Hiya gang, I’ve got a hankerin’ for these 36mm 2494 and this one seemed like a good grab. Nice classic layout and looks clean inside and out. Any dial-doubters amongst you? https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/293013261577
Dial doubter reporting because of the "O" in Automatic (really big) and in "Omega" (spacing w/ rest of characters)
From the listing, the inking looks weak on some of the letters because of scratches on the crystal. I like the schmutz around the applied logo it adds to the originality quotient.
Nice of you to think of me but I can’t say I am too sure here, so would have otherwise chosen not to comment . The general finish and alignment is good, I have seen other seemingly straight dials from the era minus Swiss Made so that too isn’t damning. What concerns me is the auto O that shishy mentions above and general cleanliness. I too have doubts but if it was redone, it was redone pretty well. If I had to declare either way, based purely on these pics I would say real. Given better pictures, I may change my mind. If you had it in hand with a loupe you could tell pretty quickly I would guess. This is an interesting comparison, different model, no longer mine. Similar O and no visible Swiss Made, but with patina suggesting originality. This is from 1949. I think this supports originality of the the OP watch (or less likely that they shared a redialler):
Very difficult to replicate the 1/5 seconds track and foil numerals. It could be that someone tried to clean the dial at one time and removed some of the original printing. I vote genuine. gatorcpa
Thanks Evan, I agree with your points and think when this shows up it will be better than the images suggest. I also think the dial never had ‘Swiss Made’ on it. Cheers R
I tried, the seller than decided that so much interest forced him to set his minimum acceptable offer to $1400. In this case it backfired and worked in favor of keeping the price 50% lower. Miscalculation on his part.
