Can you guy give opinion on this watch.
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Redial.

 

^^ A nearly 80 year-old watch with a dial that pristine?

 

The age doesn't matter but the quality of the dial.

1943

 

I was afraid of that

 

Just for my own edification, you're saying age has no correlation with the quality of a dial?

 

Definitely. If a watch hasn't been in a humid environment, kept safe and barely worn and/or maintained well over the years, there is no reason why it can still look as good as the day it started to be worn on someone's wrist. Of course, some people just buy brand new watches, never get the chance to wear them, and these are then hoarded by collectors...

 

IMO this is not a completely redone dial but a partly re-print...

Let me explain:

This dial seems to be a galvano sandwich dial (some call it guilt which is not a good description IMO)

There are 2 layers of galvanic plating (silver and black), hence the subsecond and minute track look blurry as they are not printed but created by the galvanic process.

I think only the Omega logo and the wording has been re-printed as the font looks a bit off for the era

As I am not a native English speaker - I hope I could explain it in a way that the native speakers understand and don´t crucify me

 

You just did a pretty good job IMO! Don’t sell yourself short!

 

I do not think this kind of bleeding is necessary a sign of redial. It can be seen on genuine dial of this period, in particular 30 cal.

I find Erich's explanation very convincing. I was not sure the prints were redone, but I will defer to his expertise.

 

All hands seem not to be original

 

Yep, this "bleeding" is quite common on black and gilt dials.

Any watch with the dial above have this.

 

There are a lot of imperfections. Too many for Omega.




Moreover I think it's near impossible a "partial" reprint

 

Could be a good redial. But one has to consider that these old guilted or "sandwich" dial - as Erich named them - can loose some color. And old dials are not always prefect...

 

The same Seller is also selling this Dial with Movement. The movement No. is No.9026019.



The serial no. of this movement relates better to the sellers advert for a 1939 Watch. This Dial looks more original to my eyes, but with more Patina - is the OP watch a bit of a redial with a Franken movement per chance?

 

Thank you for the picture this is really helping me on honing my skills to detect redial. I have only been collecting vintage Omegas for about three years. It has been really slow going for me on learning how to detect redials.

 

A number of the issues you have with the dial are due to crystal distortion or lighting. Others are not.

 

Dial is too small for the OP's watch. Watch is 37.5mm and has a dial of 34.5mm, not 30.5.

 

Thanks @Oku my game is still errr lame!