Legit OEM Strap?

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Dom09

·Apr 5, 2020

Hey everyone! Need a little help. I purchased a Planet Ocean recently and I was told the orange rubber strap was OEM. It is marked "caubu main" on the inside which made me doubt the authenticity. Not much info on "caubu main" online. Is it legit? If so, why does Omega sign some straps that way?

Thanks for any input!

 

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YY77

·Apr 5, 2020

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Hey everyone! Need a little help. I purchased a Planet Ocean recently and I was told the orange rubber strap was OEM. It is marked "caubu main" on the inside which made me doubt the authenticity. Not much info on "caubu main" online. Is it legit? If so, why does Omega sign some straps that way?

Thanks for any input!

I think that actually reads causu main, on my OEM TH alligator strap it also says that, i.e. handmade.

 

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Dom09

·Apr 5, 2020

YY77

I think that actually reads causu main, on my OEM TH alligator strap it also says that, i.e. handmade.

Perfect! Thanks for the help

 

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Evitzee

·Apr 5, 2020

What's handmade in a rubber strap that comes out of a machine where hot goop goes in to a mold and comes out a finished strap? Maybe the fact that some person is operating the machine is enough to call it handmade. Seems a stretch.

 

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ChrisInParis

·Apr 5, 2020

This is strange ... In French « cousu main » means hand stitched. « Causu » doesn’t exist in French.

 

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ChrisInParis

·Apr 5, 2020

Oh and there’s no stitching on a rubber strap anyway lol

 

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VetPsychWars

·Apr 5, 2020

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Fake !

Agreed!

Tom

 

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Linzer

·Apr 5, 2020

Stiching is done by hand. "cousu main" is stamped in the original straps. The OP's looks like a fake one. There is no stitching and a digit is missing between 3 and 2. It should be 8 digits.

 

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Jonathan40

·Apr 5, 2020

The quality of the strap at the case end is terrible. As already stated fake, I would now be concerned about the watch.

 

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vitriol

·Apr 5, 2020

Judging by the quality of this finishing.. I bet there is no way it was made by Omega.

 

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Meme-Dweller

·Apr 5, 2020

I'm also going to agree that it's a fake. Here's mine, purchased from the OB. And yes, it's 20mm whereas yours is 22mm. It's cousu main, not causu main.

I'm not even going to ask why your clasp looks fully polished, including on the inside. You know the answer.

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Japanred

·Apr 6, 2020

Meme-Dwellers picture has stitching on the strap, which would fit with “hand stitched”. The OP doesn’t have stitching and is the words are spelled wrong as stated above. I would be checking the authenticity of the watch OP. Where did you buy it from?

 

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dinexus

·Apr 6, 2020

Could be the white balance on the photo, but the color looks totally wrong too - I thought these straps were a deeper orange - a signifier of pure rubber, and not injected silicone like many of the fakes.