Omega Aqua Terra Legit Check: Spotting a Fake

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Weekly

·Sep 2, 2025

Hi, got the option to buy my first omega watch. It's a second hand and want to check if it's real.
Help is more than welcome.

 

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Meme-Dweller

·Sep 2, 2025

It's fake.

 

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ErichKeane

·Sep 2, 2025

Meme-Dweller

It's fake.

Pretty darn convincing fake, but yes, a fake. Also, missing a case screw for some reason (next to the balance)!

 

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Meme-Dweller

·Sep 2, 2025

ErichKeane

Pretty darn convincing fake, but yes, a fake. Also, missing a case screw for some reason (next to the balance)!

Nah, it's not even realistic. The movement is way too small for the case, finishing is wrong and jewels are the wrong color, along with the missing screw as you mentioned.

Even without seeing the movement, the entire case is supposed to have a polished finish instead of polished/brushed like on the standard ATs. Crystal lacks proper AR. Date printing is horrible. Bracelet is also the wrong style.

OP is falling for the greed trap. He thinks he can get a watch that retails for € 7,000 for € 520.

Source:
https://www.njuskalo.hr/muski-satovi/omega-aquaterra-oglas-47892313

 

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Porteroso

·Sep 2, 2025

It's a good enough fake that it could be sold for 2k easily. Most people would need to spend half an hour looking back and forth to start seeing discrepancies, and what % of the population would?

I'm glad you came here OP! Watches can be had for deals, but almost never that good of a deal.

 

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ErichKeane

·Sep 2, 2025

Porteroso

It's a good enough fake that it could be sold for 2k easily. Most people would need to spend half an hour looking back and forth to start seeing discrepancies, and what % of the population would?

I'm glad you came here OP! Watches can be had for deals, but almost never that good of a deal.

Yeah, I don't know much about the AT, so it passed my '1st look', if the serials didn't mismatch, I would have had to look closer.

 

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kilofinal

·Sep 2, 2025

Replicas are getting better and better

 

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Trev

·Sep 2, 2025·The Architect

Good from far, but far from good.

 

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redpcar

·Sep 2, 2025

Clearer pictures would show there is no hairspring attached to the stud and all the jewels on top are empty.

 

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JimInOz

·Sep 3, 2025·Melbourne Australia

 

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Archer

·Sep 3, 2025

redpcar

Clearer pictures would show there is no hairspring attached to the stud and all the jewels on top are empty.

As I've been saying for years now, the empty jewels are a dead giveaway even if you have no idea what the real movement looks like.

BTW the serial number on the movement is for a DeVille Prestige with a Cal. 2500...so very far from this.

 

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ErichKeane

·Sep 3, 2025

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As I've been saying for years now, the empty jewels are a dead giveaway even if you have no idea what the real movement looks like.

BTW the serial number on the movement is for a DeVille Prestige with a Cal. 2500...so very far from this.

Ooof! Didn't realize that was what was happening, I thought it was just poor photo quality. Though, I gave up looking when I realized the serial numbers on the movement/case didn't match/saw the missing case screw.

That fake balance there is clever, that'd be tough to see in real life!