Omega Ranchero 2996

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maxbliss888

·Apr 2, 2021

Hi! Good morning!
I am not an expert and would like to seek help to see if this watch is authentic. thanks for your great comments and help! Wishing everyone a happy weekend

Edited: Apr 2, 2021

 

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mac_omega

·Apr 3, 2021

I will not comment on authenticity as there are members more knowlegable on that kind of stuff,
but
I would never buy such a crappy example. dial is not attractive and look at the movement! It has lost nearly all of its plating, ratchet and crown wheel have been ground and polished to hell.
My advice: run

 

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mrchen

·Apr 3, 2021

Rancheros never really had sharp cases to begin with but this one has definitely had a polish or two.

Dial looks rough. Poor relume job with little flecks of lume paint clearly all over the dial. Original rancheros would have radium dials.

Nothing that's a deal breaker if you can get it for the appropriate price. Any watchmaker can relume with an appropriate coffee-brown kind of luminova and service properly.

 

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Fallout Boy

·Apr 3, 2021

@mac_omega: depends on the price 😉..... I doubt (from the distance) the hour-hand.

should be straight, may be optical error


What is written beneath the "6"? Can you make a lume-test ?

(sorry for my humble English)

 

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tdn-dk

·Apr 3, 2021

The dial schould look like this one of @gemini4

Looks like all radium have been removed and relumend, not attractive

 

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Darlinboy

·Apr 3, 2021·Pratts! Will I B******S!!!

If you've got a spare dial, hands, case and movement, it might make a good project watch. ☕

 

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Franco

·Apr 3, 2021

Whatever flooded the movement (requiring later the removal of original de-luxe finish), also damaged the dial and required the replacement of hands and luminous.
I would not buy it, not even for a substantially lower price, not even considering the crown which is good

 

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maxbliss888

·Apr 4, 2021

Thanks for your comments. Will give it a miss...