Omega 6B/542

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Nickn

·Jan 25, 2023

I’ve just bought this omega 6B/542 with a nasty dial
Does anyone know where I can buy a better one or could the rusty bits be restored?
Thanks

 

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Mark020

·Jan 25, 2023·not the sharpest pencil in the ΩF drawer

May be a redial anyway

 

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Nickn

·Jan 25, 2023

It looks ok to me
Please tell me why you think it’s a re-paint
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Mark020

·Jan 25, 2023·not the sharpest pencil in the ΩF drawer

May be the picture but everything has a free hand painting feel about it....

 

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Nickn

·Jan 25, 2023

I agree
I did look at other examples and they all seem a bit crude

Here’s another photo

 

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Nickn

·Jan 25, 2023

A few more

 

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sathomasga

·Jan 25, 2023

Wasn't it pretty common for the MoD to repaint military watches in their stores?

 

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Nickn

·Jan 25, 2023

I found this explanation for the hand painted dial on another forum
“At some point the MoD figures out that Radium on the dials is not that great and they decide to change this. They go ahead and redial the watches themselves. This was done by hand and thus we have a redialed watch called the "fat arrow":
Any thoughts?

 

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Nickn

·Jan 25, 2023

Apparently yes it was at first then omega dials were fitted during later refurbs