OMEGA dial font script questions

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river9

·Dec 25, 2021

Hello valuabale OF members.
Seasons Greetings to everybody here.
I took several dial photos of my watches. At least 1 of them may raise your eyebow because it is obviuousely non legit (redial, althought a good one).
Solease share your thoughts.
Thank you in avance.
1/ Obvious redial (Constellation 14381-61-SC gold capped)

2/ Genuines (to my untrained eye)
168.018 Connstellation & Seamaster Chrono rated 168.024

3/ Inconclusive (to my untrained eye too) Seamaster bumper 2757-4-SC

 

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stormysky10

·Dec 25, 2021

I believe there are causes for concern on the last dial. Compared to other examples, I have doubts about the finish (expecting no sunburst), the curved 'S' (expecting a coathanger 'S'), and the SWISS MADE (expecting no serifs). Also it's missing a tick at 6. All that being said getting another opinion might be warranted since I'm still pretty new at this myself. 😀

 

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AtomicGrog

·Dec 25, 2021

It's the 'A' (Too wide at top) and the odd gap between 'L', 'E' and 'N' in 'Calendar' on the second dial that concerns the me most. Look at the quality of the SS equiv, (not saying its the same dial etc.)

 

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Foo2rama

·Dec 25, 2021·Nowhere near as grumpy as he used to be...

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padders

·Dec 25, 2021·Oooo subtitles!

What is it you are seeing on the first dial that says redial?

 

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Foo2rama

·Dec 25, 2021·Nowhere near as grumpy as he used to be...

@AtomicGrog Amarr capital ship eh?

 

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river9

·Dec 25, 2021

padders

What is it you are seeing on the first dial that says redial?

Regarding the two first pics (Gold capped 14381-61-SC) there usually is no "OFFICIALLY CERTIFIED" in this crosshair dial design.
Font thickness & height uneven too.
Some minute markers does align with crosshair.
My untrained eye may miss more inconsistencies so I am asking here.

 

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padders

·Dec 25, 2021·Oooo subtitles!

If that is indeed a 14381 then I’d agree that 2 lines might be expected but I don’t see any obvious redial cues there personally. My own 14381 is 2 line but that one (which is late) may well have had a 3 liner from new. Or a dial change. If you search on 14381-61 you get 3 line crosshair hits

Edited: Dec 25, 2021

 

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SkunkPrince

·Dec 25, 2021

The last (date at six) dial looks like a service dial to me.

 

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padders

·Dec 25, 2021·Oooo subtitles!

SkunkPrince

The last (date at six) dial looks like a service dial to me.

Me too. The font is later than the 1950s and there are no serifs.

 

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river9

·Dec 25, 2021

padders

If that is indeed a 14381 then I’d agree that 2 lines might be expected but I don’t see any obvious redial cues there personally. My own 14381 is 2 line but that one (which is late) may well have had a 3 liner from new. Or a dial change. If you search on 14381-61 you get 3 line crosshair hits

Mine has serial No 18M range (ca 1961 my birth year 👍 )

 

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AtomicGrog

·Dec 25, 2021

Foo2rama

@AtomicGrog Amarr capital ship eh?

Heh, my Avatar is an Avatar.. Seemed appropriate. I also have one if I was ever to play again and somehow get my assets back (Sorry everyone else more than a little OT).

 

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Foo2rama

·Dec 25, 2021·Nowhere near as grumpy as he used to be...

AtomicGrog

Heh, my Avatar is an Avatar.. Seemed appropriate. I also have one if I was ever to play again and somehow get my assets back (Sorry everyone else more than a little OT).

I used to run a special ops corp. we specialized in post loss area denial, intel, and providing covert jump points for large ops. I still have a jump freighter production network with bpo’s sitting outside Jita.

oh the fun.

 

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JimInOz

·Dec 26, 2021·Melbourne Australia

Foo2rama

I used to run a special ops corp. we specialized in post loss area denial, intel, and providing covert jump points for large ops. I still have a jump freighter production network with bpo’s sitting outside Jita.

oh the fun.

 

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Foo2rama

·Dec 26, 2021·Nowhere near as grumpy as he used to be...

JimInOz

Yes, spreadsheets in space. Aka Eve online. We both at some point invested a lot of time in it.

 

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river9

·Dec 26, 2021

padders

If that is indeed a 14381 then I’d agree that 2 lines might be expected but I don’t see any obvious redial cues there personally. My own 14381 is 2 line but that one (which is late) may well have had a 3 liner from new. Or a dial change. If you search on 14381-61 you get 3 line crosshair hits

All "crosshair 3liners" for this case shape I found are arrowhead markers while hour markers dials similar to mine are 2liners (no OFFICIALLY CERTIFIED wording.
Desmonds to whom I wrote already suggested me to inspect the dial underneath to make it clear (regarding question genuine/service/fake dial).
Thank you for your time @padders
Cheers.