refinished dial and overpolished case, wrong crown and miss spelled chronometre the serial number on the movement is interesting. Maybe its a service part that was changed during a later service?

 

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Tony C.

·Dec 7, 2022·Ωf Jury member

32m were made up to ~1970

no way that dial is original, though

 

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X350 XJR

·Dec 7, 2022·Vintage Omega Aficionado

What a mess.

Fake medallion too.

 

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Bruce235

·Dec 7, 2022

Interesting...
I was quite certain it was a redial, but found that movement number to be strange.
No intention to bid on it, but I thought it worth of discussion here.

 

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Bruce235

·Dec 7, 2022

So somebody took a service part with no number and engraved the wrong number? Weird.

 

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hejsam

·Dec 7, 2022

Bruce235

So somebody took a service part with no number and engraved the wrong number? Weird.

I was thinking the service part was engraved with this number and was produced much later than the watch.

Im not sure about the procedure when changing this type of movement parts with serial numbers, but was guessing they dont have a batch of 50s parts laying around to use.
But someone else here hopefully knows 😀

 

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BarbVl

·Dec 7, 2022

So we are looking at another "franken" watch..

 

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Caliber561

·Dec 7, 2022

The automatic bridge definitely looks like a service part to me. The grained finish more or less matches what you'd see on a 1010/1020 series or late 565.