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SwissK-31
·Happy Saturday everyone,
I recently purchased my first Omega and it arrived yesterday from Japan. It was through the major Japanese re-sale company "Komehyo" on eBay. It passed eBay's authentication process. It came with the box and all cards filled out with AD stamp, warranty date, etc. The warranty is still good for two years.
As a precaution, I did a slew of my own tests to check for authenticity. I started with the movement, specifically the escapement, which seemed legitimate. I checked the movement with a neodymium magnet, and it wasn't affected at all. (Every other watch I own stops when the magnet is applied.) All SN's match, and I was able to print off the Master Chronometer certificate on Omega's website using the card information. Furthermore, I verified that the Omega Chronometer certificate precision test results match the watch. It said that it gained 1.8 seconds per day on the test, and the actual watch gained 1 second in about 14 hours. (Lines up.)
The only issue I could find was that the case thickness measured 14.24 mm, and it should have been 13.9 mm. As a sanity check, I checked my caliper calibration by measuring several different feeler gauge sets, and it was dead on to the hundredths. When I measured it, I took multiple measurements along the domed crystal to verify the thickest area. There were no stickers, etc. on the case back.
My understanding is that it would have to be a super fake to be able to match the same daily precision, anti-magnetism, have the proper co-axial escapement, etc... Is the thickness difference enough of a concern to warrant further investigation / authentication? (My return window is 2 weeks.)
Any insight would be greatly appreciated!
I recently purchased my first Omega and it arrived yesterday from Japan. It was through the major Japanese re-sale company "Komehyo" on eBay. It passed eBay's authentication process. It came with the box and all cards filled out with AD stamp, warranty date, etc. The warranty is still good for two years.
As a precaution, I did a slew of my own tests to check for authenticity. I started with the movement, specifically the escapement, which seemed legitimate. I checked the movement with a neodymium magnet, and it wasn't affected at all. (Every other watch I own stops when the magnet is applied.) All SN's match, and I was able to print off the Master Chronometer certificate on Omega's website using the card information. Furthermore, I verified that the Omega Chronometer certificate precision test results match the watch. It said that it gained 1.8 seconds per day on the test, and the actual watch gained 1 second in about 14 hours. (Lines up.)
The only issue I could find was that the case thickness measured 14.24 mm, and it should have been 13.9 mm. As a sanity check, I checked my caliper calibration by measuring several different feeler gauge sets, and it was dead on to the hundredths. When I measured it, I took multiple measurements along the domed crystal to verify the thickest area. There were no stickers, etc. on the case back.
My understanding is that it would have to be a super fake to be able to match the same daily precision, anti-magnetism, have the proper co-axial escapement, etc... Is the thickness difference enough of a concern to warrant further investigation / authentication? (My return window is 2 weeks.)
Any insight would be greatly appreciated!
