Looking for advice on my vintage purchase

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SavageSeraphim

·May 3, 2023

Hello, I have recently purchased a vintage Omega but am unsure if I’ve bought a fake. If anybody could point out anything that’s glaringly obvious I would appreciate it. Sorry for the quality of the pictures in advance.
A few concerns that I have are that the winder has the Omega symbol but seems to be a different colour than the case. The case back is silver whilst the case is gold. The movement doesn’t have much writing or decoration. Again, thanks in advance

 

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Dan S

·May 3, 2023

Looks legit to me. The crown appears to have lost its gold plating. It's normal for a plated case to have a stainless back, and in the era that this watch was made, the movement was pretty utilitarian.

 

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X350 XJR

·May 3, 2023·Vintage Omega Aficionado

What Dan said, totally legit, but the case shows significant wear to the plating not just to the crown.

 

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lucian23

·May 4, 2023

In conclusion it's a legit watch. Not a fake. Not very desirable for collectors who prefer stainless steel watches but still a nice watch. You will have the refeence number written inside the caseback and the serial number it's written small inside the circle from the mechanism.

 

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padders

·May 4, 2023·Oooo subtitles!

Real but if and when it needs a service, the cost may exceed its value.

 

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MtV

·May 4, 2023

padders

Real but if and when it needs a service, the cost may exceed its value.

I'd go as far as replacing your "may" with a "will"...

 

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gatorcpa

·May 4, 2023·ΩF InvestiGator

Here is some information on your watch from Omega:

https://www.omegawatches.com/en-us/watch-omega-geneve-omega-md-166-0168

Only difference is the day-date feature in the movement.

gatorcpa

 

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SavageSeraphim

·May 4, 2023

Hey everyone thank you very much for the information