Need advice: Is this cal 283 dial a re-dial?

idhamway · Jan 25, 2025

Hi.. a new member here looking for buy first omega vintage watch
I found this listing from a local online seller: Omega cal 283. The dial looks very clean, but I cant decide whether the dial is original or a repaint? I found that the Omega font is suspicious, but I might be wrong.
The seller asking for around 750 usd

Any input would be very appreciated, thank you!

Dan S · Jan 25, 2025

Repainted.

Dan S · Jan 25, 2025

My 2640.

Spruce · Jan 25, 2025

Repainted and polished case and probably a replacement crown.

If you’re looking for a first Omega, on eBay or elsewhere, and you want a no date model, you could do a lot worse than searching for an Omega calibre 601 if you’re happy with a manual movement or calibre 552 if you want an equally reliable automatic watch from the 60s/70s

Davidt · Jan 25, 2025

Redial. Look at the font and the spacing of the minute hashes, particularly around 4 oclock

idhamway · Jan 26, 2025

Dan S
My 2640.

thanks for the photo reference! so the font is in really different style and its indeed a repaint. good to know!

idhamway · Jan 26, 2025

Spruce
Repainted and polished case and probably a replacement crown.

If you’re looking for a first Omega, on eBay or elsewhere, and you want a no date model, you could do a lot worse than searching for an Omega calibre 601 if you’re happy with a manual movement or calibre 552 if you want an equally reliable automatic watch from the 60s/70s

thats 3 reason to not buy it then. thanks for the suggestion too! I will look for cal 601 as I searching for manual one.

one thing that Im curious, may I know how did you found that the case is polished?

idhamway · Jan 26, 2025

Davidt
Redial. Look at the font and the spacing of the minute hashes, particularly around 4 oclock

yeah after look into it again, around 4 oclock indeed has different space. thanks for pointing it out!

Need advice: Is this cal 283 dial a re-dial?

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