My grandfathers supposed "Seamaster" gold watch

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Hello all. Yes, I'm new to here. Was hoping someone would be so kind as to help me with this watch. After having spent time reading in the fake thread, I'm pretty sure this is a fake one. Am I upset? Eh...not really. I'm wasn't looking to sell this watch, especially since it was given to me from my dad who just passed away yesterday. It has more sentimental value than anything. But. The interesting background on this thing is, it belonged to my Grandfather who was born and raised in Keif Tunisia. He had a radio repair shop & a jewelry store as well. Since they were Jewish, they were told to leave all of their belongings, valuables, etc & were kicked out of north Africa. Basically allowed to leave with pretty much just their lives when the Nazi's took over the northern tip of Africa. My grandmother had sewn as much jewlery into clothing and sent it to France where my Grandfathers brother was living. Thats how they managed to liquidate as much of their money & take it out of the country unnoticed. This watch was one of those items I'm guessing. I guess I'm going to get one of those Bergeon case knives & open this thing up just for kicks. Thank you for any feedback. I can't offer anything in return for any advice, but...I am a life long mechanic & tech on cars. So, I guess if anybody had a car question, I'd be more than happen to help. Thanks =))
 
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Both dial and caseback seem to exhibit significant signs of not being genuine Omega.

Very cool to have a watch from your grandfather though!
 
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Condolences on the loss of your father
As above it does look like a classic fake
Great attitude to the watch though - perhaps remember them both with a smile when you look at it
Now you've found the forum look into getting your own vintage Omega and stick around
 
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Sorry to hear about your Father, but I think good memories will help you deal with it.

As to the watch, it's a well known fake as you have figured out. These seem to have been mass produced, I suspect in the late 1950s and 1960s going by the style and the movements they use.

I have one very similar that I bought on eBay one night after too many beers 😁. Unusually for a fake watch, they almost always have decent Swiss movements, sometimes an AS 1130 or similar.

To open it you don't need a Bergeon case knife. Any decent pocket knife with a fine blade can do it, see here, just watch your fingers.

I'd be interested to see what movement it holds.

Cheers

Jim
 
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My condolences for your loss. Welcome aboard, that is a great story for your watch. Be sure to post some photos of the movement when you get the back off, it'll be interesting to see what this has inside it.
 
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Typical early fake..
 
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Yes. I'll post photos of the movement once I take the cover off. I'm curious as well.
I'm not going to assume the band is gold either until I can get it checked out. If it is gold, someone else on the fake thread had mentioned replacing the watch with a genuine Omega of the same time period & model & use the old band. Who knows how & why my grandfather got duped in the 50's with this thing, because looking at all the other jewelry they had....money wasn't an object. I'm going to guess the markets were flooded with these fakes in the time period.
Oh well. Just goes to show that even the wisest of us still gets the wool pulled over our eyes.