Welcome to the forum. The pictures aren't the best, but from what I can tell it looks repainted. Unless this is a gift or a family watch, I would walk away.
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I apologize for my pictures, they are amateurish. In reality, dial looks almost perfect.
Does anybody else has another opinion? For instance, whether Omega produced a small number of 1012, without ''Automatic'' printed on the dial?
I'm 100% sure that it's a re-dial.
Irregular consistency of the minute plots all around the dial.
"Flat line" of the plots between 11 and 12 an 1.
Huge difference in plots either side of 2.
Heaviness of script.
Of course, this could all be due to lighting/refraction/reflections/focus.
But that's my first opinion unless I se proper photos.
I'm 100% sure that it's a re-dial.
Irregular consistency of the minute plots all around the dial.
"Flat line" of the plots between 11 and 12 an 1.
Huge difference in plots either side of 2.
Heaviness of script.
Of course, this could all be due to lighting/refraction/reflections/focus.
But that's my first opinion unless I se proper photos.
+1. I'm sorry Adrian, but I doubt better photos will change anything - which doesn't mean that you shouldn't post any, of course, as it'll bring certainty. But there are many things off, as mentioned above. The minute track from 12 to 2 doesn't even seem to be rounded outwards, it's almost reminiscent of a pie pan dial minute track. But only on this very part of the dial. Redial for me, I'm afraid.
No way that left the factory like that IMO. Also note the presence of lume on the hands but none on the dial. As already noted, unless you have a sentimental attachment, this is not one to devote a lot of effort on.
Leaving this specific watch aside for a moment, I just want to point out that lume on the hands and not on the dial is a legitimate configuration. The other way around - that would be a red flag for sure.
Cheers, Al
Sure it is, but not on these, in my experience. I note you did say leaving these aside!
Thank you guys, you are real Omega professionals!
I need to clarify just one more thing before I upload better photos.
Are you sure that the material in the upper third of the hands is lume? When I observe it with my ocular 4x, I see something dark gray. Also, when I expose hands to the strong light, and after that observe them in the dark, the hands do not emit any light, not even the light of small intensity.
If expertise in vintage watches were like footballing, many of the members here would be playing in the Premier League. Not me, I would be like the one of the better footballers at your local public park.
I stand by my first assessment, that it is repainted and that any money invested is better spent saving for a watch in overall better shape. As others have said the dial is not the only issue. However, my opinion is not as important as others here. Nobody is BSing you. If they weren't confident in their claims they wouldn't make them.
I am still pretty new here, and it has taken me a while to understand what level of expertise some of these folks are operating on. I know it can be hard to get bad news about a watch you like, but if you didn't want to know the truth you shouldn't ask. I don't mean to come off as a jerk, but I am trying to help you out.
