Is this watch real or fake thread - aka Fake Busters!!

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Is your employer hiring? Asking for a friend 馃榿
Good sales year 馃榾
Is your employer hiring? Asking for a friend 馃榿
Is your employer so untrustworthy that you feel the need to ask? If the answer is yes, you might want to look for another employer maybe?

Anyway, I don't see anything that would lead me to think it's not real. Serial number checks out:

Serial number: 88439035
Article ref: 31020425002001
Version of movement: 3861A
Haha, no, not at all! I took it to a jeweler for an appraisal, and he said he wasn't comfortable appraising it because there was an Omega logo he had never seen before, which made him think it wasn't real. It's literally the same logo that's on the official Omega website, so I just got a little spooked. I think the guy just did not know what he was talking about.
 
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I don't see anything that looks off. The serial number appears to match wheat the reference is supposed to be according to Omega...

Serial number: 87776825
Article ref: 13033392103001
Version of movement: 8900A
Thanks Archer for the confirmation
 
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Currently looking at this item and wondered about it鈥檚 authenticity, I can generally tell on the vintage models but the more modern stuff it a bit of a minefield for me still?

Thanks for any input,
Matty
 
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Serial number: 89597326
Article ref: 21530402001001
 
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Hello All! New here and have been advised to post my recent purchase to see what people think... I'll say I think it's fake and have plenty of reasons for this, but what do you all think? Thanks

 
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Hello All! New here and have been advised to post my recent purchase to see what people think... I'll say I think it's fake and have plenty of reasons for this, but what do you all think? Thanks

Do you also have a pic of the caseback?
 
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Yeah sure! Here you go 馃榾

I'm no expert, what I do see is it doesn't seem to have the Omega globe trademark after "co-Axial".

What it is that makes you think fake?
 
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I'm no expert, what I do see is it doesn't seem to have the Omega globe trademark after "co-Axial".

What it is that makes you think fake?
Yeah it's odd as some things look bang on, mainly the rear of the watch, but then the strap and dial seem...off. Here's my list:

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The "O" in "Omega" on the face almost looks like its drooping a little, compared to others where all letters are perfectly aligned with each other.

In all photos of others with the same ref, incl. the images on the Omega site, EVERY white minute marker where the swirl pattern intercepts with them, are "cut off" by the swirl pattern. One the one I have from you, the white markers seem to be printed on top of the swirl pattern.

In all photos of others with the same ref, incl. the images on the Omega site, the swirl pattern stops BELOW the "S" in "Seamaster", but on the one I have from you, the swirl actual touches the "S".

As above, the same applies to the swirl where it seems to hit the letters "ma" in "Seamaster" on mine, but it stops BELOW these letters on every other model online.

In the model I have from you, where the swirl begins in the middle and goes off to both the 10 hour marker and the 12 marker, closest to the middle of the swirl, there seems to be tiny indents in the swirl itself, like its been badly imprinted during production.

The lettering on the clasp of the bracelet looks off too. On the one I have from you all of the letters look embossed, but on every other one online, all the letters look engraved.
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It's mainly where the swirls intersect with the lettering OR the minute markers, all other images online show the markers cutting off when this happens, but mine has those markers printed OVER the swirls.

Oh and sorry, the globe mark IS there, just my image catches a reflection and makes it appear as its not
 
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In all photos of others with the same ref, incl. the images on the Omega site, EVERY white minute marker where the swirl pattern intercepts with them, are "cut off" by the swirl pattern. One the one I have from you, the white markers seem to be printed on top of the swirl pattern.
Agreed those look odd compared to the one on Omega' site.
 
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Agreed those look odd compared to the one on Omega' site.
I'm looking to get a refund based on those observations anyway. I'll not share the companies name yet, but it is a pretty large and reputable watch company who have Omega Accredited Authentication specialists who check these things before selling, just odd as all of those observations can only be seen on my watch and not a single other one on ANY other selling site or even Omegas site...
 
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I'm looking to get a refund based on those observations anyway. I'll not share the companies name yet, but it is a pretty large and reputable watch company who have Omega Accredited Authentication specialists who check these things before selling, just odd as all of those observations can only be seen on my watch and not a single other one on ANY other selling site or even Omegas site...
Hope it works out for you.
 
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The dial looks way off in terms of quality imo, especially the applied Omega logo. But a lot of the rest of the watch looks very convincing, for instance the bezel insert and pip. If this is an outright fake then the poor quality of the dial doesn't remotely match the rest of it. I'd expect to see a dial like that on a generally much more obvious fake. Could maybe be an aftermarket dial swap. Either way if it was sold as you've outlined above I'd say you certainly need to be getting a refund.
 
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The dial looks way off in terms of quality imo, especially the applied Omega logo, nowhere near to my eye. But a lot of the rest of it looks very convincing, for instance the bezel insert and pip. If this is an outright fake then the poor quality of the dial doesn't remotely match the rest of it. I'd expect to see a dial like that on a generally much more obvious fake. Could maybe be an aftermarket dial swap. Either way if it was sold as you've outlined above I'd say you certainly need to be getting a refund.
Yeah that's what's throwing me off...I'm inclined to agree that everything else is legit, other than the dial. The lume is also way off too, in that it's messily applied on the 12 markers and also has a small indent in the 6 marker. This could be a relume but given the rest of the dial looks off, it's probably not a relume and probably just not a genuine dial.

It was sold as authentic and received as per my photos only today so I think I've grounds for a full refund, even just based on the quality alone even if they argue they've authenticated it and still think it's legit.
 
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Hello All! New here and have been advised to post my recent purchase to see what people think... I'll say I think it's fake and have plenty of reasons for this, but what do you all think? Thanks


Welcome to the forum!

OMEGA on the dial looks wrong. Where the rifling lines/gun barrel spirals intersect your second track looks wrong. The lume is weird.

I agree with @bulldog77 , somethings not right with the dial.

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Welcome to the forum!

OMEGA on the dial looks wrong. Where the rifling lines/gun barrel spirals intersect your second track looks wrong. The lume is weird.

I agree with @bulldog77 , somethings not right with the dial.

Thanks for the welcome! Yep! Solid observations there, not only is the "O" wrong as per my earlier message, as you've highlighted and shown in that photo, my "Omega" is totally the wrong style isn't it...It also looks more brass/orange on mine but silver in your image and all other photos online
 
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Thanks for the welcome! Yep! Solid observations there, not only is the "O" wrong as per my earlier message, as you've highlighted and shown in that photo, my "Omega" is totally the wrong style isn't it...It also looks more brass/orange on mine but silver in your image and all other photos online

I added more images from other real versions. Your seconds track is printed over the rifling spirals differently.


Good luck!